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Haskell University track coach Al Gipp presents Brad Mouse with a Haskell University t-shirt. Sequoyah High track coaches Sam Horsechief, and James Nells stand behind Mouse.

TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Brad Mouse, Sequoyah High School (SHS) senior, recently signed a letter of intent to run track and cross country at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas.

"We’re very excited to have him at Haskell", said Al Gipp, track coach at Haskell. "He’s going to be an impact runner right away."

Mouse, 18, of Moody is the son of Pat and Joe Mouse. He has been an All-State runner for two years in a row and his team has qualified for the state competition every year that he has been at SHS.

"Were looking forward to having Brad on the team and continuing our tradition with Sequoyah High School and Haskell", said Dwight Pickering, athletic director at Haskell, who is also an alumnus of Sequoyah High School.

"I want to thank my coaches (at SHS)", Mouse said. "They were the ones who really got me focused on running. They pushed me and made me better in school, so that I could do this."

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!" P.O. Box 520, Tahlequah, OK 74465             Sequoyah High School Alumni P.O. Box 187, Park Hill, OK 74451-0187 Sequoyah High School, an Indian boarding school, originated in 1871, when the Cherokee National Council passed an act setting up an orphan asylum to take care of many orphans that came out of the Civil War. Sequoyah High School's approximate 300 enrollment represents 42 tribes and 14 different states. Students are eligible to attend if they are members of federally recognized Indian tribes or one-fourth blood descendants of such members.