Word: freshmen
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...city where 47% of adults are functionally illiterate and only 25% of high school freshmen make it to graduation, U of D is the chute through which bright young men can get to college. The school boasts a near perfect graduation rate and sends 99% of its graduates on to higher education. (In 2009 the one student who didn't go to college turned down a scholarship from the University of Michigan to sign a seven-figure contract with the Detroit Tigers.) (See pictures of Detroit's beautiful, horrible decline...
...think [the freshmen] showed that they have the ability to score goals for us,” Rogers said. “All have the ability to play at a high speed and they’re smart players...
...brought in a tremendous class in the freshmen,” Alex Biega said, “who’ve been immediate impact players for us and add a valuable aspect of the team up front...
...second period, Colgate inched back into the game with an even-strength goal midway through the frame. But Harvard freshman Marshall Everson responded with a power play lamp lighter just a minute later to reclaim the three-score lead. The goal was assisted by freshmen Alex Fallstrom and Louis Leblanc, who had two assists on the night. The freshman class, which has accounted for six of the Crimson’s 12 goals this season, has added some much needed fire to the Harvard attack...
...Years past we’ve only had one to two scoring lines,” Biega said. “This year we only lost three forwards up front and we brought in a tremendous class in the freshmen, who’ve been immediate impact players for us and add a valuable aspect of the team up front...