O’Neil Blake is a graduate student at Lenoir-Rhyne University in
North Carolina, where he is enrolled in the school’s MBA program. He
completed his undergraduate studies there, and for three years was the
starting cornerback on the school’s football team.
He was born in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, in the Southwest part of that island nation, and lived there for the first fourteen years of his life. When he first came to the United States in the summer of 2007 he lived in Florida. “I attended Osceola High School in Kissimmee, Florida from 2007 to 2010,” he recalls. “While attending Osceola High School, I lettered in three sports: football, soccer, and Track and Field.” He was especially good at football, where he lined up as a cornerback. “I made the first team All-Orange Bell Conference football team my senior year (2010). I was also awarded the Attacking Player of the Year in soccer the same year.”
He won a scholarship to play football at Glenville State College in West Virginia. He sat out his first year of eligibility, and after his second year decided to transfer to a school that offered a better education, along with a quality football program, and wasn’t too far from his home. “The school I felt confident about after doing my research to make sure the school met all the required stipulations I was looking for was Lenoir-Rhyne University.”
O'Neil Blake Football played LRU football for three years, and graduated Magna Cum Laude in the spring of 2014. He entered the school’s MBA program the following fall, and also served as a graduate assistant to the football team.
Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Elizabeth_Parish
https://www.linkedin.com/in/o-neil-blake-1600388a?trk=hp-identity-photo
He was born in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, in the Southwest part of that island nation, and lived there for the first fourteen years of his life. When he first came to the United States in the summer of 2007 he lived in Florida. “I attended Osceola High School in Kissimmee, Florida from 2007 to 2010,” he recalls. “While attending Osceola High School, I lettered in three sports: football, soccer, and Track and Field.” He was especially good at football, where he lined up as a cornerback. “I made the first team All-Orange Bell Conference football team my senior year (2010). I was also awarded the Attacking Player of the Year in soccer the same year.”
He won a scholarship to play football at Glenville State College in West Virginia. He sat out his first year of eligibility, and after his second year decided to transfer to a school that offered a better education, along with a quality football program, and wasn’t too far from his home. “The school I felt confident about after doing my research to make sure the school met all the required stipulations I was looking for was Lenoir-Rhyne University.”
O'Neil Blake Football played LRU football for three years, and graduated Magna Cum Laude in the spring of 2014. He entered the school’s MBA program the following fall, and also served as a graduate assistant to the football team.
Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Elizabeth_Parish
https://www.linkedin.com/in/o-neil-blake-1600388a?trk=hp-identity-photo
