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...fact, the highest-chosen Harvard player in the 12-round selection process has never worn a Crimson uniform. Ted Drury, the highly-touted recruit out of Fairfield Prep, was taken late in the second round by the Calgary Flames. Drury's second-round selection makes him the highest-drafted player on this year's Crimson squad...
What makes Bob run? Partly it's real-life Rabbit Angstrom anguish over his own flunked future. A high school basketball star with genuine pro prospects, Doss entered Connecticut's Fairfield University on a full scholarship. Academic disaster: he lasted two semesters...
...academy has winning academic ways too. About 40 girls are involved in CASE studies, 15 in the G.S.A. program. Classes are held Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings, with Doss, Aline, assistant coach Thounsa Kearse and several volunteers from Fairfield University serving as tutors. Star outside shooter Patrina Blow, 17, a poor reader, benefited from a special remedial program. She now reads fluently and is pursued by schools like Rutgers, UConn and Georgetown. Christy and Blow are far from unique. One hundred fifty universities have made serious inquiries about other Upward Bound players...
Reputable counselors make it clear they cannot guarantee a student will get into the college of his or her choice, but charlatans are already popping up. One in Fairfield County, Conn., reportedly told parents that he had a friend on the admissions committee at their child's first-choice school and could pull strings to get him admitted. He charged $1,000, offering the money back if the student did not get in. For the consultant, it was a no-lose proposition: he did nothing, and if the student happened to get in, he kept the money. The I.E.C.A. tries...
Also in the Fairfield game, Crimson freshmen Kara Hurley and Becky Gaffney had their first career goals...