April 16 – April 22, 2018 | Vol. 72, Ed. 22 The West GeorgianEst. 1934 In this THE SEARCH SPRING READING: A SERIES OF FOR STARS: UWG Spring Book UNFORTUNATE edition... UWG Cheerleading Discussion Features EVENTS: Hosts Clinic for Established Author. Review of the Netflix Future Prospects. Original’s 2nd Season. / / PAGE 4 / / PAGE 2 / / PAGE 6 UWG Football Commit Remy Naza Jr. Opens Up Photo Courtesy: Remy Naza Jr. Justin Hodges with no scholarship included. Turning down diligence and continuous hard work. Naza money is never easy, however Naza knew early has prided himself in being a hard worker and Feature Editor on how good of a program UWG is. continues to put in the work as he prepares to “We went to a team camp at West Georgia become a college athlete. Athletes of the high school level typically share two years ago, so I already knew they were a “I’ve been working real hard in order to get a common goal, that is to become good enough good football school,” said Naza Jr. “They’ve got to where I am now,” said Naza Jr. “In 9th grade I to play at the collegiate level. Only a select few good offensive lineman, they’ve got people that started as someone with no football experience, accomplish this, with about 3% of high school they’re putting in the (NFL) draft so I’m hoping I now I’m somebody who’s been on the All-Region athletes playing in college. Their journeys are can be one of those guys one day.” Team twice now.” filled with trial and tribulation, and often times Naza is not solely coming to West Georgia He credits the early morning workouts that the defining moment of their lives is when they because of football. As a young man and a the team would partake in as a major factor in his know the work has fully paid off. For high school student above all, academics was one of the improvement. athletes, that life-defining moment is when they main things that sealed the deal in his decision “We’d come in at around 5:50 in the morning are sitting at a table next to their family and are to commit to UWG despite not getting a coveted and we’d work out until 7 or 7:30 and then we’d able to announce where they will play in college. scholarship. go watch film for 20-30 minutes and then shower One of these exact moments took place on “Not only is their football team on the rise but before school,” said Naza Jr. “Now that the March 28, when Newton High School’s Remy their school is on the rise and one of their most season’s over I come in the afternoons and do a Naza Jr. committed to the University of West respected majors is their Biology major which lot of heavy lifting to help work on explosion and Georgia. I’m trying to major in,” said Naza Jr. “It’s close strength.” Remy Naza Jr. is a 6’3” and 270 lb offensive to home, they have my major and they’re good While being strong and fast is a requirement lineman for Newton High School in Covington, at putting people in the field with that major, so in football what matters most are the intangibles GA. He was born in the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, those were some of the biggest factors that came and Naza knows it is the little things that otherwise known as Ivory Coast. He and his into my decision.” separate himself as a great football player. parents moved from the West African state in As most college athletes have typically been “Things like being a team player so you know 2000 shortly after his birth and have lived in playing their particular sport since a young age or certain things to do in certain situations because Covington ever since. for the majority of their lives, Naza did not begin of how it’ll affect the team not just yourself,” said “My parents worked hard coming from playing football until his freshman year of high Naza Jr. “I’m a leader, I’ve been a captain, small somewhere that’s not the United States,” said school. If not for a coach believing in him, his stuff like that can help a team out especially like Naza Jr. “That blue-collar type mentality was career may have never formulated. West Georgia who are on the rise.” instilled in me from an early age so that’s what “Coach Tommy Gregory here asked my While the journey has been unconventional has helped me get here to where I am right now.” mom to let me play football in 7th grade and she Remy Naza Jr. is accomplishing what a mere Naza Jr’s. commitment to UWG is one didn’t let me play at the time,” said Naza Jr. “He fraction of people with the same admirations that most players may not have gone through followed me all the way to high school and she can say they have done. He will be a student of with the given circumstances. Despite earning ended up letting me play because of the fact that UWG and a member of the football team in the scholarship offers from schools such as Wingate he was coming here to coach at Newton so he’s fall semester. Whilst not a household name just University, Jacksonville University and Miles the person that helped start me up.” yet, a player with a mind as gifted as his will go College he accepted a walk-on position at UWG Going from never having played football to places in life much further than just the gridiron. being a college-level player is impossible without thewestgeorgian.com thewestgeorgian @thewestgeorgian Facebook.com/TheWestGeorgian 2 | April 16 – April 22, 2018 | Vol. 72, Ed. 22 | The West Georgian Living West UWG CHEER LOOKS FOR FUTURE PROSPECTS Jordan Herron the day. If someone decides they want to that we have recruited and met previously,” Contributing Writer stunt with the other team they can switch said Nichols. to the other side. The clinics are ran by the This last clinic is mainly for seniors UWG cheer team in which they demonstrate in high school though any age group is how to do different skills and then work on welcome. Since the clinic is closer to tryouts The UWG cheerleading team is hosting them with the prospects who came to learn. the leaders are cutting down on trying to find a stunt clinic on April 14 to help possible “Our clinics are built to show participants who they potentially want on the team for prospects who are hoping to cheer at collegiate type stunts through proper the 2018-2019 season. Many cheerleaders the university next school year. This will progressions. We strive to meet new wolves and parents come to the clinics and want be the last stunt clinic for the 2017-2018 and build relationships and look for potential to know more about UWG and the program cheerleading team. Stunt clinics are to help recruits,” said UWG cheerleading head itself since their child may possibly go there. prepare potential members of the future coach Nicole Nichols. “It’s also a great opportunity for cheerleading team that are looking to For the UWG cheer team, coaches and participants and guardians to ask questions continue cheer in college. team leaders look to see who they may want directly to current members and coaches,” Many people are preparing for upcoming on the team the next year. If the leaders said Nichols. UWG cheer tryouts, so they come to the meet someone they think they will want on Stunt clinics are a big part of being on stunt clinics to learn how to do collegiate the team next year they can tell the coach the cheerleading team and a great way stunts. At the clinic the coed team will be on and invite them to practices and tryouts. for the team to meet people around the one side and the all-girl team will be on the “As a program we look to meet community and show everyone in the cheer other. The guests are asked to pick if they prospective wolves as well as continue to community why the UWG cheerleading team would like to try all-girl or coed to start out build skills and relationships with players is a 22-time National Champion program. Newnan Shuttle Service Kristian Flinn being used. While it is true that the shuttle might Contributing Writer see so few riders because of its early end time, it is still seeing negligible use overall. “In the eight hour period it runs we only have The busses and shuttles are an integral part of about sixteen passengers per day on the Newnan UWG’s campus. However, the university has Shuttle,” said Wade Crenshaw, the manager for more than the red, blue and grey route buses. Parking and Transportation at UWG. “Everything One such bus, the Newnan shuttle, is possibly we do in regards to transportation is paid for by one even commuter students have never heard the entire student body, and we have to be good of. However, due to that lack of use, it is nowhere stewards of the resources we have. The Newnan near as practical as it intended. shuttle is the most expensive shuttle we run and The shuttles were added to UWG as a way has the fewest riders, which is why the hours are for students to get around the campus.