Jacobi Harris
Jacobi Harris is a starting outfielder for the North Carolina Central University baseball team. He was a member of the 2014 MEAC All-Academic team with a 3.45 GPA.
Q: Do you miss anything from NHS? Are you still connected with anyone at NHS? A: I miss all of the people that I grew up around for 12 years. I am still connected with people from NHS but not how I was when I still attended school there. I wish I were still connected with my main group of friends like Jamal Baines, Tevin Page and Landis Barber.
Q: How has NHS helped you get to where you are?
A: NHS has helped me with organizational skills, as well as communication skills to get me where I am now.
Mark Goods
Mark Goods II is currently a basketball player at UNCG. He began his college bas- ketball career at Pfieffer University and started the majority of the games. He now enjoys going to the gym and officiating flag football games on campus.
Q: Describe your favorite memory with sports at NHS.
A: My favorite sports memory while at NHS is playing in the state championship game my junior year. Even though we fell short of our goal, this is an experience that a lot of people will never be able to experience. The atmosphere and fan/stu- dent support was unbelievable. We wouldn’t have made it that far into the playoffs without them.
Q: How has NHS helped you get to where you are?
A: NHS has helped me grow into the man I am today. The lessons and experiences that I have had at the school have directly impacted my life.
Q: What are you currently doing? How is that going?
A: After playing two years of college basketball at Pfeiffer, I decided to transfer to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I am currently a student-athlete at UNC-Greensboro. Its going great; I love the university and its atmosphere.
Rashmi Vanhook
Rashmi Vanhook is a former North- wood basketball player. She played basketball at North Greenville Univer- sity in South Carolina. Currently, she is a teacher assistant at Northwood and is also the head JV girls’ basketball coach.
Q: Do you miss anything from NHS?
A: I miss some of my old teachers and friends. Most of all I miss the high school days; just coming to school was fun to me. I enjoyed it.
Q: Describe your favorite memory with sports at NHS.
A: My favorite memory out of my four years here at NHS would always be during basketball season getting ready for our “famous rivalry” throwdown against JM. Any competitive match against them was exciting.
Gino Lamanna
Gino Lamanna is a hockey player at UNC-Wilmington. He played football and wrestled when he was not playing travel hockey. He is a member of the ACHA All-South team.
Q: What are you currently doing? How is that going?
A: I am going to school at UNC-Wilmington, working and playing hockey for the school as well. Hockey has been going great with the team making Nationals this year, and I led the team in scoring (goals and assists) and made 1st ACHA All South team, making me a top three forward in the south. Doing all this while five minutes away from the beach isn’t bad either.
Q: Describe your favorite memory with sports at NHS.
A: Wrestling my senior year was a great time. I also played two years of football as a sophomore and senior when taking time off from hockey. My favorite sports memory though was watching Northwood vs. Jordan Matthews basketball games and playing in the football games against each other.
Jay Williams
Jay Williams is the starting nose guard at North Carolina Weslyan. He is ma- joring in Criminal Justice and minor- ing in Sociology.
Q: What are you currently doing?
How is that going?
A: I am currently at North Carolina Wesleyan; my major is Criminal Justice and I’m minoring in Sociology. I also play football and am the current starting nose guard. College is fun as long as you set aside time to study for tests. Football makes it even better; getting involved at all will make your college experience worthwhile.
Q: Describe your favorite memory with sports at NHS.
A: Favorite memory is a hard one. [I would say] either beating [Jordan-Mat- thews in football] junior year and the whole team crying their eyes out after the game, or it could be my senior year when we lost to Cardinal Gibbons but I had two sacks in a row. So hype!