He is a member of the Susquehanna Township School Board and serves as a representative on the DCTS Joint Operating Committee. He earned a B.S. degree from the University of Michigan, and he is a graduate from Trinidad State Junior College. Mr. Rawls was a Pennsylvania State Wrestling Champ, National Junior College Wrestling Champ, and Big Ten Wrestling Champ. He served as the Head Wrestling Coach at Harrisburg High School, and was inducted into the PIAA and NCAA Wrestling Hall of Fame. He was born in Guyton, Georgia and moved to Harrisburg in 1964 where he resides with his wife, Donna Jo. They are the parents of six children.