Donley to play at University of Findlay

| February 6, 2015
Football: Zach Donley, a senior at Ridgewood High School, is pictured signing his National Letter of Intent to play football and run track for the University of Findlay Oilers. Photo contributed to The Beacon

Football: Zach Donley, a senior at Ridgewood High School, is pictured signing his National Letter of Intent to play football and run track for the University of Findlay Oilers. Photo contributed to The Beacon

WEST LAFAYETTE – Zach Donley, a 190 pound, 5 foot 10 senior at Ridgewood, signed his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, Feb. 4 to play football at the University of Findlay. Donley will also be running track for the Oilers.

Donley, who rushed for over 1,000 yards last fall, said, “It feels good to move on with my sports career and I would like to thank my Coach Jason Prater for always being there for support and helping me get better at my sports. I would like to thank the coaching staff and my teammates.”

Donley participated in football and track for the Generals. He said a favorite memory “Was playing under the lights every Friday night.”

Donley’s mom Shannon said, “I could not be any prouder of him. He has worked so hard and it’s paying off now.”

Donley thanked the coaching staff and said, “I have good teammates.”

Ridgewood football coach John Slusser said, “Zach has worked hard and deserves what he got. I’m very happy for him. I think it was when he was a sophomore that he really decided what he wanted to do, and from then on there was no stopping him. There was no better practice player than Zach. It was a great moment for me to see the joy on his face when he started getting it and that all of his hard work was paying off.”

[email protected]

 

 

Category: High School, Sports

About the Author ()

I live with my beautiful wife Nancy on a small farm just outside Coshocton. We have been married for thirty two years and have two grown children, Jessica and Jacob. Jessica is married to Aaron Mencer and they are employed with Coshocton City Schools. Jacob is a sophomore at Kent State University. I graduated from River View High School, have a Bachelor’s Degree from North Carolina Wesleyan University and am actively involved with the Roscoe United Methodist Church, serve on several local committees and am a member of the Coshocton Kiwanis Club, having served as Past-President. I love reading, especially military thrillers, the Civil War and history in general. My goal is to write a novel. My wife and I are also AdvoCare distributors and encourage anyone wanting to lose weight, gain energy and better health to explore AdvoCare at our website; www.fortunes4advocare.com. I love the media field, innovative technology and have worked in newspapers for over 30 years – in fact, my first job was delivering newspapers. The Beacon is a dream made possible by the support of this community and a great team. I hope to continue serving Coshocton County for many years.

Comments are closed.