<p>What an outstanding young man.</p>
<p>Gabe</a> Carimi applies the team concept to engineering success (Dec. 10, 2010)</p>
<p>Very impressive young man.</p>
<p>Thanks Barrons. I always enjoy such stories about athletes who also work hard and produce stellar results in the classroom. It’s great ammunition against the cynics who dismiss sports and the character it can promote in young people.</p>
<p>@barrons: Year ago when I was teaching at UW, Sports Illustrated did a feature story on a player named Don Davey. He was carrying a 3.6 in mechanical engineering (back when a 3.6 really meant something). Don was an All Big-Ten player and he played several years in the NFL for the Packers and Jaguars in the NFL. He was another very impressive Badger.</p>
<p>@LakeWashington: I cannot resist quoting the great John Wooden:
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<p>Well said, Coase. We could use many more John Woodens; at the blackboard at the head of the lecture hall classrooms and leading from the bench at the arena.</p>
<p>He sounds like a real winner.</p>
<p>A student, and athlete, AND a mensch (not in that order). Outstanding.</p>
<p>The broadcast of the Army-Navy game just highlighted a player with a 3.7+ in systems engineering. It’s nice to see real academic achievement appreciated…too often, the “scholar-athlete of the game” has a 3.2 in some BS major, like we are supposed to be impressed.</p>