Word: finalists
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...defensive back Jay McCareins finished sixth in the voting, and Brown linebacker Zak DeOssie, who missed part of the stretch run with an injury, came in 16th. The last Ivy player to receive votes in the Buchanan Award chase was Harvard linebacker Dante Balestracci, who made the 16-player finalist group in both his junior and senior seasons. New Hampshire coach Sean McDonnell took home the Eddie Robinson Award, which is awarded to the I-AA coach of the year. McDonnell led the Wildcats to a 10-1 regular season mark and a No. 1 ranking in the final poll...
...leader on the team.” Leading by example is nothing new for Bassi. She was an NCAA qualifier for the Lady Volunteers in 2003, the same year she came away with a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. Last year, she was a finalist at the Olympic trials. But while it would be great to make it far on a national stage, Bassi’s focus right now is solely on the Crimson. “Our team was ready to swim fast, and I’m glad that we were able to turn...
...second half, with Porter posting the lowest second-day score of just 17 points. Also invited to compete in the tournament was team co-captain Sloan Devlin. Devlin, however, was unable to participate in the event, due to the fact that she had been selected as a Rhodes Scholarship finalist and had to remain in Boston for interviews. —DANIEL J. RUBIN-WILLS
...Rousseau’s autobiographical “Confessions” was a long, hard slog, but the hours spent reading “Restless Genius” simply disappeared like a box of Lindt chocolate truffles. Here we have a good biography—a National Book Award finalist, no less—on a fascinating subject. Those who have a passing acquaintance with his life story should refresh their memory, and those who do not should get acquainted. —Staff writer Joseph T. Scarry can be reached at scarry@fas.harvard.edu...
Last spring, Harvard and Stanford were chasing the same girl. Anna K. Kendrick, a Boston resident and graduate of the Winsor School, had scored acceptance letters from both coasts. A national crew champion and National Merit Finalist, Kendrick had made her case—now it was the colleges’ turn to make theirs...