Bishop Dunne 2015 Homecoming Queen Manon Williams Crowned
Manon de la Rose Williams was more surprised than anybody when she heard her name called out on the football field on Friday night, October 2, 2015, announcing she’d been voted as Bishop Dunne’s Homecoming Queen.
Typically she’s on the sidelines dressed in her sports trainer khakis, ready to run out to help a hurt athlete. As a four-year member of the trainer team, she’s on the emergency squad, so is usually the first student trainer to approach an athlete who’s down. Coach Tye Birch-Bowser is right there with her, ready to assess the situation and give her instructions.
The youngest of six, Manon was born in California and moved to Dallas where she entered the first grade. She attended St. Elizabeth’s up through 8th grade and came to Bishop Dunne as a freshman. She and Homecoming King, Josh Drayden, have known each-other for their four years here, and she is happy he won the honor.
A member of the FBLA club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Manon ran track in her freshman and sophomore years, until she broke her collar bone during a practice run in a relay race, while passing the baton. She fell hard and although she tried to shake it off, but Coach Tye told her he was pretty sure it was broken. Manon decided to take her junior year off to focus on her grades and her sports training, since she plans to go into the health field as a nurse practitioner. She’s already been accepted at the University of Arkansas and is also applying to Baylor and the University of California, where Homecoming King Josh Drayden has committed to.
Science is her best subject, and she’s been on the Honor Roll all four years at Bishop Dunne. She knows she’ll miss her three dogs, Hercules, Zeus and Elizabeth, wherever she goes to college, but if she had her choice, she’d be a California girl again. Fortunately, she has relatives there, so if she attends Cal, she’ll feel right at home.
Hopefully this Falcon will return next fall to crown her successor at Homecoming, back on the football field one more time where she spent four years lifting the bodies and spirits of discouraged athletes who needed a helping hand and an encouraging smile.
The 15th Annual Bishop Dunne 100 Dinner is Thursday, October 22, 2015 at the Hilton Anatole. Dr. Frederick Cerise, CEO of Parkland Hospital, is the keynote speaker. Funds raised go to tuition assistance scholarships for the next 100 Bishop Dunne students. For information on the dinner see the school’s website: www.bdcs.org or contact Mary Gracheck at mgracheck@bdcs.org.
An Open House at the school is scheduled for Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 3900 Rugged Drive, Dallas, TX 75224.
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
For more information, please send your inquiries to admission@bdcs.org or call 214-339-6561.
