Thursday, May 31, 2018

Riverwood track champion, Pache Caldwell, earns full track and field scholarship to Florida A&M University.



SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia -- Riverwood International Charter School is proud to congratulate class of 2018 graduate Paché Caldwell for receiving a full scholarship to attend Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. The Division I Rattlers recruited Caldwell for their Men's Track & Field program. The Rattlers compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Caldwell is the 2018 and 2017 Georgia State High Jump Champion (Class AAAAA). His 6'10" jump in the 2018 State Class AAAAA Meet was the best across all classifications in the state. At the time of this article, Caldwell is ranked the #6 high jumper in the nation. In 2018, Caldwell also repeated as the Fulton County High Jump champion and became the back-to-back Region 6-AAAAA High Jump champ.

Caldwell served as co-captain of the Raider Track and Field team his senior year. His other track and field events include the long jump, triple jump, the 4x100 and 4x400 relays, and the 200m dash. In 2017, Caldwell was the Region 6-AAAAA triple jump champion. Caldwell played Varsity Football for the Raiders for three years as a wide receiver. Following the fall 2017 season, Caldwell was named to both the North Fulton Forsyth Touchdown Club's Chamber Bowl Senior All-Star team and the Georgia Southwestern Senior Bowl team.

A member of the Raider Chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Caldwell also earned "Principal's Honor Roll" academic honors. Outside of school, he volunteers at a local non-profit sickle cell foundation and is on an AAU track team. He competed in the AAU National Championships in the High Jump and the 4x100 relay. Caldwell is the son of Staci Caldwell and Carlos Chambers of Sandy Springs.

COURTESY: Riverwood International Charter School

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