Latta High School’s Heath Mew Named “NETC” Male Student Athlete of the Month
Larry Gamble
HSSR Photo Editor
Latta — Heath Mew is a senior and former two-sport athlete at Latta High School, where he played baseball and basketball before switching to only playing Golf for his senior year. Of the three sports he has participated in, he readily admits that Golf is his favorite sport, despite having just started playing the game a year ago.
While Mew will close out his high school career playing golf, he does have fond memories of playing basketball from the seventh grade through his junior year. Similarly, he played baseball starting in the eighth grade through his sophomore year. Everything changed when he says, “My buddies invited me to go play golf and I found I really enjoyed the game,” he said. That outing led him to eventually play golf for on his high school team.
In the classroom Mew carries a 4.512 GPA, while maintaining his online course load, and participating in sports.
For all his athletic and academic accomplishments, Mew 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 2025-26 school year to students in the three counties they serve.
Mew is currently enrolled in dual credit courses offered by NETC. He just finished College Algebra and this semester he will take Psychology. His plans are to attend North Greenville University and work towards a degree in Physical Therapy. Afterwards, he aspires to enroll in MUSC’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program and make that his career.
By taking the online courses through the NETC, Mew says, “It will help me prepare for the work-load and schedule I can expect with my future college work, and this helps me balance my schedule for my classes,” he said. ” By taking these classes my NETC classes will transfer, and they will count for freshman required classes which will put me ahead in my academic load.”
When asked about a memorable moment in his sports career, Mew said, “Last year, I was new on the golf team, and we made it to state,” he said. “I got to play, and that first time hearing my name called to tee off, with me being new to the sport, was special. Even better, I addressed the ball for the tee shot and it was the best drive I ever hit at that point.”
