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Sign Scholarships with St.
Johns River Community College
March 4, 2010
It's been a year of unprecedented success at John Paul II in volleyball. The spotlight was once again on the Lady Panthers as a pair of teammates signed to play for St. John's River Community College.
JP2 senior Catherine Goble says, "Well, I've been thinking about this day for four years. Ever since I started high school, I know that I wanted to play in college. It's just so exciting to be here today."
JP2 senior Emma Donovan adds, "Well, I've wanted to play volleyball in college since probably my sophomore year, so this is like a big day. It's finally happening and I really like the school. I'm really happy and I love the coach so I'm real excited."
Catherine Goble and Emma Donovan were born on the same day and now they'll be sharing a lot together for years to come.
Goble says, "Emma and I are best friends and have been since third grade. it's just great to do it with her and to know someone going down there and play with her."
Emma adds, "I told Catherine, if you get offered, I'm definitely going even though I was going to go anyway, so it just made it that much better."
These two helped place banners in JP2's gym, Now, they may do the same for St. John's.
Jennifer Meyer Signs with St. Thomas University in Miami
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Larry Sparkman, former John Paul II head volleyball coach, says, "I'm going to follow these kids for years to come and I want to find out their schedules and go watch their college games, and see how everything turns out."
Sparkman is going to be a busy man following his players' careers. That's because three players from the Lady Panthers final four team have signed to play college ball. The latest being Jennifer Meyer who's getting a full ride scholarship to St. Thomas University in Miami. Meyer says "It's real exciting. I never thought I would play volleyball in college, but now that I have this opportunity, I'm really excited. It's really cool to be able to celebrate it with all my fellow students and everybody because they've been my biggest fans the past four years. "
Just last month, teammates Catherine Goble and Emma Donovan signed on to play for St. John's River Community College. Meyer says, "You know we are a really tight-knit group and we've been working hard the past four years and especially the seniors. It's great to see two of my teammates also sign with colleges as well. It's also been great for the school in general to have something like this big happen". The three were unable to bring a state championship to JP II but their success is not being measured in banners, it's being measured in hard work.