Senior standout Atticus Whitten has accepted an offer to play football and attend the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), located in New London, Connecticut. He was recruited by coach JB Wells as a linebacker. Whitten is a three-time All-Conference selection in both football and basketball. He is the GHS football program’s all-time leader in tackles.

His varsity football coach, Sam Morrison, shared, “He grew as a leader each and every season and carried much of the captain / leadership roles this season.”

Morrison continued, “He was always reliable and did a great job for the program. I think he leaves some younger kids wanting to grow into being the next linebacker or #0 here at GHS. He grew a lot in many different ways in his time in the program and I am super excited to follow his college career.”

Whitten has dedicated himself in the classroom as well as in the community. Whitten volunteered many hours with the local youth sports program, as part of a push to build up the culture of football again in Gorham. For quantitative fans…Whitten ended his football career at GHS with over 300 career tackles as an inside linebacker. His coaches added, “He impacts the game in all three phases and has versatility in strength, speed and fluid motion. He reads opposing offenses very well from the inside linebacker position.” His junior year he had 32 catches for 355 yards and 4 touchdowns on the offensive side of the ball, plus 97 tackles with 8 for loss, 2 forced fumbles and 1 blocked kick as a defender. He also averaged 32 yards as punter and 7 extra points as the place kicker.

Whitten is currently in the middle of his senior season of basketball, and will be starting his football career at USCGA in the fall. Whitten plans to study marine engineering or naval architecture.