Word: holzapfel
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...astonishingly, Aaron Holzapfel is undeterred by the looming presence of the river. Certainly not while rowing, and not in the boathouse that is his second home...
...coincidentally, perhaps, the younger Holzapfel attributes his profound individual development in his Christian faith—which he describes as nondenominational—to that very same period of time when he took up crew...
...Holzapfel, you see, does not view religion as a passive act. Famously, when the English concentrator rowed at the 2003 CRASH-B’s, a colorful indoor rowing championship, he went under the moniker Kevin McHale, for the great Celtics big man, of the group “LFJA”—that is, Live for Jesus Always...
...even if Holzapfel tends to deflect glory from himself, the reality that he is actually doing it at the highest level, in the world’s most prominent program—with an arguably imposing family precedent, as well—isn’t lost on anyone. He and fellow senior Malcolm Howard, Harvard’s master of protocol, only garner praise...
...It’s early in the game yet, but [Holzapfel and Howard] are two very impressive oarsmen,” Parker says. “But they’re also two very impressive people. You can see that they earn a lot of respect from the other oarsmen and I think that’s going to have a very important impact on the squad...