Panthers Sign Letters of Intent
Woodlawn High School celebrated the careers of five football student-athletes who will continue their playing careers on the collegiate level. The seniors celebrated this accomplishment with family, friends, teammates, coaches, and support staff in the library at Woodlawn High School.
Caleb Blanchard, Carl Owens, and Jonero Scott each signed with the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Located in Monticello, Arkansas, the Division II program is home to former Panther Jonathan Scott.
Caleb has played wide receiver for four seasons at Woodlawn High. He carries a 2.7 GPA at Woodlawn High. Caleb was named to the 5-5A All-District Second Team during his senior season.
Carl has been a member of the football team at Woodlawn High for the past two seasons as an outside linebacker and defensive end. Carl has also played basketball for all four years at Woodlawn. Carl carries a 3.93 cumulative GPA.
Jonero will join his older brother as a running back in Arkansas. Jonero has a 2.8 GPA at Woodlawn, and has played football all four years. Jonero was named to the 2019 5-5A All-District Second Team.
Defensive Back Chris McNair, a four year member of the Panther football team, will continue his academic and athletic career at San Joaquin Delta College, located in Stockton, California. Chris currently has a 2.6 GPA.
Offensive Lineman Quentin Ross signed letter of intent to join Garden City Community College. Quentin plans to continue his academic and athletic career for the next two years in Garden City, Kansas. Quentin currently carries a 2.5 GPA. Quentin was named to the 2019 5-5A All-District Second Team.
Coach Randall was extremely pleased with these five student-athletes. While addressing the crowd, he expressed how proud he was with the accomplishments these young men had achieved over the past four years and looks forward to their future at the next level and beyond.
Joshua is in the Gifted Program at Woodlawn High and currently carries a 4.3 GPA. He was recognized as a National Merit Semifinalist. There are approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the nation, and these academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered in the spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.
Ray, who is also in the Gifted Program at Woodlawn High, carries a 4.5 GPA. He was recently selected as the 2019-2020 Student of the Year at Woodlawn High. Ray was recognized as a National Hispanic Scholar and was also recognized as a National Merit Commended student. The National Hispanic Recognition Program recognizes approximately 5,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors each year as National Hispanic Scholars from among the more than 400,000 juniors who take the PSAT. As with the National Merit Scholarship Program, NHRP uses the junior year PSAT/NMSQT as the qualifying test. Students must carry a minimum 3.5 GPA to be considered for the recognition.
Seniors Trinity Lavergne, Troineicia Leake, and Milayna Ulloa made up the remainder of the senior court.
After the reception in the gym, members of past graduating classes were recognized on the track in front of the home bleachers. The Class of 1942, from the Seventh Ward School, was the first class represented, by Ms. Jonnie Lee Singleton Furnish. Ms. Furnish was recognized by current principal Scott Stevens with a lapel pin during the ceremony. Forty-eight classes were represented in total. Five time Olympian and Olympic record holder Danielle Scott-Arruda represented the class of 1990. Wendell Evers (Class of 1980), Nancy Geter (Class of 1999), and Keaton Lea (Class of 2009) were current or former faculty members who represented their classes.
