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“We knew it was gonna happen”: Rashawn Slater’s journey from Sugar Land to the top of the Big Ten

Rashawn Slater spent his high school career overachieving.

On a Northwestern team full of Texas natives, many of whom led some of the state’s most accomplished and respected programs on remarkable playoff runs and to unforgettable championship games, Slater is an anomaly.

Paddy Fisher and Travis Whillock anchored a stifling Katy High School defense that had ten shutouts en route to the program’s 16-0 undefeated state title season in 2015.

Meanwhile, at nearby Stratford High School, Alex Miller and Samdup Miller led the Spartans to back-to-back Texas 5A district titles in 2014 and 2015.