Dominick Goes to Dartmouth
Danielle Germaine
February 18, 2010
Filed under Sports, Sports News, Top Stories
With the final stroke of his pen, Ivy League-bound Senior, Dominick Pierre smiled as his friends, family, and coaches proudly applauded. School history was made Wednesday, February 3, when Pierre signed a four-year contract, accepting his position on Dartmouth College’s “Big Green” football team and becoming CCA’s first student to attend an Ivy-League school.
Founded in 1769, Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and is the nation’s ninth college. Being one of the few students to have attended Calvary for all ten years, Pierre has certainly built up his own resume among the teachers, coaches, and classmates he has been with for so long.
“Dominick is a person who has always worked extremely hard with everything he’s done and the gifts and abilities that he has are going to be used to the fullest extent at this institution, so we’re very excited,” said Pierre’s Football Coach, Jason Kaiser.
Although this colonial-old school may have been founded on a familiar foundation of moral Christian principles, like many secular institutions, Dartmouth has been built up to become a school plethora of diverse religious and intellectual thought. With this in mind, Pierre is determinedly mindful of his mission. “I would like to turn things around and just make a difference,” he said.
Comparing him to the prophet Daniel, CCA Football Coach, Trent Gamble, hopes and prays that Dominick will not compromise but rather “change the culture.” Although Dominick may be leaving a lasting legacy of leadership behind at CCA, friends and family haven’t a doubt that this will continue as he seeks the fulfillment of Christ’s “Great Commission” and prepares to make Dartmouth disciples of Jesus Christ in New Hampshire.