{"id":174040,"date":"2026-03-25T00:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T00:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/174040\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T00:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T00:51:17","slug":"beechwoods-emmett-queen-announces-wake-forest-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/174040\/","title":{"rendered":"Beechwood\u2019s Emmett Queen announces Wake Forest commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beechwood 2027 quarterback Emmett Queen\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EmmettQueen\/status\/2036221178499440762?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a>\u00a0Monday night he has verbally committed to play football at Wake Forest University.<\/p>\n<p>Queen, who is 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds, committed to Wake Forest after visiting the campus this past weekend. Queen is reportedly the third player to verbally commit to the Wake Forest football program in the 2027 class, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/wake-forest\/season\/2027-football\/commits\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">247 Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nGET OUR SPORTS NEWSLETTER\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">A weekly roundup of NKY sports headlines right to you every Monday at noon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always been my dream to compete at the highest level,\u201d Queen wrote on X. \u201cAfter many talks with my family and coaches \u2014 I\u2019m excited to announce my commitment to Wake Forest University!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Queen was 150-of-210 passing for 2,710 yards and 39 touchdowns with only two interceptions in 2025 for the Tigers (11-2) in 2025, who were a Class 2A state semifinalist. He also had six rushing touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>He transferred to Beechwood in January 2025 from Covington Catholic. In just seven months, he was voted a captain as a junior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just one example of his commitment to being elite on and off the field,\u201d Beechwood coach Jay Volker said in a text message. \u201cRelentless work ethic, getting better every day and is a great leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Queen has a 4.3 grade-point average and earned a 33 on his ACT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWake Forest is a great fit both athletically and academically,\u201d Volker said.<\/p>\n<p>Volker said Queen\u2019s goals are clear for his upcoming senior season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmmett\u2019s No. 1 goal is to help bring state championship No. 19 to Beechwood,\u201d Volker said. \u201cWe expect him to eclipse his 2,700 yards passing and 45 total touchdowns as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Liked this story? Help make the next one possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Independent local news doesn\u2019t happen without community support. Your monthly donation helps us keep covering the people, issues, and places that make Northern Kentucky what it is.<br \/>When you give, you\u2019re not just supporting one story \u2014 you\u2019re investing in all the ones still to come.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beechwood 2027 quarterback Emmett Queen\u00a0announced\u00a0Monday night he has verbally committed to play football at Wake Forest University. Queen,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[70920,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-174040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-beechwood","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}