OF THE MOST VERSATILE AND ACCOMPLISHED STUDENT-ATHLETES IN MCCUTCHEON HISTORY—A COMPETITOR WHOSE EXCELLENCE SPANNED MULTIPLE SPORTS AND WHOSE LEGACY CONTINUES THROUGH LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE - RENÉ EVANS JOHNSON.

DURING HER YEARS AT MCCUTCHEON HIGH SCHOOL, RENÉ EARNED VARSITY LETTERS IN THREE SPORTS—VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, AND TRACK—DEMONSTRATING ELITE ABILITY, TOUGHNESS, AND CONSISTENCY ACROSS SEASONS. SHE WAS A THREE-YEAR VARSITY LETTER WINNER IN VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, AND TRACK, A RARE ACHIEVEMENT THAT REFLECTS BOTH TALENT AND RELENTLESS WORK ETHIC.

ON THE VOLLEYBALL COURT, RENÉ WAS A DOMINANT FORCE. SHE HELPED LEAD THE MAVERICKS TO THE 1979 SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND EARNED NUMEROUS INDIVIDUAL HONORS, INCLUDING THE SPIKING AWARD, RECEIVING AWARD, AND MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD, WHILE ALSO BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HER DEFENSIVE EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP. HER CONTRIBUTIONS MADE HER ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF HER ERA AT MCCUTCHEON.

IN BASKETBALL, RENÉ’S LEADERSHIP AND COMPETITIVE FIRE SHINED JUST AS BRIGHTLY. SHE WAS A KEY MEMBER OF THE 1979 SECTIONAL AND REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, SERVED AS CO-CAPTAIN, EARNED ASSISTS AND MOST VALUABLE PLAYER HONORS, AND WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER SPORTSMANSHIP, MENTAL ATTITUDE, AND LEADERSHIP—QUALITIES THAT DEFINED HER APPROACH TO COMPETITION.

RENÉ ALSO EXCELLED IN TRACK AND FIELD, QUALIFYING FOR SECTIONALS IN THE HIGH JUMP AND SHOT PUT IN CONSECUTIVE SEASONS, AND EARNING COUNTY-LEVEL RECOGNITION AS ATHLETE OF THE MONTH—A TRUE TESTAMENT TO HER ALL-AROUND ATHLETICISM.

HER SUCCESS CONTINUED AT BUTLER UNIVERSITY, WHERE RENÉ EARNED ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS IN BOTH VOLLEYBALL AND SOFTBALL, WHILE ALSO LETTERING IN BASKETBALL—AN EXTRAORDINARY THREE-SPORT COLLEGIATE CAREER. SHE EARNED MULTIPLE VARSITY LETTERS IN EACH SPORT, WAS NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR, SERVED AS A CO-CAPTAIN, AND EARNED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER HONORS IN BOTH VOLLEYBALL AND SOFTBALL. RENÉ WAS ALSO PART OF NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE TEAMS, INCLUDING AN AIAW ELITE EIGHT APPEARANCE, AND LATER EARNED INDUCTION INTO THE BUTLER UNIVERSITY HALL OF FAME—BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PART OF A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.

BEYOND HER PLAYING CAREER, RENÉ GAVE BACK TO THE MCCUTCHEON COMMUNITY BY HELPING COACH VOLLEYBALL FROM 2008 TO 2011, MENTORING STUDENT-ATHLETES DURING THE SAME YEARS HER DAUGHTER COMPETED IN THE PROGRAM. HER LEADERSHIP EXTENDED INTO HER PROFESSIONAL LIFE AS WELL, WHERE SHE BUILT A SUCCESSFUL 31-YEAR CAREER IN FINANCIAL SERVICES, CONTINUING TO EDUCATE AND MENTOR OTHERS AS A FINANCIAL CONSULTANT.

RENÉ EVANS JOHNSON EXEMPLIFIES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MCCUTCHEON MAVERICK—VERSATILITY, LEADERSHIP, HUMILITY, AND A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. HER LEGACY IS NOT ONLY FOUND IN HER AWARDS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT IN THE COUNTLESS LIVES SHE HAS INFLUENCED ALONG THE WAY.