Student of the Month - Garrett Mitman
Posted by Megan Borland on Apr 25, 2017
Garrett Mitman is pictured here with his mother, Terry Mitman
Garrett Mitman was honored as our most recent Student of the Month on Tuesday, April 25th. Garrett is the son of Terry & Doug Mitman of Mequon.
Garrett is a senior at Homestead High School and was able to graduate early, after the 2nd trimester of his senior year, so that he could continue to pursue his passion of basketball and give back to a community in need on the small island of Turks & Caicos in the Caribbean. Garrett is the president and founder of a non-profit organization, Island Hoops Project, where he has raised $76,000 (and counting) to renovate a basketball court for the Turks & Caicos community of Providenciales. Garrett hopes to raise an additional $8,000 this spring to complete the project and finish the court with a set of bleachers and lighting. You can learn more about Garrett’s project at islandhoopsproject.org.
Garrett has played basketball for the Homestead Highlanders for the past 4 years and was named Team Captain his senior year. He has also served as the Summer Camp Commissioner for Homestead’s Hoop Camp for grades 5-9 and has served as a referee for Slammers Basketball, a program for pre-K to grade 5.
Garrett will be attending Colgate University in upstate New York this fall. He plans to study pre-med and will be playing basketball for the Colgate Raiders.
Garrett, we thank you for your “Service Above Self!”
