Monroe Township High School Senior Abeer Khan created the first-ever Cricket club in New Jersey.
A Monroe Township High School Senior has created the first-ever Cricket club in New Jersey. FOX 5 NY's Jennifer Williams has more.In following his passion—Monroe Township High School Senior Abeer Khan—created an opportunity for others to have greater access to the sport he loves: Cricket.
"It’s like 11 pm on a school night, and I’m going in delivering a speech just from the heart, and also I think that was the thing that drove it home for most of the board," adds Khan, "They saw that it was coming from a student’s heart.""You couldn’t ask for anybody better than Abeer, right?" says the school's athletic director, Sean Dowling. "He took it and ran with it. He presented it to our board of education. Our principal, Dr. Higgins was behind it.
If the club continues to grow in participation—it will be eligible to become a varsity sport after a two-year trial period set by the school board.
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