Southeast Whtfield senior Megan Collins will play her final high school tournament Monday in the Class AAAA State Championship at Nob North.There’s no quick way to get to the ocean from Dalton.
It’s at least six hours to the Gulf of Mexico in a car for Megan Collins to touch the salty water of the Atlantic Ocean, where she longs to spend her life.
The senior golfer at Southeast Whitfield High School has one goal to accomplish before leaving high school for Jacksonville University, where she will study marine biology — winning a state championship.
“I’ve been going to the beach since I was little, and all the creatures in the ocean have been cool to me,” Collins said. “So I decided: Why not make a career out of it? But I don’t know if I’ll play golf when I’m down there.”
Collins and her teammates, as well as golfers from Region 7-AAAA champion Dalton, runner-up Northwest Whitfield and Heritage, will play one round for a state championship Monday at Nob North Golf Course.