The Incoming Class

The lists of Ivy League football recruiting classes should be dribbling out over the next several weeks. Here's the Dartmouth Class of 2013*:

OFFENSE
Line
Rob Bathe, 6-3, 265
Wayzata HS, Minnesota

John Golio, 6-4, 240
Bergen Catholic HS, Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.

John Hanna, 6-4, 300
Torrey Pines HS, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Daniel Jamokha, 6-5, 255
Western HS, Anaheim, Calif.

Thomas Prewitt, 6-7, 298
Brighton HS, Brighton, Colo.

John Scheve, 6-8, 295
Boys Latin, Baltimore, Md.

Tight End
Michael Aprahamian, 6-6, 235
Brookfield Central HS, Brookfield, Wis.

Jackson Floyd, 6-6, 223
Loyola HS, Willmette, Ill.

Justin Foley, 6-3, 235 (TE/H-back)
William Henry Harrison HS, Harrison, Ohio

Wide Receiver
Anthony Fulham, 6-2, 200
Canisius HS, Amherst, N.Y

Brian Kosnik, 6-5, 185
Darien HS, Darien, Conn.

Steven McCormack, 5-10, 175
Seven Lakes HS, Katy, Texas

Corey Vann, 6-1, 170
Harvard Westlake HS, Sherman Oaks, Calif.

Running Back
Billy Bradshaw, 6-1, 210
Rancho Bernardo HS, San Diego, Calif.

Jordan Brooks, 6-0, 212
Mount Vernon HS, Howard, Ohio

Jeremy Rick, 5-10, 185
Bellingham HS, Bellingham, Wash.

Fullback
Jason Lawrence, 5-10, 225
Guilderland Central HS, Guilderland, N.Y.

DEFENSE
Interior Line
Mick Davis, 6-3, 250
Eastside Catholic HS, Renton, Wash.

Elliot Kastner, 6-2, 250
Hawaii Preparatory HS, Kamuela, Hawaii

Defensive End
Danny Husband, 6-3, 210
Cascia Hall, Tulsa, Okla.

Teddy Reed, 6-4, 256
Deerfield Academy, Boxford, Mass.

Michael Tree, 6-2, 230
Brophy Prep, Paradise Valley, Ariz.

Linebacker
Miles Gay, 6-0, 195
Clear Brook HS, Friendswood, Texas

Ryan Hrabak, 6-2, 215
Carmel Catholic HS, Grayslake, Ill.

Tom Patek, 6-3, 205
Carmel Catholic HS, Mundelein, Ill.

Corner
Chase Womack, 6-0, 195
Westlake HS, Austin, Texas

Safety
Alex Douglas, 6-2, 198
Bartram Trail HS, St. Johns, Fla.

Kelly Mitchell, 5-11, 190
Parkview Baptist HS, Baton Rouge, La.

Swin Moore, 5-11, 180
Marietta HS, Marietta, Ga.

Greg Patton, 6-0, 190 (/quarterback)
Woodward Academy, College Park, Ga.

Cole Pembroke, 6-0, 200
Desert Vista HS, Phoenix, Ariz.

Garrett Waggoner, 6-2, 210
Riverview HS, Sarasota, Fla.

KICKER
RC Willenbrock, 5-11, 170
Cherry Creek HS, Englewood, Colo.

* includes two-sport crossovers and several players not officially recognized as recruits

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Chuck Burton over at College Sporting News has a well-conceived column headlined "FCS and the APR." The Academic Progress Rate is a formula the NCAA uses to measure how successful schools and individual teams are at retaining and graduating student-athletes.

From the column:

In the NCAA’s APR public recognition for the best APR rates this year, there are many FCS schools – including the entire Ivy League, Bucknell, Colgate, Davidson, Dayton, Holy Cross, New Hampshire, Richmond, Villanova, and William & Mary.

These schools for the most part have a similar profile. For example, only two of these seventeen schools – New Hampshire and William & Mary – are public schools. All of them are wealthy private schools, and all are expensive to attend.

Not a surprise because they do things the right way, but it's nice to see New Hampshire as one of the rare state schools recognized among the best.

The column suggests:

In a nutshell, if you’re being praised by the NCAA for great APR rates, chances are you’re a rich, private school with an extremely selective admissions department. You also probably have a pretty good FCS football team. If you’re being punished, however, chances are you’re a state school that cannot depend on a rich endowment. You also are likely to have an FCS team that hasn’t exactly ripped it up in postseason play.

The column does a nice job of explaining some of the difficulties faced by schools that fare poorly in the APR. Again, find the column here. For a New York Times piece on postseason bans resulting from poor academic performance, click here.

Speaking of UNH, there's a story about spring football on the other side of the state here.

Bloomberg.com has a piece about Princeton pitcher David Hale picking "Minor Leagues Over Wall Street." There's a funny – and telling – quote from the CEO of a Chicago placement company:

“It’s harder to get onto Wall Street than it is into the major leagues right now,” (John) Challenger said, laughing. “The offers on Wall Street this year are sparse in comparison to recent years. It’s not bad to have another area of expertise.”

And finally, remember when you sweated your college essay? (I wrote mine for graduate school on the adventures I had working as a cross country mover for Bekins while trying to figure out just what you can do with an undergraduate degree in English.) The Wall Street Journal asked presidents of 10 leading colleges to write 500-word essays as required by their school's applications. Interesting stuff that you can find here. (Penn President Amy Gutmann wrote one of the essays that you can find here.)