Welcome to Orlando Downtown Athletic Club

The Downtown Athletic Club

of Orlando

Foundation

Scholar Athlete &
College Scholarship Programs

2005 Scholar Athlete Winners

Rick Morris, Jarian Smith (Scholarship Winner), Jarian's mon, Debra

Shelley Ferguson DACO Executive Director, Jeff Turner, Keynote Speaker, Chip Landon, DACO Chairman, and Wayne Carse, Carse Oil

Chris Burns, (SAB Chairman), Kevin's Harris (Male Scholar Athlete Winner), Bill Buchalter and Jeff Turner

If you joined us recently for our 20th annual Scholar Athlete Banquet at the Orlando Marriott, we hope you enjoyed the evening. It spotlighted another group of outstanding young Central Florida high school seniors who combine academics and athletics into an amazing set of accomplishments. Selected from more than 90 nominees, these 20 final ists are truly the crème of this year's graduating class, and represent the top echelon of high school students.
Keynote Speaker,
Jeff Turner

Jeff Turner, former NBA and Magic player, sportscaster, Olympic gold medalist and soon-to-be basketball coach at Lake Highland Prep was our keynote speaker, stepping in on short notice for John Weisbrod, who was called out of town suddenly on team business. We thank Jeff for making room for us in his busy schedule and for his motivating talk on the importance of always working toward your goals.

The top honors of the evening - the Male and Female Scholar Athlete of the Year awards - were presented to Kevin Harris of Seminole High and Jennifer Barringer of Oviedo High. The Male award was presented this year in honor of Bill Buchalter, Orlando Sentinel's high school sports guru and a long-time supporter of the DACO and our Scholar Athlete program. The Female award was again presented in honor or Mrs. Jimmie Carse.

The same week, Board member Rick Morris presented the DACO Foundation twenty-fifth full-tuition four-year college scholarship to Jarian Smith, a graduating senior at Jones High School at the Jones High Senior Awards night. Jarian has been very active in a number of academic and civic youth leadership organizations over the past four years, while earning a 3.0 GPA. He played on the Jones football team for two years before being sidelined with a heart murmur. Jarian plans to attend Valencia Community College in the fall, then transfer to a major state university to earn an Education degree and pursue his dream to teach math on the high school level.

Chris Burns, Jimmie Carse, Jennifer Barringer (Female Scholar Athlete Winner) and Jeff Turner

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