By Joseph Geason, ABC13 Houston
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Signing day is a special day for athletes, families, and the entire community.
“I’m so proud. He’s worked so hard for this,” Michael Taylor’s mom, Nereida Araujo, said.
“I just really can’t explain,” Elizabeth City State University volleyball signee Breyawnna Noland said. “Today just means so much to me. I’m just very grateful for where I am right now.”
This year’s February signing period was historic at Aldine Davis. It had the most Falcon athletes putting pen to paper in school history.
“I want to thank them, too,” Schriner University’s Re-Char Johnson said. “They helped me through all this, all this process of picking the right school.”
Thirteen athletes signed to continue their athletics and education at the next level. Eleven students inked for football, Breyawnna Noland signed for volleyball, and Kyra Brown signed to Brandeis University for swimming.
“I want to study neuroscience and get an engineering degree in mechanical engineering so I can translate that to creating prosthetics for hospitals,” Brown said. “I’ve always worked with special needs kids and people with disabilities, and I just feel that that combines both of them perfectly.”
One of the football players signing is Nicholas Tramble to Prairie View A&M University. Off the field, he’s earned a 3.6 GPA. I’ve followed his journey since he was a freshman playing varsity at Booker T Washington.
“Without (my family) pushing me, without them taking me (to) six in the morning workouts, without them waking me up early in the morning when I don’t want to go work out. Making me work out, I wouldn’t be here today,” Tramble said.
We’ve always preached academics first, athletics second,” Nicholas’ mom, Ashley Tramble, said. “If your academics are where they’re supposed to be, then athletics can do what they’re supposed to do.”
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