An "Alert" reader has pointed out that six of the eight quarterbacks have already received significant postseason honors from the Ivy League:
Returning First-Team All-Ivy QBs
Billy Ragone, Penn (2010)Returning Second-Team All-Ivy QBs
Sean Brackett, Columbia (2010)
KyleNewhall-Caballero, Brown (2009)
Patrick Witt, Yale (2010)Returning Rookie of the Year QB
Collier Winters, Harvard (2009)
Jeff Mathews, Cornell (2010)The only two starting quarterbacks returning without some kind of Ivy League postseason honor on their resume – yet – also have enjoyed significant accomplishments. Princeton's Tommy Wornham was second in the Ivy League in passing and 12th in the nation in total offense before being hurt in the fifth game last fall against Brown. He passed for 392 yards in the opener against Patriot League champ Lehigh, which went to the second round of the NCAA playoffs last fall.
Dartmouth's Conner Kempe heads into his senior year sixth on the all-time Dartmouth list for passing yards and with a repeat of last fall would graduate third on the ledger behind only Jay Fiedler and Brian Mann, two QBs who went on to play professionally. With only a slight up-tick in his numbers this year he could wind up second all-time for completions in a Dartmouth uniform and in the top five for TD passes.
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At Dartmouth's Celebration of Excellence graduating wide receiver Tanner Scott was presented with the college's Timothy Wright Ellis Award, "for the man who best shows the 'extracurricular and scholastic drive, spirit, loyalty and amiability which made Tim such a well-known member of the community.' "Football coach Buddy Teevens had this to say about Scott, who went from walk-on to All-Ivy as a junior:
"In my opinion, he is the most exemplary male athlete at Dartmouth and possibly in the Ivy League in terms of his commitment to excellence in every area of his life. One thing about him that cannot necessarily be recorded in a statistical column is his character. Tanner is one of the most genuine, confident yet extremely humble, and disciplined people on this campus, which is why he's respected by all who know or meet him."The word is that Athletic Director Harry Sheehy threw down the gauntlet at the celebration, asking those who won an Ivy League championship to stand and making it clear to the rest of the athletes, coaches and administrators in attendance that two Ivy League titles is unacceptable. For the record, Dartmouth won championships this year in women's tennis and women's lacrosse.
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The Monday Daily Dartmouth had a story about the "yield" for the Class of 2015 dipping and the decision to slightly roll back the number of enrollees for next fall.*
In case you missed it ... Drake University won the first "college" football game in Africa a couple of days ago before a crowd of about 12,000. The Associated Press has a story.*
And finally, our Cal Ripken (nee Little League) team improved to 6-0 in league action last night with our third no-hitter of the spring, a 1-0 nailbiter ended on a two-out RBI single to right center by one of our six newcomers. This isn't as dominating a team as last year's Green Machine, but the kids are playing great, respecting each other and the game, and having a lot of fun, so it's all good. ;-)
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