For Patrick Rosa, playing the sousaphone and playing hockey have become twin passions.
Rosa excels in the first for the Middle Creek High marching band. As for hockey, his commitment to the sport, his drive to succeed and lead with the Capital City Crew, is providing a path to a college education.
Rosa, a senior at Middle Creek, has been named one of four national recipients of the NHL/Thurgood Marshall College Fund Scholarship. His plans are to attend N.C. Central, majoring in business management, with the goal of one day starting a business of his own.
“He will be the first in our family to graduate from college,” said Vernalette Rosa, Patrick’s mom.