USF Shortstop named 2007 Valedictorian

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<p>I loved this story. This young man really embodies the highest standards of the student-athlete.</p>

<p><a href=“http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/05/17/SPG4NPSL9N1.DTL[/url]”>http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/05/17/SPG4NPSL9N1.DTL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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A real major, too. Nice story.</p>

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<p>I forget the name of the player, or the team (Brewers, maybe?), but I recently saw a Major League pitcher who the announcers said was Phi Betta Kappa in Economics from Duke. There are some smart baseball players out there!</p>

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<p>One of them is the OP’s son !!! :D</p>

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<p>Yes, very true!</p>

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<p>Another academic/sports star.</p>

<p><a href=“captimes.com | The Capital Times: Madison WI News”>captimes.com | The Capital Times: Madison WI News;

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<p>Hey y’all, remember that the team from Rice University won the NCAA baseball championship a year or two ago. Academics are no cakewalk at Rice.</p>

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<p>This is a site for those who are interested in seeing outstanding scholar athletes. And yes, my son is in here somewhere ;).<br>
<a href=“http://www.cosida.com/allamerica/default.asp[/url]”>http://www.cosida.com/allamerica/default.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Garland–very good memory! Chris Capuano, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.<br>
<a href=“http://www.answers.com/topic/chris-capuano[/url]”>http://www.answers.com/topic/chris-capuano&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And, Mike Mussina is no slouch either. A NYT Crossword puzzle devotee (featured in the documentary “Wordplay”) as well:
<a href=“Mike Mussina - Wikipedia”>Mike Mussina - Wikipedia;

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<p>Well, not that good a memory; we (by “we” I mean my Mets) just played (and beat) Capuano last weekend. I shoulda remembered his name.</p>

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<p>As long as it isn’t “my Yankees”, it’s all good ;).</p>

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<p>OH gosh, no. And looking forward to attendng the Mets/Yanks game tomorrow!</p>

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<p>Speaking of smart baseball players, how about Bernie Williams? (Yes, a Yankee.) His ADD was never diagnosed, and he still became an amazing classical guitarist.</p>

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<p>Garland–have fun and go Mets! I searched all over Boston last summer and finally found the t-shirt my son had been hankering for: I (heart) NY but I still hate the Yankees. Funny thing, you can’t find it in New York (maybe at the Mets store?)</p>

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<p>I read that the top graduating senior at Columbia’s engineering college was a star player on the soccer team for four years while earning above a 4.0 (Some Columbia profs give A+s) in Chemical Engineering. Sheesh…</p>