'Don't back down': Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann celebrates college scholarship

Published May 8, 2020 8:20pm ET



The Catholic high school student who was the subject of controversial media coverage in 2019 because of a misleading video clip announced he is headed to college on a scholarship.

In a message posted on Friday, Nicholas Sandmann said he was “very excited” to share that he had been awarded a scholarship to attend college in the fall.

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