Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Contents Student Life page 10 -1 Sports page 48 Aceideniics page 96 OrganizAtions page 114 People paige 144 i: Ads page 198

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It ' s not easy to win the right to wear a state football championship ring. It ' s not easy to be the Ring Leader. It ' s not easy for over 40% of the Senior Class to achieve National Merit Semi-finalist status or receive a Letter of Commendation. It ' s not easy to place third in the state soccer tournament against all odds. It ' s not easy for The Owl and The Owl ' s Hoot to win national acclaim annually. It ' s not easy to have students accepted to Stanford, Harvard, Rice and many other exceptional universities. It takes Commitment En route to a 14-0 shutout of perennial powerhouse Brentwood Academy, the Owl defense flaunts the hustle and tenacity of a state- champion team as end Diego Winegardner sticks the quarterback before linebacker Walter Scott can block his pass. Managers of the most productive ad campaign in school history, Joel Morrow and John Pitts distribute some sixty-five pizzas, one to each student who has sold an ad, while Joel ' s brother, Richard, waits impatiently to get the dadgum, greasy things out of [his] new truck. COMMITMENT 5