North Brunswick High School (Continued)
Unwood A. Hooper Bryan Wayne Housand
John Michael Jordan Tamara Lynn Jordan
George Lee King Jr.
Joseph Larry Klutz
Angela Susanne Leigh
Lorie Ann Lewis
Victoria C. Lewis
Reginald Aron Lewis
North's Bryan Housand Heading To Chapel Hill
BY DOUG RUTTER
Ask Bryan Housand about his
plans after graduating high
school and a sparkle comes
to his eyes.
With the look of a proud papa,
the North Brunswick senior says
he's going to the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"I've always wanted to go to
Carolina as long as I can remem
ber," he says. "I've always been a
Tarheel fan."
The 17-year-old son of Billy and
Barbara Housand of Leland hasn't
sal around watching North Carolina
ball games on television during his
four years at North Brunswick.
He's been very active in sports
himself, playing three years of foot
ball, four years of baseball and one
year of junior varsity basketball.
Housand got started in sports when
he was in elementary school.
"My dad was a coach at Lei and
Dixie Youth Baseball and he started
letting me play whenever I was
seven," he said. "I started playing
Pop Warner Football in Wilmington
when I was seven."
Housand said he likes baseball
the best because of the teamwork
and traveling involved. This will be
his third summer umpiring Dixie
Youth baseball games.
Housand played first base for the
Scorpion baseball team and has
played center, punter and defensive
end on the football team.
But athletics isn't his whole life.
He's also found the time along the
way to hit the bodes. Housand is
the class valedictorian at North,
graduating with a cool 4.0 grade
point average.
"My mom pushes me because
STAfF PHOTO BY SUSAN USHt*
North High Taps Seven
North Brunswick High School in Inland has tapped the seven juniors with the highest academic aver
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Waddell, hyung Ue, chief marshal, and Wendy Hypes, and standing (from left) are James D. G id ley,
Kletst T. Bowman and A nthony Haselden. Terri L Bryant is not pictured.
she's a school teacher," Housand
says. "I used to get C's in handwrit
ing and English. But ever since
middle school and high school I've
been getting A's and a few B's."
A nationally-recognized scholar
athlete, Housand plans to study
sports medicine at UNC. He hopes
to become an athletic trainer "and
maybe a coach one day down the
line."
Housand 's not sure if sports will
be a part of his experience at Cha
pel Hill. "I'm going to try to play
baseball as a walk-on," he said.
Besides his involvement in
sports, Housand served as band
president at North Brunswick and
has been active in Future Business
Leaders of America, Students
Against Drunk Driving and the
Spanish Club.
He says the competitiveness of
high school sports is what he'll
miss most about North Brunswick.
Housand said his high school
football and baseball coaches, Gary
Baldwin and Keith Moore, have
been a big help during his years at
North.
"Coach Moore always let me
stay after practice for extra hitting
or fielding whenever I needed it,"
he said.
Baldwin, who is also the athletic
director at North Brunswick, says
Housand is a great kid.
"He's just a good, well-man
nered young man," Baldwin noted.
"He tries hard. He's one of those
kids that when he sets his mind to
ward something, he's going to get it
done, "the coach added. "He's not
the most gifted athlete, but he
works hard and that makes up for
it."
As for his alma mater, Housand
says North Brunswick isn't as bad
as everyone makes it out to be.
STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG KUTTC*
BRYAN HOUSAND, first base
man for the Scorpions, has bal
anced athletics and academics
during his four years at North
Brunswick.
"You know how we get the bad
rap in the county?" he asks. "It's
not that bad here. It's just not as bad
as everybody thinks it is."