The Carolina Panthers have selected Samuel "Quinn" Barham, a senior offensive tackle at Hillside High School as a 2006 Carolina Panthers Community Captain. The Carolina Panthers Community Captain program recognizes high school student-athletes in North and South Carolina who excel in the classroom, in the community and on the football field. The program is designed to recognize outstanding young leaders and to encourage their future development as role models while they continue their personal growth in college and in their professional careers.

Barham has earned a 3.7 grade point average in Hillside’s International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. Quinn also has integrated community service into his everyday life.

"In my community, I tutor young children with the Sigma Beta Club, clean my school’s campus periodically, and volunteer at the Food Bank," said Barham. This Community Captain is also a member of the National Achievers Society and Who’s Who Among America’s High School students.

"It would mean a lot be named a Community Captain," said Barham. "It would tell me that all my hard work has paid off. It would let my parents know that they have done a good job and that I have done a good job and that I was successful."

Quinn has made a verbal commitment to play for Penn State University next year.