Coach Ron Gartrell (center of photo holding football) and his coaching staff at Stephenson High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia, whose Jaguar Football team photo was featured in this blog in August, has made the news again in Atlanta. Fox5 Atlanta had a feature story today (September 26th) on the high scholarship rate attained by Coach Gartrell’s senior football players. He’s consistently been able to help his athletes get scholarships throughout the years that I’ve been taking the Jaguars’ team photos (since 1997), but in the last two years, 53 out of 66 of his seniors have gotten college scholarships. Here’s a link to the story aired by Fox5 today http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/sports/Sports-Scholarships-Not-Out-of-Reach-20110926-am-sd
This is quite an accomplishment and is testament to the dedication of Coach Gartrell and his coaching staff in providing valuable skills and life lessons to the students they coach. I’m proud of my association with Coach Gartrell and the Stephenson Jaguars and hope the lessons they teach there continue to improve the lives of their students.
