In the world of academics there is no higher international honor than being selected as a Rhodes Scholar. The award provides for at least two years of fully funded study at the University of Oxford in England.
This year, four of the 32 winners from the United States are also NCAA student-athletes. Congratulations go out to Clarke Knight of Smith College in Massachusetts, Brian McGrail from Williams College in Massachusetts, Jessica Wamala from Villanova and Miles Unterreiner of Stanford.
Kevin Kugler has more details of their academic and athletic pursuits on This Week in the NCAA.
(Listen to This Week in the NCAA for 12/6/13)
[podcast id='0']
On “This Week in the NCAA,” WestwoodOne’s Kevin Kugler highlights unique stories from around the varied and interesting world of college sports.