Hometown Clinton - Fall 2015

The CHALKBOARD
CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
LADY ARROWS
LADY ARROW MONICA MOSLEY IS
GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Monica Mosley
(photo by Keith Warren/MHSAA)
Monica Mosley had a record-breaking year. The Lady Arrows
Track & Field star earned two individual state titles and helped lead
her team to a third consecutive 6A State Championship. On
Wednesday, she was named the 2014-15 Gatorade Mississippi Girls
Track & Field Athlete of the Year.
“Monica is a star in the making,” said Johnathan Perkins, Lady
Arrow’s track and field head coach. “She hasn’t been hurdling for long
but she jumped right in and has become
very successful.”
The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence as well as
high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character
demonstrated on and off the track. She is now a finalist for the
Gatorade National Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year, which will
be announced later this month.
At the 6A Track & Field State Championship, Monica shattered
the state record in 300-meter hurdles (41.87 seconds) and won a
second individual state title in 100-meter hurdles (14.42 seconds). She
also ran the lead leg on the 4x200 relay that won in 1:37.98 as well as
the anchor leg on the 4x400 relay that won in 4:03.24.
Monica has maintained a 3.14 grade point average. She is active in
her church and a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and
she volunteers at a local summer camp.
Monica will be a senior this fall. She joins Demi Washington as the
second Gatorade Mississippi Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year to
be chosen from CPSD.
In its 30th year, the Gatorade Player of the Year award honors top
high school student-athletes in 12 varsity sports for their athletic
excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character. She will
be presented with a trophy and formal letter, and CHS will also
receive a trophy and a banner celebrating Mosley’s selection as
Gatorade Player of the Year.
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