Hometown Rankin - April & May 2016

Pisgah
Pisgah High School is proud to have three of our student
athletes sign with college teams this year. TJ McGinnis is Pisgah’s
first football player in school history to commit to a Division I
team straight from high school. He has signed with the University
of Southern Mississippi. TJ is the son of Trenda and Trumell
McGinnis. TJ was a record-breaking student athlete at Pisgah,
where he earned the most accolades of any PHS athlete, holds
the record for most yards and most touchdowns in a single
season, and had offers from eight Division I schools and five
Division II schools before choosing to attend USM.
AG Stewart recently became Pisgah’s first graduate to sign
with a collegiate fastpitch softball team. AG is the daughter of
Christi and Bubba Stewart. She will play for East Mississippi
Community College. Both of these exceptional athletes are also
excellent students; AG has earned a 4.0 GPA and plans to
become a dental hygienist, while TJ maintains a 3.2 GPA and
plans to study business management.
In addition, senior Averyon Harris has signed with
Southwest Community College. Averyon is the son of Betty and
Leroy Harris.
In the academic realm, we are also proud to announce that
Pisgah is the only school in the Rankin County School District to
earn Mississippi PREPS Value-Added awards for the PARCC
Algebra I and English II tests based on the 2014-2015 school
year test results, indicating that PHS students and their teachers
outperformed projections on both tests.
Congratulations to all of our hard-working students.
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