Samirah McFarlane earned acceptance into the D1 Sports Medicine Student Aide Program at Sam Houston State University, becoming the first in Houston and her school district to do so. She was selected for the All-State First Team out of 8000 students in the State of Texas for maintaining over a 92 average all 3 years of high school. Additionally, she graduated a year early from Lamar Consolidated High School and has been a committed volunteer at GHWCC.