Javan Rice commits to Vanderbilt University
Senior Javan Rice has signed a letter of intent to play football at Vanderbilt University.
His family, teammates, and classmates joined him Dec. 20 in the Belen Jesuit Dining Hall for the signing ceremony.
Rice is the first Wolverine to take part in the new NCAA rule allowing football recruits to sign early. Rice will join the Commodores in January.
“Javan exemplifies what it means to be a football player at Belen Jesuit,” said head football coach Eduardo Delgado. “He’s an outstanding student, has worked very hard to become one of the country’s top kickers and is a great teammate. We are very proud of him.”
“It is a great honor for the Belen community to have Javan recognized for his stellar abilities,” said Principal Jose E. Roca. “He is a well-rounded young man who will represent Belen Jesuit well at the next level.”
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.