Roscoe Parrish heads Miami High Hall of Fame class

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Roscoe Parrish heads the 2012 class of the Miami High Hall of Fame that was announced Friday.

A 2001 Miami High graduate, Parrish joined the Bills in 2005 after a successful career at the University of Miami. Parrish caught the attention of college scouts following his accomplishments at Miami High, where he played receiver and also took snaps as the Stingarees’ quarterback.

Joining Parrish in the new Miami High Hall of Fame class are basketball players Gimel Martinez (1990) and Steven Edwards (1992). Martinez and Edwards played collegiately at Kentucky and Miami, respectively.

The rest of the Hall of Fame class consists of girls’ basketball player Latonda Adderley (1996), baseball players Bob Gustafson (1963) and Rudy Arias (1975), football player Joe Gonzalez (1971) and track athlete Carl Vereen (1953).

The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be April 21 at the Miami High Auditorium. The ceremony also will include a special acknowledgement to Miami High’s state football championship teams of 1960 and 1965 and their respective coaches, Ottis Mooney and Bobby Carlton. Arnold Tucker, a 1943 graduate who had a successful career at Miami and later quarterbacked the famed Army teams of the mid 1940s, also will be recognized during the ceremony.

Tickets for the event, which includes a pre-ceremony dinner on the school patio, are $35 per person and $300 for a table of 10. For information, call 305-238-4271.


(miamiherald.com)