Three Scholar-Athletes Going Green

The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame's Scholar-Athlete Awards banquet honored the top Los Angeles scholar-athletes including a trio of Dartmouth-bound seniors: Linebacker Dan Henggeler, corner Trevor Niemann and linebacker Bronson Green. Former NFL All-Pro George Kunz was the keynote speaker and John Huarte, the 1964 Heisman Trophy winner from Notre Dame was one of the presenters. Among the honorees was one who (understandably) got away from the Ivy League: wide receiver Robert Woods, considered by some to be the No. 1 recruit in the nation who is heading to – where else? – USC.

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Virtually every day there's reason to link to still another story about Atlanta Braves phenom Jason Heyward, who teammate Eric Hinske said, "isn't real. He might be the best 20-year-old ever."

Check out this quote:

"When I was coming out of high school, I had a full ride to UCLA for baseball," said Heyward. "But I've got a lot to thank Dartmouth for."

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Dartmouth remains in sixth place at the NCAA championships, which conclude this morning with the men's and women's freestyle cross country races in Steamboat. From a Dartmouth release (link unavailable this morning):

Another All-America finish by junior Ace Tarberry highlighted Friday night's action for the Green. Tarberry, who finished second in Wednesday's giant slalom, took fifth place in the slalom, nine-tenths of a second behind winner Andreas Adde of Alaska-Anchorage. Also for the Big Green, sophomore Trevor Leafe finished 24th; sophomore Luke McLaughry was 33rd.

In the women's slalom, Dartmouth junior Kelsey Roddick posted the Big Green's best finish, in 11th place behind winner Malin Hemmingsson of New Mexico. Dartmouth freshman Annie Rendall was 13th and junior Courtney Hammond was 20th.

1. University of Denver 589.5
2. University of New Mexico 535.0
3. University of Colorado 504.0
4. University of Utah 472.0
5. University of Vermont 423.5
6. Dartmouth College 413.0
7. University of Alaska-Anchorage 361.0
8. University of New Hampshire 276.0
9. Middlebury College 233.5
10. Montana State University 218.0
11. University of Nevada 178.0
12. Colby College 148.5
13. Williams College 140.0
14. Bates College 90.0
15. Northern Michigan University 88.0
16. University of Alaska-Fairbanks 87.0
17. University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 35.0
18. St Lawrence University 32.0
19. Michigan Tech University 23.0
20. St Michaels College 19.0
21. Wellesley College 10.0
22. Gustavus Adolphus College 6.0