Senior Spotlight: Meet Dorian Williams

What was or is your favorite class at EHS and why? My favorite class at Ewing High was my Peer Leadership class that I took this year. This is my favorite class because most of my friends were in it, and it was a class where I felt I was in charge. It was a class where I came up with lessons to teach the younger students, and had the freedom to make decisions without having a teacher guide me through everything.

Can you tell us a little bit about the college course you are taking this semester? I am currently taking History of Graphic Design as a college course this semester. I chose this class because in the first semester I took a digital media class which really interested me, so I wanted to continue somewhere in that area.

What activities do you participate in school? In school, I participated in Unified basketball for four years, I’ve participated in football for four years, and in my last few months of school I am looking forward to joining the track team as well.

What activities do you participate in outside of school? I am a member of my church’s CBC Bread of Life Food Pantry, where every Sunday I give out food to the less fortunate. I am also a member of the class of 2023, Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP) and have been a member for my entire high school career.

MVP as well. I have also been nominated Student of the Month a few times during high school.

What accomplishments are you most proud of? I am most proud of being named the WJFL Defensive Player of the Year. I am most proud of this achievement, because ever since freshman year, I set out to do the best at everything I do. Through hard work and perseverance, and given that I’ve played a majority of the football season injured, I had to work even harder and persevere to even have a chance at such an award. Winning this award meant a lot to me.

What is your favorite memory of high school to date? Winning our Divisional championship football game last year under the Friday night lights. The energy and atmosphere was something I hadn’t experienced in any other game before.

Who or what has impacted your life in a positive way? My dad has had such a big impact on me throughout my football career, and as a young man in general. I can’t remember a single game he hasn’t been to since I started playing. I can count on him for everything. He keeps me on the right track, showing me how to be a man. I wouldn’t trade away the lessons he taught me for anything in the world.

The Ewing High School (EHS) Football Program, under the direction of Head Coach, Ross Maddalon, and his student-athlete football players, believe in big dreams, and know the first step to achieving those dreams is by starting to read books at a young age. To share their love of reading, eight of the EHS Football Program’s outgoing, Class of 2023, Seniors, visited Parkway Elementary School on March 2nd to kick-off “Read Across America Day” by reading to groups of students ranging from kindergarten to second grade. It was a tremendous experience!

What awards or acknowledgements have you received in school or outside of school? I have received many football awards. Some of the ones I am most proud of are my Times of Trenton Defensive Player of the Year award, my school record of 22 tackles in a single game, and being named one of the Delaware Valley Chapter National Scholar Athletes of the Year. Last year, I was named Unified partner

What is your favorite quote or book? My favorite book is The Road by Cormac McCarthy, which I just read this year. In the book, a father and his son travel painstakingly for several months across an America that has been ravaged by an unknown catastrophe that has wiped out industrial society and practically all life. The lessons within this book about a father and his will to survive, not for himself, but for his son, is what makes this book so intriguing to me.

What do you want people to remember about you after you graduate from high school? I want people to remember the type of person I was, and the impact I was able to leave on the teachers and other students. I want people to remember that I was kind, compassionate, and loved to help others.

On March 23rd, the EHS Football Program had a few select juniors and sophomores travel to Antheil Elementary School during the school day to read to Antheil kindergarten through second grade students. The program is looking forward to their future visit at Lore Elementary School on April 13th, to continue to inspire, and foster, the power reading has to make big dreams come true.