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Post by AntennaMagnet on Aug 8, 2007 14:36:32 GMT -5
You're absolutely correct, Nebraska student athletes are among the best, and volleyball shines as the pinnacle of student - athlete accomplishments. And, while comments about Stanford stand, it is well known that they bend the admission rules regarding grades and SAT scores for athletes. For this reason, faculty at Stanford have challenged the admissions office to be more rigorous with their selection criteria. A key point is that a lot of your college experience involves peer interactions, and while interacting with a 950 combined SAT student may have value, a highly academic student would probably get more out of day to day interactions with someone who has a substantially higher IQ. I don't think coaches at Nebraska discuss this fact with recruits, whereas Stanford coaches point this out as a cardinal reason for attending an Ivy-like institution.
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Post by vbobsessed on Aug 9, 2007 20:59:38 GMT -5
Congrats to Sarah........The Sullivan award is next! The AAU Sullivan Award has always been presented to US citizens. Sorry Sarah
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Post by Nutter on Aug 9, 2007 21:21:30 GMT -5
Congrats to Sarah........The Sullivan award is next! The AAU Sullivan Award has always been presented to US citizens. Sorry Sarah The AAU Sullivan Award has never been awarded to a VB player. This would have been a good opportunity.
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Post by vbobsessed on Aug 9, 2007 21:29:03 GMT -5
The AAU Sullivan Award has always been presented to US citizens. Sorry Sarah The AAU Sullivan Award has never been awarded to a VB player. This would have been a good opportunity. I totally agree that she is every bit as deserving as any previous winner. And it would have been very prestigious for ALL of the VB community to finally have VB player on that list.
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Post by holidayhusker on Aug 9, 2007 21:31:34 GMT -5
You're absolutely correct, Nebraska student athletes are among the best, and volleyball shines as the pinnacle of student - athlete accomplishments. And, while comments about Stanford stand, it is well known that they bend the admission rules regarding grades and SAT scores for athletes. For this reason, faculty at Stanford have challenged the admissions office to be more rigorous with their selection criteria. A key point is that a lot of your college experience involves peer interactions, and while interacting with a 950 combined SAT student may have value, a highly academic student would probably get more out of day to day interactions with someone who has a substantially higher IQ. I don't think coaches at Nebraska discuss this fact with recruits, whereas Stanford coaches point this out as a cardinal reason for attending an Ivy-like institution. So you can be with your own kind. I think in college I studied world history and a country in Europe started out thinking this way.
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Post by AntennaMagnet on Aug 10, 2007 9:08:54 GMT -5
There have been a few good German players in the NCAA over the years.
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