On A QB's Radar

Dartmouth is joined by Yale (and a handful of other schools) on the radar screen of a quarterback from Fresno, Calif. Kerr Taubler, a 6-foot-3, 206 junior at Bullard High School completed 109-of-206 passes for 1,821 yards and 14 touchdowns last fall. He also has a perfect grade point average. According to Scout, Taubler has been "offered" by Yale and also has interest in Dartmouth, Michigan State, San Diego State, Washington, Utah and UC Davis. Without a pure quarterback in the incoming class, Dartmouth is expected to make QB a priority in the next recruiting class.

Word has leaked that the latest football transfer from a BCS school is headed to ... Penn.

Dartmouth junior outfielder Nick Santomauro was chosen yesterday by the New York Mets in the 10th round of the annual baseball draft. (Story) Santomaruo hit .473 in conference play (.372 overall) on the way to being named the Ivy League's Player of the Year. The New York Post writes:

He's just a junior, and it's hard to imagine any club buying him out of his senior year at Dartmouth, but he figures to be a quality senior sign in 2010.

Santomauro was one of five Ivy Leaguer's chosen. The others:

• Princeton pitcher David Hale – third round, Braves
• Princeton pitcher Brad Gemberling – 24th round, Diamondbacks
• Brown shortstop Matt Nuzzo – 24th round, Blue Jays
• Yale pitcher Brandon Josselyn– 25th round, Mariners

Although Dartmouth and Holy Cross have met on the basketball court 97 times over the years, the traditional series has been on hiatus since the 2004-05 season. That may change in the future with news that Crusaders coach Ralph Willard has stepped down to become the assistant head coach under Rick Pitino at Louisville. (Story)

In a blog note about former corner back and outfielder Jason Blydell completing Officer Training School for the Marines I asked about other recent Dartmouth players in the military and got a note about lacrosse captain Doug Rendall '09. I pulled this up from his bio:

In the summer of 2008, he completed the Officer Candidates School of the United States Marine Corps. Regarded as an Honor Graduate, Rendall is commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps.

Another email came in with news that Dartmouth grad Brett Haber '91 has won the Emmy for best sports anchor in the Washington, D.C., metro area. Dartmouth's Alumni Stories had a piece about him in the fall. Find his Wikipedia bio here.