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...years ago, Trey Hendricks ’04, one manifestation of Walsh’s recruiting versatility, arrived on campus from Spring, Texas, an uncelebrated pitching recruit dreaming Major League dreams. He finished his senior season as a hard-hitting first base prospect, then left Harvard as the 24th-round draft pick of the MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks. “I think a lot of kids have that dream,” Walsh says of his former star, with whom he still keeps close contact. “And it’s a great dream...
Some of Barnard’s more technical points may have been lost on amateur clay enthusiasts anyway. When, at one point during the demonstration, Barnard asked for a bat, at least two participants rushed off to the back, returning moments later with a round board used to enlarge the wheel’s surface for bigger projects. Soon after, while watching Barnard manipulate the clay, one observer marveled cryptically to another, “look at how he uses the spiral there, brings it in and pushes it out again...
...reddish clay on the wheel, Barnard alternatively pressed and stretched the shapeless mass into an imposing two-foot tall tower. Within minutes, he reshaped the mound into an attractive vase. He lifted it off the wheel and began to prod it with his fingers, smushing in the smooth, round sides and denting the upper lip quite a bit. “Now,” he says, satisfied, “it feels heavy...
Enjoying a rare Friday night off thanks to their first-round bye in the ECAC tournament, Reese, fellow sophomore Ryan Maki, and senior Brendan Bernakevitch traded in the ice of the Bright Hockey Center for the hardwood of the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC), competing for their houses in Harvard’s intramural dodgeball tournament on March...
Initially, Reese and Maki—the lone hockey players on a side dominated by the football team—fared significantly better, coasting into the second round. But because more Dunster residents than were allowed to compete at one time had trekked to the MAC, Reese was benched the next time out, which, he suggested, opened the door for the freshmen...