Players sign college scholarships
Nine Walton County high school football players signed college scholarships on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.
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Demond Smith is headed for The Flats. He is surrounded by Monroe Area High School personnel and family during Wednesday’s official signing.
Stephon Tuitt signed with Notre Dame. Seated at a ceremony Friday are Tuitt, left, and Monroe Area High School Principal Bill George. Standing are MAHS defensive coordinator Chad Estes, left, and Purple Hurricane coach Matt Fligg.
Tre’Shard Burdette, seated at center, signed a football scholarship with Georgia Southern. Supporting his decision are, seated, his grandmother Bernice Burdette, left, and mother Tanya Harrison. Standing are Monroe Area High School’s principal, Bill George, and head football coach, Matt Fligg.
Quan Rivers, seated at center, signed with Campbellsville (Ky.) University. With him on signing day were, seated, Monroe Area High School assistant coach Kevin Barnes, left, and head coach Matt Fligg. Also pictured is MAHS Principal Bill George.
Mike Hendricks, seated at center, signed a scholarship to play football at Campbellsville (Ky.) University. Supporting his decision were, seated, his mother, Melissa Hendricks, left, and grandmother Ethel Hendricks, right. Standing, from left, are his grandfather James Hendricks; father, Thomas Carroll; brother D.J. Hendricks; uncle Jamie Hendricks; and Monroe Area High School’s head football coach, Matt Fligg, and principal, Bill George.
Cha Martin, seated at center, signed a scholarship to play football at Campbellsville (Ky.) University. Supporting his decision are his father, Vincent Martin, seated at left, and mother, Vivian Williams, seated at right. Standing are Monroe Area High School Principal Bill George, left, and football coach Matt Fligg.
Loganville’s Brandon O'Rourke, seated at center, signed a football scholarship with LaGrange College, a Division III school, on Feb. 2. Supporting his decision are, seated, his mother, Donna O’Rourke-Frick, and father, Brian O’Rourke, and, standing, from left, Loganville assistant coaches Mike Holden, Nick Johnson, Stephen Smith, John Rolader, Rich Colvin and Mike Humprheys, and head coach Eric Godfree.
Mykel Wyyet, of Loganville High School, signed a football scholarship with Tusculum College, a Division II school in Tennessee and a member of the South Atlantic Conference. Wyyet, seated second from left, was supported by family members, seated, including his father, Edward Wyyet, left; his mother, LaShawn Wyyet, second from right; and brother, Toniel Wyyet, right. Looking on were Loganville assistant coaches, standing from left, Mike Holdren, Nick Johnson, Stephen Smith, John Rolader, Rich Colvin and Mike Humphreys, and Red Devil head coach Eric Godfree.
Sam Jones III’s family and coaches turned out in support of his decision to play football at Brevard College, a Division II school in North Carolina. Seated, from left, at the Loganville High School library are Jones’ father, Sam Jones Jr.; brother, Darius Moon; Jones; his mother, Melody Moon; and stepfather, Joseph Moon. Standing, from left, are Loganville assistant coaches Mike Holdren, Nick Johnson, Stephen Smith, John Rolader, Rich Colvin and Mike Humphreys, and head coach Eric Godfree.
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Nine high school football players from Walton County signed a National Letter of Intent to play in college.
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Congradulations to all of the players!!!
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