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Boarding School Photo of the Day: West Nottingham Academy
Photo of the Day: Lacrosse instruction at West Nottingham Academy, Colora, MD.
This year’s varsity boys team compiled a 3-2 record. The girls team went 0-1.
You can learn more about the school and it’s LAX program by visiting their web site: www.wna.org
Kevin Laue Signs with Manhattan College
We highlighted Mr. Laue, a Post-Graduate student at Fork Union Military Academy, in a post titled “Working to Overcome” back on January 5th and we’re delighted to see that he has earned a scholarship to play NCAA Division I basketball beginning in the fall at Manhattan College.
“…After Laue was featured in The New York Times [...]
Pingree School Goalie Trevor Leahy’s Invention Featured in the New York Times
Heading ‘necessity is the mother of invention,’ Pingree School’s Trevor Leahy set his mind to recouping any advantage that he could achieve within the rules. Hockey rules recently mandated smaller sizes for hockey net minder pads. While the offensively minded thought this a great idea (goalie pads were starting to cover far too much of [...]
Read MoreShattuck-St. Mary’s Blends Elite Hockey and Boarding School
An article from today’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Minnesota prep school spawn hockey elite) highlights the strong qualities of Shattuck-St. Mary School’s community and the school’s hockey program. S-SM produces great prep hockey teams and individual players, but more than just the hockey, S-SM provides a great setting for hockey players to mature.
As S-SM alumnus and [...]
John McPhee Spotlights Lacrosse in The New Yorker
John McPhee- perhaps our finest non-fiction describer, boarding school alumnus and boarding school chronicler (The Headmaster)- published “Spin Right and Shoot Left” in the week’s New Yorker. If you’ve ever been part of that boarding right of spring- lacrosse, you’ll find much to warm your heart and reminisce over. The piece is a nice primer [...]
Read MoreMyron Rolle on CNN
Myron Rolle paid a quick visit to CNN this morning touching on topics ranging from the NFL draft, education versus money, the possibilities of being an MD and life as role model.
For those new to this story, Mr. Rolle is a Hun School alumnus, Florida State graduate, Florida State football player, potential NFL first [...]
NCAA Division I Basketball as Family Affair: Conflict and Compromise
Playing for dad at any level has it’s ups and downs. At the University of Rhode Island, wife & mom, Cindy Baron makes the father-son/coach-player tandem of Coach Jim Baron and player Jimmy Baron work.
The friction seems particularly difficult in this story as the blunt, workaholic Coach Baron is driven not to favor his son [...]
From Sneakers and the NBA Back to His Alma Mater
It’s now about the kids for Seth Berger. After building, then, selling And1- the athletic shoe and gear company- Berger has returned to Westtown School outside Philadelphia as basketball coach.
As he tells the Philadelphia Enquirer (Seth Berger, from And1 to Westtown), “It is absolutely a total, total fantasy.” Berger understands the school’s mission and [...]
Boarding School Students Dominate Rivals Class of 2009 Top 150
Don’t miss the current wealth of up and coming mens’ basketball talent in the 2009 prep school class. The Rivals.com Rivals 150 list of top prospects includes no fewer than 20 boarding school students from boarding schools such as Tilton School, Brewster Academy, South Kent School, St. Mark’s School, Hargrave Military Academy, Patterson School, Oak [...]
Read MoreA Plug For My Favorite Administrator Back When I Was A Teacher & Coach At Brewster Academy
Former Kimball Union Academy & Brewster Academy Athletic Director Bill Pottle received the NEPSAC Distinguished Service Award in mid-December. “The NEPSAC Distinguished Service Award is given annually to the individual who has contributed significantly to New England Independent School Athletics and Physical Education through enthusiasm, dedication, leadership and vision.” Bill is easily one of the [...]
Read MoreWorking to Overcome
Talk about perspective. Sports suffer from overuse as metaphor and insight into the model for life. But, in this story, athletics is an end not the philosophy, thinking, or means and the latter three provide the crux of the story.
Kevin Laue plays basketball at Fork Union Military Academy. FUMA plays great basketball- teams comprised [...]
Gould Academy Offers America’s Only High School Ski Patrol Certification Program
Gould Academy is the only school in the nation to offer a course leading to certification for the National Ski Patrol. Based at the foot of Sunday River ski resort in Bethel, ME, Gould students commit to a program of rigorous training- learning the codes, medical proficiencies and responsibilities necessary for rescue and aid in [...]
Read MorePrep School Football Gains International Flavor
It’s been said for some time that America’s greatest export is our culture- movies, entertainment and sports (I first came across this notion at a talk given by the economist John Kenneth Galbraith more than 20 years ago). What’s interesting is that, as we export our culture, and a larger body of people [...]
Read MoreEduKick Expands International Boarding Options
Back in September, we wrote about EduKick and their international soccer boarding schools. In an article that came across my desk yesterday, Joe Coito and Joey Bilotta, EduKick’s co-founders, have expanded their international boarding school sports options with the launch of Travel Sport Camp (TSC).
Travel Sport Camp offers students language and cultural immersion opportunities similar [...]
Young American Edukick Student Spotted by French Professional Soccer Club.
We’re interested in all types of boarding schools and today we’re happy to highlight a school and student that pour their efforts into international soccer.
French 3rd division professional team, AS Cannes, recently invited American Mason Hampel to participate on its U18 development squad. Development squads serve as training grounds and possible stepping stones to a [...]
