Chesterfield’s Xander Hamilton, “NETC” Male Student Athlete of the Month
Chesterfield’s Xander Hamilton Named “NETC” Male Student Athlete of the Month
Chesterfield — Xander Hamilton is a senior two-sport athlete at Chesterfield High, where he plays soccer while also participating on the Ram’s wrestling team. Soccer is his favorite sport of the two, and he has played on soccer teams since he was three years old.
Hamilton has excelled in wrestling also; a sport he did not take up until he started high school. Hamilton has 98 career wins on his resume as a wrestler at Chesterfield High.
After his high school career, he is looking to continue playing soccer as a walk-on at the next level. He is currently considering Coastal Carolina, UNC-Wilmington, and he has a visit to the University of South Carolina planned for April, 28.
In the classroom, Hamilton carries a 3.8 GPA, while maintaining his online course load, and participating in two sports. Of the two sports he participates in, Hamilton has a strong desire to play soccer at the next level.
For all his athletic and academic accomplishments, Hamilton 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 is currently offering over 44 online dual credit courses for the 2024-25 school year to students in Marlboro County, Dillon County, and Chesterfield County, where they serve the academic needs of high school students.
Xander is currently enrolled in dual credit online courses offered by NETC and will has earned enough credits for an associate’s degree. He is focused on completing all the required classes for the first year of college to give a head start on his college credits. For his education after high school, Xander has a strong desire to major in Marine Biology in college.
By taking the online courses through the NETC, Xander says, when I graduate high school, I’ll also be awarded my Associate’s in Science degree. When asked the difficulty to enroll and take classes, he replied that “it was nice that courses were so easy to access and to complete the work.”
“The NETC online work helped me prep for college by “improving my ability to communicate, that made it easier for me to interact better with my teachers and professors.” The other advantage Xander noted by taking college level classes in high school, “it will help take away some of the stress of my first year.”
Hamilton said that enjoyed wrestling, but his favorite sport is soccer which he started playing when he was 3-years old. He is mainly a defensive player, and his goal is making the team as a walk once he gets in college if he does not get an offer up front.
