TEDARO FRANCE II
TEDARO FRANCE IS A 1997 GRADUATE OF NEW HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL. TEDARO HAS EARNED 11 VARSITY LETTERS IN THREE SPORTS, WHICH INCLUDES THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SIX DISTRICT TITLES.
ON THE GRIDIRON TEDARO EXCELLED AS ONE OF MICHIGAN’S TOP 50 FOOTBALL PLAYERS. HE WAS NAMED 1ST TEAM ALL MACOMB COUNTY, ALL BULE WATER AS WELL AS ALL STATE LAURELS. IN HIS SENIOR CAMPAIGN HE WAS NAMED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER OF THE SOUTHERN THUMB ASSOCIATION AND RUSHED FOR A SCHOOL RECORD 340 YARDS VERSUS BROWN CITY.
ON THE HARDWOOD TEDARO WAS A FOUR YEAR STARTER AND WAS ONE OF THE TOP SCORERS IN SCHOOL HISTORY. HE LED HIS TEAM TO A SCHOOL RECORD 24 CONSECUTIVE WINS AS A SENIOR. HE WAS A TWO-TIME ALL-STATE SELECTION, AS WELL AS A TWO-TIME MVP OF THE SOUTHERN THUMB ASSOCIATION.
ON THE TRACK TEDARO WOULD HELP GUIDE THE ROCKETS TO THREE CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. (94, 95 AND 96) AND STATE RUNNER-UP AWARD HIS SENIOR YEAR. HE ALSO HOLDS SCHOOL RECORDS AS A MEMBER OF THE 400M, 800M, AND 1600M RELAY TEAMS.
TEDARO CONTINUED HIS FOOTBALL CAREER AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. AS A DEAN’S LIST STUDENT-ATHLETE, HE WOULD START 44 CONSECUTIVE GAMES AS A FOUR YEAR STARTER AT CORNERBACK. TEDAREO WAS NAMED TO THE FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN TEAM BY SPORTING NEWS.
HIS 11 CAREER INTERCEPTIONS RANKS 7TH IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY’S ALL TIME LIST. TEDARO WAS ALSO NAMED TO THE ALL MID AMERICAN CONFERENCE SQUAD IN 1998 AND 2001. TEDARO ENDED HIS CAREER AT CMU WITH 140 TACKLES AND WAS RANKED AS ONE OF THE NATION’S BEST CORNERBACKS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
PROFESSIONALLY, HE WOULD GO ON TO PLAY FOR THE SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS AND BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS OF THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE AS WELL AS THE PEORIA PIRATES OF THE ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
TEDARO CURRENTLY RESIDES IN NEW HAVEN, MICHIGAN WITH HIS WIFE TANYA, AND THREE CHILDREN, SONS TEDARO III, TYREE AND DAUGHTER PARIS. TEDARO IS CO-OWNER AND PRESIDENT OF TYREE INC., A GENERAL CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY BASED OUT OF NEW HAVEN.
TEDARO CONTINUES TO BE VERY ACTIVE IN THE NEW HAVEN COMMUNITY BY SPONSORING SEVERAL YOUTH PROGRAMS AS WELL AS VOLUNTEER COACHING. TEDARO HAS EXEMPLIFIED THE DEFINITION OF A STUDENT-ATHLETE AND ASSISTS IN GUIDING NEW HAVEN’S YOUTH TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS.