Fannin County Sports Hall of Fame

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SCHOOL NEWS
FCMS announces Principal’s
List and Honor Roll
Fannin County Sports
Hall of Fame
%\7HUU\'DYLVSentinel Sports Writer
For the second consecutive
April, the Fannin County
Sports Hall of Fame (FCSHOF) held their induction
banquet. This year’s inductees ran the gamut in both
age and sports and included
both athletes and coaches.
In keeping with last year’s
theme, a team was also selected to be inducted. This
year it was the 1993 girls
basketball team that won the
state championship.
Each year I try to pick
someone that will pique
readers interest, and tell
some of their story. That’s a
very tough task, considering
all of the inductees have attained greatness. This year I
chose Travis Summers. Travis is a great example of perseverance and dedication in
tough times. I hope you will
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I did.
Life is the ultimate match
Travis Summers
When 2014 Fannin Sports
Hall of Famer Travis Summers left high school in 2002,
he had some great accomplishments to be proud of and
a bright future. Travis was a
wrestler. He had a stunning
record of 152 wins and only
10 losses in his four years. He
had won Area II 4a Championship for the 103 pound class
in 1998-1999. He won three
state championships and was
a team Georgia selection for
three different years.
As you might expect, Tra-
vis was heavily recruited and
selected Carson Newman
University in Jefferson, Tenn.
Carson Newman is a small
private Southern Baptist
school with lots of tradition
and is well respected both
academically and in athletics.
They offered Summers a
full ride scholarship which he
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time away from his parents.
Like many of us, the temptations were a bit too much. By
his second semester, Summers found himself academically ineligible to compete.
He still trained and practiced,
and during that time sustained a spinal compression
injury.
Doctors told Travis and
his parents that his time as a
wrestler had come to an end.
A stunning blow for Travis,
who had wrestled since he
Lori Chastain, principal at Fannin County Middle School, is
proud to announce students that are
on the Principal’s List and Honor
Roll for the third nine weeks. Students on the Principal’s List must
have all grades 93 or above. Students on the Honor Roll must have
an overall average of 90 or above.
PRINCIPAL’S LIST
6th grade students named to
the Principal’s List are: Olivia
Akins, Abbey Arvidson, Thomas
Bartholf, Hailey Brackett, Gabriel
Buchanan, Kristina Campbell,
Hailey Fields, Seth Foster, Jacob
Gailey, Lora Gwatney, Brandi
Harper, Anna Holloway, Shelby Hood, Lexi McGill, Aaliyah
Mitchem, Abigail O’Neal, Haley
Parks, Manan Patel, Emily Patton, Levi Patton, Zachary Payne,
Michael Pellegrino, Shelby Pierce,
Savannah Rivas, Matthew Shirah,
and Warren Grant Sullivan.
7th grade students named to
the Principal’s List are: Amelia
Akins, Waylon Arrowood, Jhenna
Arvidson, Morgan Blaine, Bailey
Breeden, Rhian Gene Carbonell,
Tanner Carrier, Carson Chambers, Cristilyne Clowers, Bailee
Cobb, Sydney Collins, Shannon
Culpepper, Annabelle Daniels,
Hannah Dickey, Ramtin Doroodchi, Evelyn Doss, Ashley Fields,
Macy Galloway, William Garland,
Nathaniel Garrison, Grey Walker
Gregory, Madeleine Harris, Hannah Holsonback, Kenneth Chandler Kendall, Hannah Ladd, Carley Queen, Morgan Rhodes, Sara
Rhodes, Cole Roberson, Devin
Schnuphase, Rodney Grant Shepherd, Abigail Stuart, Evan Taylor,
and Elisha Young.
8th grade students named to
the Principal’s List are: Tiffany
Abt, Jordan Anderson, Kristyn
Arp, Lillyanna Ballew, Ryan
Beavers, Sophia Beavers, Tanner
Blevins, Shayna Bowyer, Ashleigh
Brackett, Kristen Cantrell, Trudy
Cobb, Morgan Contardi, Katelyn
Curtis, KateLynn Davenport, Jessie DeCosta, Autumn Holloway,
Dylan Holloway, Carol-Ann Victoria Keaton, Sydney Ledford,
Tayelor Long, Jacob McClure,
Jordan Newman, Emma Orlinski, Alivia Patton, Morgan Patton, Sara Petersen, Laycee Queen,
Cheyenne Reynolds, Raymond
Murphy Ross, Rowan Shewmake,
Clifford William Shirah, Adriana
Smith, Kelleigh Taylor, and Bailey
Whitener.
HONOR ROLL
6th grade students named to the
Honor Roll are: Marshall Colton
Atherton, Chance Bailey, Emma
Barnstead, Carson Beavers, Braylin Bennett, Chandler Bond, Taylor Brand, Isaac Brooks, Hunter
Brown, Averie Chambers, Alivia
Chancey, Tristan Cheves, Melissa
Cloer, Claire Cobb, Allyson Cole,
Saidee Collins, Alyssa Crane,
Brett Crawford, Dakota Crawford,
Brooke Crowder, Hannah Cruse,
Caitlin Davenport, Ashton Davis,
Emily Deal, Nathan Deal, Jacob
Dilbeck, Savannah Dillard, Courtney Earls, Alexandra Layne Epperson, Amanda Nicole Fish, Tyler
Ford, Hannah Foster, Miriam Foster, Landon Galloway, Owen Garton, Taylor Gibbs, George Hamilton, Bristol Harper, Michael Jacob
Helstrom, Laila Helton, Kaelyn
Hensley, Hunter Henson, Jerritt
Holloway, Luke Holloway, Morgan Holt, Cohutta Hyde, Miles
Johnson, Allyson Jones, Zackery Jones, Elizabeth Key, River
Key, Tyechia Kimbrough, Mollie Lariscy, Reagan Ledford, Joseph Long, Kristen Lopez, Olivia
Lowman, Rylie Mason, Margaret
Massey, David Seth Mathis, Kirsten Mathus, Eryn Mealer, Nicholas
Mills, Dade Montgomery, William
Mosley, Christian Murphy, Zachary Nelson, Cassidey Nichols,
Dylan Nuelle, Rebecca Oliver,
Jacob Parris, Desaray Patterson,
Kendall Postell, Shelby Postell,
Mattison Prince, Bailey Queen,
Jesse Queen, Larkinn Rainwater,
Judith Ray, Hannah Ritchie, Elayna Roberson, Isaiah Rooks, Paxon
Ross, Kayleigh Russell, Steven
Setser, Darren Shedd, Samuel
Colby Sisson, Tia Strickland, Gabriel Summers, Victoria Tanner,
Lisa Thomas, Emily Thomason,
Kendall Thompson, Jameson Tilley, Cheyanne Tilson, Joshua
Truelove, Jakob Tuggle Leanne
Twiggs, Lindsey Twiggs, Emily Waldrep, Jaret Walker, Alexis
Ware, Jackson Weeks, Jade White,
Gabriel Willis, and Amber York.
7th grade students named to
the Honor Roll are: Jacob Abercrombie, McKinley Anderson,
Kellie Annis, Michell Arellanes,
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Breanna Barton, Emily Brooke
Beavers, Amber Bohannon, Lily
Butler, Kailey Campbell, Evan
Catron, Jordan Chance, Chloe
Clemmons, William Blake Cobb,
Adrianna Cole, Christopher Collis, Joseph Channing Cook, Sarah
Cook, Matthew Cox, Rebekah
Dayton, Madison Deal, Montana
Dilbeck, Isabella Doane, Jasmine
Dowd, Shiann Dunn, Courtney Elliott, Brianna Eillis, Miranda Fain,
Benjamin Finley, Kyra Galloway,
David Garland, Gavin Gibbs, David Hunter Gray, Emily Gray, Hanah Green, Macy Greene, Robert
Tucker Hayes, Tate Heaton, Reagan Henderson, Makayla Jaselyn
Huff, Emily Ingle, Jasemine Jarrett, Lexi Jeffers, Alicia Jones,
Thelma Cheyanne Jones, Destiny
King, Joel Kinser, Gina Masseri,
Mary Maxwell, Andrew McClure,
Robert Alexander McFarland,
Luke McHan, Hannah Mealer,
Cameron Mull, Dahla Myers, Carlos Roberto Camden Neal, Hannah
Nelson, Noah Nicholson, Crystal
Brooke Norton, James Tyler Norton, Aubree Pack, Bryson Pack,
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the sport. A tough spot for a
20-year-old who invested so
much time and effort in something that was taken away in
an instant.
After his freshman year,
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since his dad introduced him
to the sport, he was without
wrestling.
With the help of his parents,
Tracy and Tami Summers,
Travis enrolled at Dalton
State University in Kennesaw,
Ga. Now without a scholarship, Summers needed a job.
He took a valet position at an
upscale country club while
he worked on his degree. It
would have been easy to become depressed or even give
up. But Travis pushed on. He
made good grades, stayed out
of trouble, and made the best
of his situation.
Fannin County’s all time
winningest wrestler had “reversed the move” on life and
now took the advantage. He
so impressed his employer
that when he received his degree in International Business
in 2004, they hired him to
help manage the opening of a
new facility in California. He
is currently working his way
up the corporate ladder and is
very happy.
Summers took the lessons
his father and others taught
him on the mat and applied
them to life. Reinforcing the
idea of what wrestling coaches everywhere say to encourage their athletes “stand up”
and “don’t quit.”
Well played Travis, well
played.
Standing, Left to Right; Gene Crawford, Freddy Cook Sr. (father of inductee Freddy Cook Jr. who passed away last year), Lynn Phillips, Rene Godfrey, Steve Fry, Steve Cheatham, Jim Woodall, Tom Bowling. Sitting: Blake and Gabe Summers (nephews of inductee Travis Summers who could not
attend), Ashley Herendon, Carla Sisson Boutin, Judy Black Rochelle and John Black (children of inductee Wayne Black who is deceased). The only
inductee not represented in the photo is Clyde Henry.
Dylan Pack, Jacqueline Hope
Parris, David Patterson, Alexis
Payne, Hannah Payne, Kevin
Petty, Samuel Phillips, Adam Piper, Cody Pope, Matthew Postell,
Lexie Prince, Haley Redfern, Bree
Reece, Alexandria Reynolds, Mason Rhodes, Roxie Ross, Natalie
Sanders, Ashley Sanford, Ashlynn Sauls, Kyla Seabolt, Kurstin
Shuler, Amelia Sneed, Hannah
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Thomas, Lexus Walden, Kyleigh
Walker, Kelsey Walton, William
Walton, Savannah Washington,
Katelyn Weaver, Madaline Weaver, Elizabeth Wood, Trinity Yohn,
Angelina Young, and Reagan
Young.
8th grade students named to
the Honor Roll are: William Alexander, Sydney Allen, Destiny
Cheyenne Baker, Jerry Baugh,
Ashley Bell, Desiree, Bell, Taylor Born, Mackenzie Brodowsky,
Austin Brown, Millie Burger,
Calen Campbell, Erin Catron,
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Benjamin Collins, Savada Collins,
Kaylin Contardi, Makenzie Cox,
Madeliene Crain, Hunter Crowder,
Dustyn Davenport, Madison Davenport, Magalie Dean, Tristin Dillard, Bridget Dockrey, Brittany
Dockrey, Kayla Dodge, Gerardo
Espinoza, Kelyn Faulkner, Kayla
Flanagan, Sergio Flores, Drew
Foresman, Hannah Fortenberry,
Haley Foster, Hope Franklin,
Brett Galloway, Jonas Garcia, Emily Garrison, Tarin Garton, Jack
Gobble, Cassidy Graham, Drake
Green, Emily Hamilton, Jessi
Hendricks, Jonah Henry, Reagan
Henson, Samantha Henson, Randall Hill, Clay Holloway, Payton
Holt, Jacob Hood, Tori Hughes,
Lindsay Irons, Madison Johnson, Holly Jones, Dawson King,
Cayden Klewein, Danielle Layman, Janet Leal, Kyndall Ledford,
Andy Lim, Kelly Locke, Jimmy
Long, Anthony Malone, Gabriela Mares, Alicia Marlow, Jennifer
Mackenzie McClure, Ruby Madeline McClure, Emily McDaniel,
Samuel Mercer, Becca Miller,
Gracey Miller, Mackenzie Moreland, Dharma Mull, Sydney Nicholson, Zackary Nicholson, Joshua
Oliver, Austin Panter, Asher Patterson, Katelin Patterson, Cassidy
Payne, Kellie Payne, Mackenzie
Pearson, Samuel Postell, Keenan
Putnam, Brooke Queen, Hayleigh
Queen, Victoria Renzi, Destiny
Rogers, Destiny Sisson, Joseph
Sisson, Chandler Smith, Ethan
Smith, Nelson Soriero, Casey
6WDQV¿HOG7UHYRU6ZHHQH\$OH[is Terry, Elizabeth Thomas, Keaton Towe, Kaitlin Tucker, Jeffrey
Turpin, Rachel Versyn, Samantha
Washington, Baillie Watkins, Victoria Weeks, Westen Weeks, Justin
Wheat, Bailey White, and Sebastian Dawson Workman.
The Annual
Relay for Life
event will
be Friday,
April 25
beginning
at 6:30 p.m.
The survivor dinner
provided by UCB
will begin at
5:30 p.m.
This all takes place
in downtown
Blue Ridge.