Hooch Student To Play Soccer At UGA

JOHNS CREEK, GA — Chattahoochee High School's Cecily Mohammed has signed a national letter of intent to play soccer at The University of Georgia.

Mohammed has been a defender since she started playing club soccer in fifth grade. She played three years of soccer on Chattahoochee's Varsity team since her freshman year and lettered all three years. She currently plays on Top Hat Soccer Club, which is first in their region.

Mohammed is also a member of the Chattahoochee Track team, on which she has also lettered three times. Mohammed has broken multiple track records at Chattahoochee and has been a State qualifier for three consecutive years. She is currently the Region and Sectional champion in the 400 meters.

Mohammed is also a kicker on the Chattahoochee football team, for which she has earned three letters. She is also a three-sport recipient of the Athletic Academic Award. Mohammed was named a 21^st Century Georgia Youth Leader in her Junior year and was a Region and State recipient of the Positive Athlete Award.

Mohammed most recently became a member of the Trinidad and Tobago U20 National team and had the honor of playing in her first World Cup qualifier game on 1/18/18 in Trinidad.

Academically, Mohammed is a member of the Chattahoochee Beta Club and National Honor Society. She graduated from the Student Leadership of Johns Creek and received Chattahoochee’s Cougar award for ninth grade Language Arts. Mohammed founded #YOUGOTTHIS, a group that mentors middle school kids to help prepare them for High School.

In her spare time Mohammed spends time raising funds and awareness for breast cancer through project Think Pink, a breast cancer awareness organization she founded in sixth grade.