Chesterfield’s Maquan Blount Named the NETC Male Student Athlete of the Month
Chesterfield Junior OL, Marquan Blount is the August NETC Male Student Athlete of the Month.
Chesterfield — Marquan Blount is a junior and two-sport athlete at Chesterfield High, where he is a three-year started on the football team. Plus, he is a member of the Track & Field team to help stay physically fit for the next football season. He is currently enrolled in his first semester of online classes with NETC.
On the football field, when he was a sophomore, he used his size, strength, and agility to outmaneuver his opponents that resulted in 2-3 pancakes a game. In his track and field efforts, his personal best for Discus is 84 meters and 35 meters for Shot Put.
Going into his junior year, he’s looking to continue that strong performance on the football field and hopefully this will be his breakout season. Currently, his top three schools to play football for, after high school, are the University of North Carolina, Coastal Carolina, and the University of South Carolina.
In the classroom he carries a 3.856 GPA and he has a strong desire to play football at the next level.
For all his athletic and academic accomplishments, Blount has been chosen the NETC Male Student Athlete of the Month.”
This honor is bestowed through a partnership between the Northeastern Technical College and “The High School Sports Report” with the publication communicating with athletic directors at high schools in the counties of Dillon, Marlboro, and Chesterfield, where NETC serves the needs of high school students seeking to earn dual credits in various subjects that can be transferred to colleges after a student’s high school graduation.
The NETC currently offering over 44 online dual credit courses for the 2024-25 school year to students in the three counties they serve.
Blount says he is “currently enrolled in his first two dual credit online courses offered by the NETC.” They are Spanish 101 and Theater Arts. 2
Blount say he initially plans on majoring in Business in college.
When ask about the transition to taking online courses through the NETC, Blount says “I am getting prepared for what my actual experiences could be once I get to college”. When asked if the online experience is difficult to compared to high school work, he said, ‘it is good, it’s simple and challenging. I can email my teacher with questions, and they are very helpful.”
Blount say is enjoying these two online courses, he plans on taking two more NETC next semester and continuing them next year.. Taking these classes, “it will get you credits you need in your first year and you will be better prepared for college.”
Taking two college level online classes, plus high school, and football practice is not the challenge he thought it would be. Blount says, “It’s important not to be lazy and you get your work done. It also helps that Chesterfield High provides ‘tech blocks” and my coaches support me in all the work for my studies.”
Blount has a favorite memory from this past football season. “We were playing against Johnsonville in the first game of the season. Head Coach Matt Quinn was in his first year and that game turned out to be our biggest game of the season. Our seniors were instrumental in pulling us together as a team, and it set the tone for the season that put us on a course to make the playoffs. This was memorable because the previous season, we won just two games.”
