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...character; UM football is known for being less scrutinizing than most 17th-century pirate vessels. But when former Hurricanes coach Larry Coker in 2004 recruited a Miami teen, linebacker Willie Williams, whose arrest record was longer than his high school transcript, Shalala intervened and demanded the high school All-American meet certain academic and behavioral standards before stepping on the field. Williams eventually transferred to another school. "All big-time football schools have to start creating better programs to make sure the student athletes they recruit can be competitive academically," says Lapchick. "And if it's clear they...
...then-booming mortgage bond business while he was at Goldman Sachs. “John is an appropriate choice given his background as a risk manager,” Burke said. Thain’s former roommate, James A. Leahy, remembered Thain as “an unbelievably polite, all-American boy” who was “unassuming in manner” and “genuinely nice.” “He was the antithesis of what I thought I’d see at the Business School,” Leahy said...
Nothing could dampen the spirit of the Harvard wrestling team, even when its first tournament of the season turned out to be a far too crowded affair. The Crimson, which ended a historic season last year with three wrestlers qualifying as All-Americans and with its highest ever point total at the year-end national tournament, launched its season at the East Stroudsburg University (ESU) Open with a mixed group of battle-tested veterans and newly recruited talents. On a Saturday morning at Koehler Fieldhouse, sophomore J.P. O’Connor, the only Harvard freshman to earn All-American honors...
...best crop of defensive backs in all the Ivy-lined land. Three of the four men who patrol the passing lanes have registered multi-interception games this year (one is third in the nation in picks per game), and the other is the only defensive Preseason All-American in the entire league.It almost seems like a waste—all that talent in the secondary up against a group of receivers who’d be lucky to crack fourth or fifth-string if they wore Crimson. I’m not sure what the final numbers will...
While competing for Harvard, Scherf was named an All-American four times, and, as a sophomore, broke the world junior record in the 10,000 meters at the Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonals Championships. She holds the school record in both the 5,000 and 10,000-meter events, and finished 38th and 53rd at the NCAA cross-country championships in her first and second year as a Crimson athlete, respectively. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...