Joshua Rodriguez
2020 RGV Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship Recipient
Weslaco High School
College to Attend: The University of Texas at Austin
Joshua was valedictorian of the Weslaco High School Class of 2020 out of 537 students. He was a National Merit Commended Scholar his senior year, an AP Scholar with Distinction his junior year, and chosen by the National Hispanic Scholar Recognition Program.
Joshua was a member of the WHS National Honor Society, United Way Youth Ambassador and Mentor his Junior Year, Vice President of the National Technical Honor Society, state qualifier for C++ Programming in Business Professionals of America and volunteered at the Weslaco Cancer Awareness Tournament. Outside campus, he was a Red Cross Shelter volunteer at First Baptist Church, helped at Weslaco City Parks cleanups, and at the Aurora House Hospice Center.
Joshua was a member of the Panthers’ basketball team for three years and was named to the District 31-6A Honorable Mention his junior year.
Joshua plans to attend The University of Texas at Austin and study in the Plan II Honors Program. He hopes to have a career in the medical field.
He is the son of Jessica Rodriguez.