...and it's a pretty cool story! Love to see people taking unconventional paths to improving our world.

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finishes regular season 21-1 and avenges their only (earlier season) loss to the toejams; earning MPSF's auto-bid & #1 seed to ncaas

Stanford wins MGOLF Pac 12 championship on the Stanford golf course.
Thorbjornsen wins individual title at -15.
Happy to report that both USC and UCLA were awful in their last Pac12 tournament.

In the PGA, Brandon Wu 3rd at -19 (Mexican Open). Now 47th on the money list with $2.06M.

Bramlett T10th. Now 87th on the money list at $1.12M.

Patrick Rogers T10th. Now 45th on the money list at $2.09M.

McNealy T60th. Now 78th on the money list at $1.29M.

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Usually really high academic students like those winning prestigious awards involve top schools trying to get them to attend. Other than this stud applying and getting admitted to a ton of schools, doesn’t mention if he’s done anything exceptional, although he’s only 16!
“A high school senior in Louisiana has received more than 170 college acceptance letters and more than $9 million in scholarship offers.”
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04...eges-and-more-than-9-million-in-scholarships/

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At the moment, we have only 12 players on both the MBB and WBB teams, leaving scholarships open plus a roster size that may not be big enough in case of injuries.

Ben, can you do some sleuthing and find out what Haase and TVD are thinking about in terms of filling the roster? Are we pursuing additional transfers or discovering new recruits?

Verbal Commits is reporting that Michael O'Connell is in the transfer portal as a graduate transfer. I'm checking to confirm, but I trust the news is accurate.

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Would be our biggest transfer portal get to date. Not holding my breath but at least there's hope.


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Interesting article on muscle-to-bone ratio, or MBR, which quantifies how much muscle mass a skeleton is carrying. Explains why some players get injured so easily.

7,000 combined rushing and receiving yards in a career​

Darrin Nelson, Stanford — 1978-1981

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At Stanford, Nelson was on the team that first popularized the West Coast offense, carving out a new role for running backs. He became the first player to rush for 1,000 yards and catch 50 passes in a season. Then he did it two more times.

All that led to Nelson finishing his career with 4,442 yards rushing, and 2,550 yards receiving for a grand total of 7,001 yards. It helped to have John Elway throwing the ball.

That record should be safe for a long time. The runner-up in combined rushing and receiving yards is Steve Bartolo of Colorado State, who had 5,892 total yards (4,813 yards rushing and 1,079 receiving) from 1983-86.

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Caleb Hampton just announced on Twitter that he has committed to Stanford. He is a dual sport commit for both football and baseball as a running back, outfielder, and right-handed pitcher. Mentioned in the recruiting notes thread that I thought Stanford had good chances and he came through for the Cardinal.

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They will contend against Oregon for North's #1 spot...
and with Penix and those receivers USC cannot assume they'll take Pac12 championship in a cake-walk