WFISD Athletic Director on signing hometown talent

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - For Signing Hometown Talent this week, Wichita Falls ISD’s new Athletic Director Devon Dorris shared his advice for high school athletes trying to play at the next level.

While promoting athletic ability and performance on the court or field matters, he thinks it’s also very important to focus on what they can do right now as student-athletes, especially in academics.

Number one: be great where you’re at. The only way to get to the next level is to be an outstanding athlete and student-athlete, so take care of your grades, make sure that there’s nothing that can hold you back on your grades and your SATs and those type of things, and just to be a tremendous leader for your program.

Dorris also emphasized the importance of getting a head start on a good GPA as early as they can, instead of trying to build a good one near junior year.