{"id":49532,"date":"2014-03-06T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=49532"},"modified":"2014-03-06T18:08:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T02:08:44","slug":"palmdale-honors-super-bowl-champ-deshawn-shead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/03\/06\/palmdale-honors-super-bowl-champ-deshawn-shead\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale honors Super Bowl champ DeShawn Shead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In accepting the proclamation, Shead said he strives to be a person kids can look up to, both on and off the field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 The Palmdale City Council Wednesday night honored a Highland High School graduate and member of the 2014 Super Bowl winning Seattle Seahawks football team.<\/p>\n

DeShawn Shead was presented with a proclamation declaring today, March 6 as \u201cDeShawn Shead Day\u201d in Palmdale.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Shead also gifted the city of Palmdale with a signed football.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re proud that one of our own has achieved the pinnacle of success in his chosen profession,\u201d said Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford. \u201cDeShawn was an outstanding student athlete here in Palmdale at Highland High School, and went on to achieve his goals of playing in the NFL and winning a Super Bowl title.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shead is the first Palmdale resident to win a Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s most special about DeShawn is that he\u2019s the complete package,\u201d Ledford said. \u201cHe\u2019s a great student, a wonderful person, a super teammate and an amazing athlete. By displaying hard work, tenacity, determination and skill throughout the years, he is a role model for young student athletes everywhere, and living proof that dreams can and often do come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shead and family members pose for a picture outside City Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shead enjoyed a highly successful high school career at Highland High School and was a two-time All-Conference defensive back.\u00a0 He was also named the winner of the 2006 National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete award, and holds the school\u2019s pole vault record.<\/p>\n

He attended Portland State on a scholarship, where he was a four-year starter in the defensive backfield for the Vikings, registering 211 tackles, 11 interceptions, five fumble recoveries, four forced fumbles and 29 passes defensed throughout 44 games in his career, while also handling kickoff return duties.<\/p>\n

He was an All-Big Sky conference selection his senior year, a second-team All-Big Sky his junior year, and earned his teammates\u2019 vote as the team\u2019s Most Outstanding Defensive back.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks signed Shead as a rookie free agent in April 2012, and he has since played a significant role on the team, culminating in a victory in Super Bowl XLVIII.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be that person that the kids look up to\u2026 for what I do on the field and what I do off the field,\u201d Shead said Wednesday night, in accepting his proclamation. \u201cI want to thank the city of Palmdale. This is my home; I was born and raised here, and I always give back to my home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shead was also presented with awards from State Senator Steve Knight and the Antelope Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 The Palmdale City Council Wednesday night honored a Highland High School graduate and member of the 2014 Super Bowl winning Seattle Seahawks football team. DeShawn Shead was presented with a proclamation declaring today, March 6 as \u201cDeShawn Shead Day\u201d in Palmdale. \u201cWe\u2019re proud that one of our own has achieved the pinnacle of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}