Wednesday, April 23, 2014

HHS Alumnus Receives Taylor Medal

On April 10,  Logan Dodson, a graduate of Homewood High School, received the prestigious Taylor Medal at a ceremony at The University of Mississippi. The Taylor Medal is the highest honor at the University of Mississippi. 
  
Dodson was also selected as the recipient of the Elaine Deas Mullins Outstanding Secondary Mathematics Educator. He is currently doing his student teaching at Oxford Middle and High School where he is helping coach baseball as a volunteer coach. Dodson graduated from Homewood High School where he played both football and baseball. 
 
Dodson has accepted a position as an assistant to the head football coach and academic instructor at East Coast Preparatory School, a one semester post graduate program for athletes intent on reaching the next level in their development in Great Barrington, Mass.  Dodson is the son of retired Northwest Police Chief Al Dodson and Lisa Matney of Homewood.