(1) A product of Feilding High School , Northcott followed a well walked path into the Manawatu Turbos Mitre 10 Cup team .
(2) Northcott , a product of Feilding High School , followed a well committed path into the Manawatu Turbos Mitre 10 Cup team .

Do these two sentences mean the same thing?

Possible answers:
[-] no
[-] yes
yes