Congrats to GF

[Juulie Downs]

I was at a 5th grade tournament yesterday where most of the teams were from Christian schools, many of the people had attended GF or had relatives or friends that had. When I got the news (someone called my cell phone and told me) I started yelling, and soon everyone was clapping, yelling, laughing, celebrating. The girls that were playing really had a different attitude yesterday, playing harder and smarter than I've seen these teams play in the past. Really inspired. Great day for sure!

[Raymond]

The Washington U. that George Fox defeated, is that the same school that produced the D-III Men's champion?

[rockyroad]

Yep. Same school. The Men's are back-to-back champions, and the Women's were back-to-back champs in 1999-2000. Pretty impressive records for that school.

Washington U of St. Louis has a very strong athletic department. Any time a coaching vacancy happens there, they usually have tons of applicants. A friend of mine who wanted to coach there never got an interview, but ended up at another DII or DIII school without a problem. Tells you the quality of the applicants!

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

Washington U of St. Louis has a very strong athletic department. Any time a coaching vacancy happens there, they usually have tons of applicants. A friend of mine who wanted to coach there never got an interview, but ended up at another DII or DIII school without a problem. Tells you the quality of the applicants!

They're also probably one of the best schools academics-wise west of the Mississippi. Pretty impressive how good they are athletically considering how tough they are academically.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by zm1283

They're also probably one of the best schools academics-wise west of the Mississippi.

It's testimony to the truth of your claim that they discourage the use of constructions like 'academics-wise'.