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Athlete Degree Field Institution Known for Billy Arnold: PhD: MIAT College of Technology [1] Racecar driver and champion of the 1930 Indianapolis 500: Dave Baldwin: Genetics: University of Arizona [2] Major League Baseball pitcher Travis Dorsch: Sports and Exercise Psychology: Purdue University
Every student-athlete is not going to become a professional athlete, but they are guaranteed a college education and degree to help them graduate with little or no debt via their scholarships. [80] If universities start paying student-athletes, the universities would not be focused on what the student-athletes are attending for, which is the ...
[5] [6] In addition, if an athlete attended more than one university, that athlete might show up in the medal count of each university attended. [7] For example, Alma Richards who won the gold medal in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics in the high jump attended BYU prep school (degree), Cornell University (degree), the University of Southern ...
Degree(s) Notability Reference Major Applewhite: 2002 BS: Former college quarterback, 2001 Holiday Bowl MVP, former co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for UT Austin, current University of South Alabama head coach [17] [463] [464] Don Barton (never graduated) Former NFL halfback [465] Cedric Benson: NFL running back, Doak Walker ...
Williams was widely considered the best player in college basketball, earning both the prestigious Naismith Award and Wooden Award as College Basketball's Player of the Year in 2002. He graduated with a degree in sociology in 2002, and left Duke with 2,079 points, good for sixth all-time, and with his jersey number 22 retired at Senior Day.
Joey Votto, MLB first baseman, 5-time All-Star, winner of 2010 National League MVP award, Hank Aaron Award, and Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's athlete of the year; Neil Walker, MLB infielder, 2010 Baseball America's All-Rookie Team; Vernon Wells, MLB outfielder, three-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glove Award recipient and Silver Slugger Award ...
Female college athletes in the United States (18 C, 2 P) Male college athletes in the United States (18 C) B. College baseball players in the United States (869 C, 3 P)
Through the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 178 Michigan student-athletes and coaches had participated in the Olympics. The university has had medal winners in every Summer Olympics except 1896, and gold medalists in all but four Olympiads. A total of 22 countries, including the U.S., have been represented by Michigan athletes. [493]