This edition’s athlete of the month is 10th grader Zach Myers. He is a golf player who has been playing for six years now. He was introduced to golf at a baseball tournament. His team had a long delay between games and a group of his friends went to play golf and invited him along.  Since then, his favorite sport has been golf.
    Zach has been playing on the Ocean Springs Golf Team since his seventh grade year. He says that his favorite thing about playing golf is the different challenges that he has to face while playing. One of his other extra curricular activities is that he is a member of the Mu Alpha Theta club at Ocean Springs High School. When asked what one of the most meaningful things that golf had taught him, Zach responded, “It [golf] has helped build character.”