November 8, 2016
Contact: Jill Moberley, Director
Office of Strategic Communication 
jmoberle@dps.k12.oh.us
For Immediate Release

Cierra Hooks plans to play for Ohio University

WHO: Mark Baker, DPS athletics director
Armiya Muhammed, Thurgood Marshall athletics director
Sharon Goins, Thurgood Marshall principal
Cierra Hooks, Cougars senior guard          

WHAT: Thurgood Marshall STEM High School senior, Cierra Hooks, will sign a national letter of intent to continue her academic and basketball career at Ohio University. 

WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 at 3:15 p.m.

WHERE: Thurgood Marshall STEM High School auditeria, 4447 Hoover Ave.

INFO: Cierra is a senior guard for the Cougars girls basketball team. She currently carries a 3.5 GPA, and is ranked eighth out of 114 students in the senior class. She plans to study communications at Ohio University. She is the daughter of Ms. Theresa White. For more information, contact Mark Baker at 542-4070.

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