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Darren Darnell Brooks graduated from Jennings Senior High School in the Spring of 2000.  Darren became an American professional basketball player. A 6’3″ 205 pound point guard / shooting guard, Darren’s professional career began in 2005–06 and has taken him to numerous countries and leagues around the world. He is best known in the United States for his collegiate career at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU), here he was the back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.   Darren played football his senior year at Jennings Senior High where he was named the conference player of the year after throwing for around 1500 yards.
Darren Brooks now coaches high school basketball at the charter school, High Point Academy and has his own basketball academy.

 

See the link below for more on Darren and his Hall of Fame induction into Southern Illinois University

https://siusalukis.com/news/2017/8/10/mens-basketball-darren-brooks-named-to-mvc-hall-of-fame.aspx

 

Joe Johnson is a 1990 JSH Graduate who played football under Coach Hank Barrere.  Joe went on to become a standout at the University of Louisville to a 1994 National Football League first round draft pick (13th) defensive end in the for the New Orleans Saints and eventually the Green Bay Packers.  He was elected to the Pro Bowl during the 1998-1999, and 2000-2001 NFL seasons and named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year in 2000.

 

Check the link below to see Joe Johnson’s draft story

https://www.neworleanssaints.com/video/my-draft-story-joe-johnson-18746713

 

Arthur “Lou” Frazier  (1984) graduated from Jennings in 1984 where he played football, his “favorite sport”, all four years at Jennings Senior High for Coach Hank Barrere.  Arthur also excelled on the basketball court as a member of Coach Hal Moore’s incredible 1983 and 1984 basketball teams, but It was Coach Scott Rendel who saw something special in Arthur as a baseball player and the rest became Arthur Frazier’s history.  Arthur headed to Scottsdale Community Junior College after Jennings before entering Major League Baseball as an outfielder. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, between 1993 and 1998, for the Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers, and Chicago White Sox. He was primarily a left fielder.

From 2007 to 2008 Frazier was the first base coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates. His duties included working with the Pirates’ outfielders and teaching base-running skills.

Arthur lives in Arizona where he runs a company of personal baseball instruction.  He is known as Lou Frazier to the baseball world, but his friends and family back at home know him as Arthur Frazier, a real Jennings legend.