Athlete of the Month
Davis Hartley by Teri Hebert
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his month’s Athlete of the Month is Special Olympian Davis Hartley. Yes, you read that right! We have a true Special Olympian living in our neighborhood! This guy loves sports! Davis plays basketball and it’s his favorite sport. His coach nicknamed him “Mr. Three-pointer” on the Special Olympics team. He also plays tennis at Canyon Creek Country Club on the Special Athletics team, he does Special Olympics volleyball and track. And he’s a swimmer for Special Olympics (and was a CCCC Barracuda for several years). As if that wasn’t enough, he was on the football team in high school. Sharing one of his favorite sports moments Davis says, during a big game “My friend Geoffrey threw the ball in and I shot the winning basket before the clock ran out to win the game and my team won the gold medal.” Gold-medal winning moment! Davis graduated from JJ Pearce in 2012. He also attended Prairie Creek Elementary, North Junior, and Richland College. In high school, Davis was voted Homecoming King, Mr. JJ Pearce, and class favorite. He is a high-scorer in basketball, and of course, as a Special Olympian, he has many Special Olympics medals to his name. Outside of school and sports, Davis loves job training. He works for Subway at Richland college and has been doing a great job there for two and a half years. And his extra-curricular skills don’t stop with sports, either. He’s a bass fisherman who travels to Canada every summer to go fishing. Davis has lived in Richardson all of his life. He loves dogs, especially his chocolate lab Lucy. Davis says he’s shy, but when you get to know him, he’s a funny guy. One thing he loves most about Canyon Creek is that he knows a lot of people and he sees them everywhere he goes. He says many of his friends from back in his Prairie Creek Elementary days—as far back as kindergarten—come to celebrate his birthday each year in June. He loves to see them! Davis, we love having you in the neighborhood. Thank you for sharing your story with us! www.CanyonCreekLifeMedia.com
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