It has been 15 months since Drew Estrada wore a Dartmouth uniform and the next time he suits up it will be representing Baylor. Still, the Big Green's Swiss Army Knife receiver has earned another Ivy League honor.
Estrada has been chosen as Dartmouth's representative on the Fall 2020 Academic All-Ivy League football team. With no conference teams playing last fall the league decided to go ahead and name an all-academic squad anyway, with one player from each school chosen. Here's what the league release posted about Estrada (LINK):
Drew Estrada, Dartmouth (Sr., Argyle, Texas – Sociology)
2019 All-Ivy League Second Team at wide receiver and return specialist … 2019 FCS ADA Academic All-Star … 14th all-time at Dartmouth with 2,392 career all-purpose yards … 12th in receptions (110) and 15th in receiving yards (1,418) … led the league and ranked 13th nationally in all-purpose yards per game (137.1) … fourth in the FCS in punt return average (17.0) … mentor at Mount Lebanon Elementary … volunteer at Special Olympics and Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth (CHAD) events.
Dartmouth's overall fall All-Academic release is HERE.
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With the addition yesterday of defensive back Zach Farris, the Dartmouth recruiting class identified via Twitter now sits at 27. Here's a look at the class to date by best-guess at position (per hints on their social media). Three players are listed as "athlete" because their potential positions are unclear. Heights and weights are largely self-reported and the towns/cities listed in some cases are from their school and in other cases are the towns where they actually live. Corrections, clarifications and additions are encouraged, as always.
OFFENSE
Line
James Coslet, 6-3, 255, Watchung Hills/Watchung, N.J.
Cayman Duncan, 6-6, 295, Kinkaid School/Houston
Tristan Holmbeck, 6-4, 240, Springside Chestnut Hill/Philadelphia, Pa.
Nick Marinaro, 6-2, 240, Benilde-St. Margaret’s/St. Louis Park, Minn.
James Morrison, 6-6, 240, St. Joe’s/Midland Park, N.J.
Tight End
Alex Geraci, 6-4, 215, Don Bosco/Cornwall, N.Y.
Sean Harmon, 6-5, 225, Bishop Blanchet/Seattle
Wide Receiver
Christian Benson, 5-7, 180, Parish Episcopal/Dallas
Remington Gall, 6-4, 185, Avon/Avon, Ind.
Running Back
Q Jones, 5-11, 185, Fountain-Fort Carson/Fountain, Colo.
Quarterback
Jackson Proctor, 6-2, 195, Kent HS/Kentwood, Wash.
DEFENSE
Line/End
Ejike Adele, 6-2, 245, Westminster School/Atlanta Ga.
Josiah Green, 6-2, 240, North Central/Indianapolis
Zachary Lytle, 6-5, 230, St. Paul’s/Winnipeg, Man.
Konstantin Spörk, 6-5, 250, Phillips Andover/Cologne, Germany
Linebacker
John Ballowe, 6-2, 215, Collegiate School/Richmond, Va.
Micah Green, 6-1, 220, North Central/Indianapolis
Braden Mullen, 6-3, 215, Loyola Academy/Glenview, Ill.
Charis Spence, 6-1, 205, Eagles Landing/McDonough, Ga.
Defensive Back
Ahmir Braxton, 6-0, 175, Vista Ridge/Peyton, Colo.
Zachary Farris, 6-0/175, Cardinal Gibbons/Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Carson Franks, 6-1, 195, State College/State College, Pa.
Dillon Holifield, 6-1, 188, Roswell/Roswell, Ga.
ATHLETE
Jackson Gerard, 6-2, 187, St. Francis/Warrenville, Ill.
Painter Richards-Baker, 6-2, 170, Christ School/Arden, N.C.
Jordan Washington, 6-1, 160, JSerra/San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Punter
Davis Golick, 6-2, 200, Woodward Academy/College Park, Ga.
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With the spring FCS season kicking off this weekend, find a conference-by-conference list of teams not playing this spring or playing a reduced schedule by clicking HERE.
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Headline in today's issue of The Dartmouth: College to offer 10 undergraduate in-person classes this spring. Dartmouth offered eight undergrad classes in person in the winter. (LINK)
Green Alert Take: The Ivy League has not made an official announcement about spring sports but you have to wonder if just 10 in-person classes will lure enough athletes back to campus to field full teams. Making the spring more problematic for Dartmouth than the other schools in the Ivy League is the quarter system. It gives seniors and freshmen priority to be on campus this spring, but has a good percentage of them off campus right now, meaning they are missing the critical winter training/preseason and early season periods.
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EXTRA POINT
With enough new snow to bring out our plow guy, I hiked to the top of the mountain on snowshoes yesterday for the first time this winter. It was a bit of a thrash but while the temperature was in the mid-teens there was no wind, so it wasn't uncomfortable. With the sky Carolina blue, the snow a crisp white and the fresh scent of evergreen in the air it was the kind of day that makes winter in these parts special.
When I got back to our house, however, I was quickly reminded of one of the things I dislike about the winter. In need of a cold drink, I reached for the refrigerator door and – Z-A-P – I got a stiff jolt of static electricity.
Our house in Hanover had wall-to-wall carpeting on the second floor so I expected static electricity. Here our floors are all hardwood or tile, so the amount of static has been, well, shocking. After reading this story I guess it shouldn't be.
