Parkland football 2020 graduates Luke Dauberman, Nick Johnston and Dante Medlar have been teammates for the last four-plus years. They enjoy playing together and have won many games as teammates. And the trio looks to continue that trend over the course of the next four years.

Dauberman, Johnston and Medlar all signed national letters of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster.

It wasn’t planned and they weren’t a package deal. The three former Trojans all had their own reasons for choosing to be Diplomats.

“Coach [John] Troxell gave me an official tour of the campus last May and I knew it was a great fit,” said Dauberman. “F&M has many great programs that set their students up for success. I know that if I do my job and work hard, I have a chance to set myself up for a great future.”

Johnston and Medlar also like the combination of academics and athletics.

“I chose F&M because it gave me the option to further my football career as well as have access to a top-tier education,” said Johnston. “I’m very excited to get on campus and enter into the next stage of my life.”

“F&M has one of the highest standards of academics, which is very important to me,” said Medlar. “I also found coach Troxell to be a very positive and committed coach who is dedicated to the student-athlete. That was also very appealing to me. I am excited to meet a number of new people and experience college.”

Parkland finished last season 10-3 overall and advanced to the District 11 6A championship game, before falling to eventual champ Nazareth. The three Trojans were still a part of two district champion teams in their four-year careers at Parkland, a program and school that have shaped them into the men that they are today.

“Parkland standards for academics and athletics are extremely high,” Dauberman said. “I’m glad to say that I was able to meet those standards throughout my time there. I attribute much of my success in the classroom and on the field to coach [Tim] Moncman and his staff. He always made sure our grades were in check so we were able to compete at the level he expected.”

“It meant so much to be a part of the Parkland student-athlete family,” Johnston said. “It takes a lot of hard work and determination both in the weight room and on the field to be able to compete at the expected level of our coaches.”

“I enjoyed my time at Parkland both athletically with my teammates and coaches, as well as academically with my teachers who were dedicated to my success,” Medlar said. “There was just a positive culture overall and we were pushed to our limits to be successful.”

Medlar plans on majoring in bioinformatics. Dauberman and Johnston are both undecided, but Dauberman is looking into finance and potentially heading to law school.