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General Category => Other Sports => Topic started by: underskill on June 23, 2007, 12:46:30 AM

Title: cornell bball recruit
Post by: underskill on June 23, 2007, 12:46:30 AM
http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070622.wspt-grange-col-22/GSStory/GlobeSportsBasketball/home
Title: Re: cornell bball recruit
Post by: RichH on June 23, 2007, 02:31:02 AM
[q]It's not an athletic scholarship — Ivy League schools don't provide them — but Wilkins's academic standing (an 89-per-cent average leaving high school and a 3.5 grade-point average after a year at junior college in Texas) and economic situation qualify him for a financial-aid package worth $45,000 (U.S.) a year.[/q]

Hey, a Canadian news source actually got it right!
Title: Re: cornell bball recruit
Post by: Jim Hyla on June 23, 2007, 09:02:57 AM
Quote from: globesports.com"Almost all of the guys in the program come from very modest backgrounds and receive some form of financial aid," said Steve Donahue, who is entering his 18th season coaching in the Ivy League and eighth at Cornell. "We don't have a lot of what I call three-car garage guys. But Andre's a little different because he comes from an extremely rough background and has made it on his own. I want him at this university because he deserves it, but I want him here because the university needs guys like him here, too."
Title: Re: cornell bball recruit
Post by: CornellFan on June 23, 2007, 10:19:59 AM
One of three recruits, he should help with his above the rim athleticism.  He was the slam dunk champion at the All-Canada Senior All-Star game.

http://cornellbasketball.blogspot.com/2007/05/spotlight-on-andre-wilkins.html