Early Years
A former Florida Mr. Basketball and Mr. Football (the first athlete to have both honors in Florida history) as a student at Southeast High School in Bradenton, Florida, McPherson began his career at Florida St. playing quarterback on the football team and point guard on the basketball team. Attended Southeast High School in Bradenton, Fla.
Gatorade Florida Football Player of the season.
Passed for 3,728 yards and 42 touchdowns and rushed for 765 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior at Southeast.
Played third base for his American Legion baseball team that won a state championship in the summer of 2002.
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“I believe that if we are to survive as a planet, we must teach this next generation to handle their own conflicts assertively and nonviolently. If in their early years our children learn to listen to all sides of the story, use their heads and then their mouths, and come up with a plan and share, then, when they become our leaders, and some of them will, they will have the tools to handle global problems and conflict.”
—Barbara Coloroso (20th century)