Indicating their intentions to join the Big Green program next year are offensive lineman Michael Flores, tight end/defensive end Zion Carter, defensive lineman Hank Knez and safety Marques White.
Flores is the 6-foot-3, 298-pound younger brother of former Dartmouth standout Jacob Flores '16 and current freshman John Paul Flores. Another brother, Charlie, was a fifth-year senior at Columbia in the fall.
Find Flores' commitment tweet HERE and his highlight video HERE.
The 6-7, 240-pound Carter is a senior at Berkeley Prep High School in Tampa, Fla. Find his commitment tweet HERE and his highlight video HERE. Per Rivals he chose Dartmouth over offers from Boston College and UConn among others. (LINK)
The 6-3, 248-pound Knez is just the latest Dartmouth addition from Illinois. The Glenbard West product from Glen Ellyn tweeted his intentions HERE. Find his highlight video HERE.
Listing himself as a Dartmouth '23 is safety Marques White. The 6-3, 215 senior at Brophy Prep in Phoenix tweets HERE and his highlight video is HERE.
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With class back in session The Dartmouth has a story headlined, Football team racks up postseason awards following 9-1 season. (LINK)Green Alert Take: Don't for a second underestimate the importance of Dartmouth's recent success in drawing top recruits to Hanover.
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No new snow in these parts but it as I type this it is a brisk 7.9 degrees below zero. Brrr ...
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And finally, apologies in advance for an off-topic mini-rant regarding someone regular visitors to this electronic precinct have been reading about since she was a middle-schooler.That figure on the news about 800,000 government workers not getting paid because of the government shutdown doesn't count others being hurt by the stalemate like That Certain Dartmouth '14-turned-national park ranger.
After a summer at Glacier Bay NP she finished up at Yellowstone in the fall and accepted a position teaching skiing in Montana for the winter to tide her over while she awaited her next assignment within the national park system. When she was fortunate enough to be rehired for a second winter at Grand Canyon, she gave up the skiing position, packed all of her stuff into her Subaru and drove to Arizona.
Just days before she was to move into the park's government housing (which she pays for) and start her new role the government shut down. Instead of introducing kids to the wonders of the natural world as an educational ranger she's an unemployed couch surfer wondering where her next paycheck will come from. While other federal workers will get back pay when they finally return to work she won't because the government went out before she could begin her new role.
If the folks in DC don't wise up they are going to lose some of the best and brightest, including at least one Ivy League grad who can make a lot more money and not have to put up with this kind of thing in the private sector.
Like teaching skiing.
End rant.
