What college did Florida high school wide receiver Ivan McCartney sign a letter of intent with?”
The feeling around town was that no matter how great his visit to the University of Miami might have gone last weekend, it was going to be hard for Miramar All-American wide receiver Ivan McCartney to pass on a chance to hook back up with former Miramar quarterback Eugene Smith at West Virginia. In the end, that’s exactly what happened. Dressed sharply in a suit and tie, the 6-3, 185-pound McCartney kept an audience full of family, friends and schoolmates in the school auditorium on edge for a few tense moments Wednesday morning when he stepped to the lectern to make his announcement with a UM cap in hand. But just when he was about to put it on, his younger sister, Tanika, ran on stage and handed a Mountaineers cap, which he promptly put on his head. “This is just where God wanted me to go,” McCartney said. “I prayed about it a lot.” McCartney’s mother Anxya, a Broward Corrections officer, said her son made the best decision. “It was a very tough, stressful decision for him, only
Miramar High WR Ivan McCartney chooses West Virginia over UM BY MANNY NAVARRO mnavarro@MiamiHerald.com The feeling around town was that no matter how great his visit to the University of Miami might have gone last weekend, it was going to be hard for Miramar All-American wide receiver Ivan McCartney to pass on a chance to hook back up with former Miramar quarterback Eugene Smith at West Virginia. In the end, that’s exactly what happened. Dressed sharply in a suit and tie, the 6-3, 185-pound McCartney kept an audience full of family, friends and schoolmates in the school auditorium on edge for a few tense moments Wednesday morning when he stepped to the lectern to make his announcement with a UM cap in hand. But just when he was about to put it on, his younger sister, Tanika, ran on stage and handed a Mountaineers cap, which he promptly put on his head. “This is just where God wanted me to go,” McCartney said. “I prayed abo
The feeling around town was that no matter how great his visit to the University of Miami might have gone last weekend, it was going to be hard for Miramar All-American wide receiver Ivan McCartney to pass on a chance to hook back up with former Miramar quarterback Eugene Smith at West Virginia. In the end, that’s exactly what happened. Dressed sharply in a suit and tie, the 6-3, 185-pound McCartney kept an audience full of family, friends and schoolmates in the school auditorium on edge for a few tense moments Wednesday morning when he stepped to the lectern to make his announcement with a UM cap in hand. But just when he was about to put it on, his younger sister, Tanika, ran on stage and handed a Mountaineers cap, which he promptly put on his head.
