Marlboro County Three-Sport Athlete Taniyah Houston Named February “NETC Female Student Athlete of the Month”

Bennettsville - Taniyah Houston has been kept “very busy and focused” pursuing her interests in basketball, golf and soccer during her four-years of attendance at Marlboro County High.

She has even found time to be a member of the Marlboro County Marching Band, where she plays the flute and piccolo. This past season she averaged 10 points, two rebounds and one assist a game as a senior leader on the varsity girls’ basketball team. In the fall she was a key member of the golf team, and this Spring she will participate in soccer “as a striker” for the third season in a row.

Houston has recently signed on to play college basketball at St Andrews College in Laurinburg, NC. “I love scoring points,” said Houston, who is a shooting guard. 

For all her hard work in both athletics and academics Houston has been chosen the February “NETC” Female 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. These online course credits   can be transferred to college credits after a student’s enrolls in college after high school graduation.

While being heavily involved in athletics, Houston is also a top student academically at her high school, carrying a 4.4 GPA. She is ranked number 17 out of 176 seniors enrolled at Marlboro County High School.

Houston says she has benefited from taking 16 online dual credit courses through NETC during her high school academic journey. They include: American History, Psychology, American Government, Sociology 101, English Composition I & II, Algebra, Public Speaking, Introduction To Computers, Music Appreciation, Western Civics, Spanish 101, Biological Science I and II, along with Theatre, and Macro Economics.

Houston said that over her four years of high school 50 per cent of her academic work has been achieved from taking online dual credit courses offered by NETC. “The hard work I invested in taking 16 online dual credit courses helped boost my GPA and class standing a lot,” said Houston. “The experiences taught me to discipline myself, and to focus on getting these online courses done on time.

“It does take time to grasp all the information presented to you,” said Houston. “You are required to write reports to verify what you have learned. I feel like the challenge of taking dual credit courses through NETC was also a great opportunity and benefit to me in my pursuit of academic scholarships also.

“I am certainly prepared more than ever for college having taken 16 online courses though NETC,” she said. “I honestly feel like it would be of great benefit to all high school students in the region to talk with their academic advisers about this very worthwhile academic program.”

Houston hopes to become an Athletic Trainer after graduating from college.