Athens High School senior Josh Garrett signed to play basketball at Austin College yesterday surrounded by his family and coaches during a ceremony at the AHS Athletics Office.
“He’ll be missed, guys like him don’t grow on trees,” said AHS head basketball coach Gerald Anthony.
AISD Athletic Director Paul Essary said, “Congratulations, not only to Josh but to the entire family. It is a great honor to have a student-athlete from Athens High School sign (with a college) for a couple of reasons. The main reason is to be able to get a better education to make a better life for himself, and also to represent Athens ISD and the community of Athens at the collegiate level. We are awful proud of you and wish you all the luck in the world. We know you are going to do us very proud.”