Holly Springs, Hickory Flat Student Athletes Sign Scholarship Commitment Letters

Thirty-five Cherokee County School District student-athletes were recognized on Wednesday for signing scholarship commitment letters to compete at the collegiate level.

This latest crop of commitments includes the first rodeo/bull-riding scholarship received by a student in the Cherokee County School District, Clay Pannell of Cherokee high School.

These 35 students join the 86 honored in February for their scholarship commitments, for a total of 121 athletic scholarship signees recognized in the class of 2015.

Sponsored by Credit Union of Georgia and coordinated by the district’s Office of School Operations, the students, along with their parents, coaches, athletic directors and principals, were honored at a brunch for making their college choices for a variety of sports, including rodeo, baseball, basketball, tennis, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, tennis, cross country, track, wrestling and football.

The students honored include:

• Cherokee HS Clay Pannell Rodeo- Bull Riding Clarendon College (TX)
• Cherokee HS Caitlyn Ferrell Cross Country/Track University of West Georgia
• Cherokee HS Bethany Huch Basketball Warren Wilson College (NC)
• Creekview HS Rachel Boulineau Cross Country Young Harris College
• Creekview HS Brennan Garriques Cross Country/Track Troy University (AL)
• Creekview HS Lauren Pero Tennis University of Montevallo (AL)
• Creekview HS Jordan Pickerill Baseball Pensacola State College (FL)
• Etowah HS John Copeland Lacrosse St. Andrews University (NC)
• Etowah HS Cole Gandolfo Baseball Salve Regina University (RI)
• Etowah HS Mikey Perona Cross Country/Track Valdosta State University
• Etowah HS Cory Burdett Football LaGrange College
• Etowah HS Raishod Devezin Football Hutchinson Community College (KS)
• Etowah HS Kyle Lancaster Soccer University of Alabama-Birmingham (AL)
• River Ridge HS Sydney Rodie Basketball Young Harris College
• River Ridge HS Nathan Trottier Cross County/Track Reinhardt University
• River Ridge HS Brian Fisher Baseball LaRoche College (PA)
• River Ridge HS Brandon NeSmith-Hicks Baseball Payne College
• Sequoyah HS Jordan Riddle Football Reinhardt University
• Sequoyah HS Blake Miller Football Dean College (MA)
• Sequoyah HS Branden Johnson Football Dean College (MA)
• Sequoyah HS Deigo Ruiz Soccer Reinhardt University
• Woodstock HS Adam Pedrazza Baseball West Georgia Technical College
• Woodstock HS Alexandra Melehan Cross Country/Track Georgia Tech
• Woodstock HS Reagan Amos Football Faulkner University (AL)
• Woodstock HS Garrett Atkinson Football Birmingham Southern College (AL)
• Woodstock HS Charles Dunn Football Shorter University
• Woodstock HS Sharonne Gates Football Savannah State University
• Woodstock HS Joshua Loud Football Rhodes College (TN)
• Woodstock HS Eric Monroe Football Rhodes College (TN)
• Woodstock HS Jordan Barnham Soccer University of Alabama-Birmingham (AL)
• Woodstock HS Megan Spacht Soccer University of West Georgia
• Woodstock HS Kayla Ousley Volleyball College of Coastal Georgia
• Woodstock HS Daniel Benitez Wrestling Life University
• Woodstock HS Alex Gomez Wrestling Life University
• Woodstock HS Parker Lane Lacrosse University of Alabama-Huntsville (AL)

Photo 1: Reagan Amos holds up his Faulkner University jersey.

Photo 2: Wrestler Daniel Benitez smiles as he signs his name.

Photo 3: Jordan Barnham signs her intent to play soccer for University of Alabama-Birmingham.

Photo 4: The student athletes

Photo 5: Alexandra Melehan signs as her mother Lauren looks on.

Credits: Cherokee County School District