Feb. 1, 2016
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PITTSBURGH -- A total of 27 all-time greats comprise the Duquesne University Men's Basketball All-Century Team announced today.
The team, selected in conjunction with Duquesne's 100th season of basketball, consists of 12 automatic selections and 15 additional all-time greats who were chosen by Dukes fans through fan voting conducted on the www.GoDuquesne/DUKES100 web page over the past three months.
The team will be honored at halftime of the February 14 game against Massachusetts.
All 12 automatic selections either earned All-America honors and/or had their jersey retired by the University. DU's 11 All-Americans include: Moe Becker (1939-41), Paul Birch (1933-35), Herb Bonn (1935-37), Chuck Cooper (1947-50), Sihugo Green (1954-56), Ed Milkovich (1939-41), Walter Miller (1935-37), Dick Ricketts (1952-55), Willie Somerset (1962, `64-'65), Jim Tucker (1952-54) and Paul Widowitz (1939-41). Cooper, Green, Norm Nixon (1974-77), Ricketts and Somerset all had their jerseys retired in 2001.
Ricketts and Green, who led the Dukes to the 1955 NIT title and went on to be the first overall picks in back-to-back NBA drafts (Ricketts in 1955 and Green in 1956), are the only consensus first team All-Americans in school history.
The fan vote added 15 members to the team including: Derrick Alston (1991-94), Bruce Atkins (1979-82), Mike Barr (1970-72), Moe Barr (1967-69), Lionel Billingy (1972-74), Mickey Davis (1970-71), Jarrett Durham (1969-71), B.B. Flenory (1977-80), Ron Guziak (1966-68), Aaron Jackson (2006-09), Mike James (1995-98), Barry Nelson (1969-71), Garry Nelson (1969-71), Mike Rice (1961-62) and Bill Zopf (1968-70).
Seventeen members of the All-Century team were drafted by the National Basketball Association, led by Cooper who was the first African-American taken by an NBA team when he was selected by the Boston Celtics in 1950. A total of 18 members of the All-Century team went on to play in the NBA.
DUQUESNE MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CENTURY TEAM
AUTOMATIC SELECTIONS (12)
Moe Becker (1939-41)
Paul Birch (1933-35)
Herb Bonn (1935-37)
Chuck Cooper (1947-50)
Sihugo Green (1954-56)
Ed Milkovich (Melvin) (1939-41)
Walter Miller (1935-37)
Norm Nixon (1974-77)
Dick Ricketts (1952-55)
Willie Somerset (1962, `64-`65)
Jim Tucker (1952-54)
Paul Widowitz (1939-41)
FAN VOTE (15)
Derrick Alston (1991-94)
Bruce Atkins (1979-82)
Mike Barr (1970-72)
Moe Barr (1967-69)
Lionel Billingy (1972-74)
Mickey Davis (1970-71)
Jarrett Durham (1969-71)
B.B. Flenory (1977-80)
Ron Guziak (1966-68)
Aaron Jackson (2006-09)
Mike James (1995-98)
Barry Nelson (1969-71)
Garry Nelson (1969-71)
Mike Rice (1961-62)
Bill Zopf (1968-70)
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ALL-CENTURY TEAM
Automatic Selections
Paul Birch - 1933-35
Birch, a guard, was Duquesne's first All-American ... named 1st team by Converse Yearbook after leading the Dukes to a 18-1 record as a senior ... DU went 52-4 in his three seasons on the Bluff ... helped produce a school record 24-game win streak in 1933-34 and 1934-35 ... was part of DU's first Sports Hall of Fame class ... legendary Dukes head coach Chick Davies cited Birch as the best player he ever coached ... Birch toured with the Original Celtics before serving as player-coach for the Youngstown Bears (NBL) and Pittsburgh Ironmen (BAA) ... averaged 4.3 ppg with Youngstown, Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne in six pro seasons in 1938-39 and 1941-42 through 1945-46 ... compiled a 105-102 record (.507) in three seasons as head coach of the Fort Wayne Pistons (1951-52 through 1953-54) ... attended Homestead High School and later coached the school to the 1939 state title ... later coached General Braddock to the 1973 state crown.
Herb Bonn & Walter Miller - 1935-37
Bonn, a guard, was named 1st team All-American by College Humor Magazine in 1935 and Miller, a center, was named 1st team All-American by College Humor Magazine in 1936 ... Duquesne went 45-10 during the duos playing career ... Bonn, who was part of DU's third Sports Hall of Fame class, played two professional seasons for the NBL Pittsburgh Pirates ... Miller scored a team-high 138 points on his way to being named Pittsburgh Press all-district ... was named to DU's Sports Hall of Fame in 1974 ... attended Homestead High School ... played one season for the NBA Pittsburgh Ironmen ... went on to be a coach, athletic director and principal at Wilkinsburg High School ... also played football for the Dukes.
Moe Becker, Ed Milkovich (Melvin) & Paul Widowitz - 1939-41
(all members of the 1940-41 Iron Dukes)
Becker, a forward, was named 1st team All-American by Madison Square Garden in 1941 ... Milkovich, a forward, was named 1st team All-American by Madison Square Garden in 1940 ... Widowitz, a guard, was named 2nd team All-American by Madison Square Garden in 1940 & 1941 ... the trio helped DU to a 51-10 record in three seasons ... the group was part of the first team in NCAA history to play in the both the NIT and NCAA Tournament in the same season (1940) ... Becker, Milkovich and Widowitz led the Dukes to an NIT berth in 1941 (DU declined a NCAA Tournament bid to play in the NIT) ... were all named to the Duquesne Sports Hall of Fame in 1968 as part of the 1940-41 "Iron Dukes" team ... Becker played professionally in the ABL, NBL, and NBA ... he returned to Pittsburgh after his playing career to coach at Braddock High School ... Milkovich went on to coach collegiately for 17 seasons at both St. Bonaventure and Toledo ... the former Duke was head coach of the Bonnies when they met Duquesne in the first televised game to originate from Pittsburgh on Feb. 11, 1952 ... St. Bonaventure and Duquesne were the nation's only unbeaten schools at the time ... Milkovich played the 1947 season for the NBA Pittsburgh Ironmen along with Becker and fellow Duke Walter Miller ... attended Pittsburgh's South High School.
Chuck Cooper - 1947-50
Cooper, a forward, was a consensus 2nd team All-American in 1950 (First Team - Look Magazine, Converse Yearbook; Second Team - International News Service, Helms Foundation; Fourth Team - The Sporting News) ... had his jersey #15 retired in 2001 ... led the Dukes to a 78-19 record and two NIT appearances in his four-year career ... captained the 1949-50 squad - the first Duquesne team to be ranked for an entire season by the Associated Press - to a 23-6 record and No. 6 national ranking ... made basketball history as the first African-American player drafted by a National Basketball Association team when he was selected by the Boston Celtics with the first pick of the second round (12th overall) on April 25, 1950 ... went on to have a six-year NBA career ... led Pittsburgh's Westinghouse High School to a City League title before heading to historically black West Virginia State College, whose program also produced fellow NBA pioneer Earl Lloyd ... played a promising semester there before leaving to enter the military in the winter of 1944-45 ... after a tour of duty on the West Coast, Cooper returned home to Pittsburgh and enrolled at Duquesne.
Jim Tucker - 1952-54
Tucker, a forward, was named 2nd team All-American by Helms Foundation and International News Service in 1952 ... Duquesne went 70-15 and finished ranked in the AP Top 10 in each of his three seasons ... was the first player in school history to score 500 points in a season (512 points, 18.9 ppg.) when he helped lead the `52 Dukes to a 23-4 record and No. 4 national rank as a sophomore ... Duquesne's 1952 team played in both the NIT and NCAA Tournament ... beginning with the 1953 season, the NCAA decreed that colleges could not participate in two post-season tournaments in the same year ... helped DU to a third place NIT finish in 1953 (21-8) and runner-up NIT finish in 1954 (26-3) ... the `54 Dukes were the first (and only) DU team to ever reach No. 1 in both the AP and UPI polls following a 20-0 start ... was the third player in school history to top 1,000 points ... he finished with 1,091 despite missing the first semester of his junior year ... DU head coach Dudey Moore called Tucker: "the greatest jumper in college basketball today" in 1953 ... played three seasons with the NBA Syracuse Nationals ... joined Earl Lloyd as the first two African-American players to play for an NBA championship team in 1955 ... recorded the fastest triple-double in NBA history (17 minutes) in a game against the New York Knicks on Feb. 20, 1955 (finished with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists).
Dick Ricketts - 1952-55
Ricketts, a forward, was Duquesne's first three-time All-American ... named 2nd team in 1953, consensus 2nd team in 1954 and consensus 1st team in 1955 ... had his jersey #12 retired in 2001 ... helped DU to a 92-19 record in four seasons ... averaged 17.7 points and 12.2 rebounds per game for his career ... still holds school records for career points (1,963) and rebounds (1,359) ... one of seven Dukes to average in double-digits (scoring) for four seasons ... averaged double digits in both points and rebounds in each of his four seasons ... scored 23 points against Bowling Green in his first college game in an era when freshmen rarely played varsity ball ... was the first player to score over 600 points and average over 20 points per game in a season (20.9 ppg.) when he totaled 606 as a sophomore ... teamed with Sihugo Green to lead the Dukes to the 1955 NIT title ... led Duquesne to a Top 10 final AP rank in each of his four seasons on the Bluff (No. 4 in 1952, No. 9 in 1953, No. 5 in 1954 and No. 6 in 1955) ... was the first player chosen in the 1954 NBA draft ... went on to have a three-year NBA career with the Rochester/Cincinnati Royals (1956-58) ... also reached the major leagues as a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959 ... turned down a professional baseball contract offer to attend Duquesne ... helped Pottstown High School to a national scholastic record 48 consecutive wins in baseball ... hit .400 in four seasons of baseball at DU.
Sihugo Green - 1954-56
Green, a guard, is the only two-time consensus 1st team All-American in school history ... was named 2nd team in 1954 and consensus 1st team in 1955 & 1956 ... had his jersey #11 retired in 2001 ... averaged 19.8 points and 11.5 rebounds for his career ... finished with 1,605 points ... had 936 rebounds while standing 6-2 ... helped DU to a 65-17 record during his three-year career ... scored a then-school record 662 points as a senior ... helped the Dukes to the 1955 NIT title and later went on to be part of the 1966 NBA World Champion Boston Celtics ... "Si Green, at 6-2, must be the best college basketball player in the country today. In a sense, he is to college basketball what Ray Robinson was to boxing - the best fighter pound for pound," said the New York Post's Milton Gross following Duquesne's 1955 NIT Championship ... played for three NIT teams at Duquesne (DU went 65-17 in his three seasons) was the first overall pick of the 1956 NBA draft ... had a nine-year NBA career with five teams.
Willie Somerset - 1962-64, `65
Somerset, a guard, was named 1st team All-American by Coach and Athlete Magazine and Helms Foundation and 2nd team by Converse Yearbook in 1965 ... had his jersey #24 retired in 2001 ... scored more points in three seasons (1,725) than any other Duquesne player ... his 22.7 ppg. career scoring average (min. 800 points) stands as the best in school history ... topped the 30-point mark a school-record 16 times in his three-year career ... was forced to miss the 1962-63 season with a leg injury ... led DU to NIT appearances in 1962 & 1964 before earning All-America honors in 1965 ... holds the record for most points scored at Pittsburgh's defunct Civic/Mellon Arena with his 47 points vs. Xavier in 1964... played professionally for the Baltimore Bullets (one season) and ABA Houston Mavericks (two seasons) ... played in the 1969 ABA All-Star Game ... holds the distinction of being first Duquesne player drafted by Major League Baseball, when he was taken as an infielder in the 3rd round (50th overall) of the 1966 January amateur draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates ... Somerset is the highest drafted DU baseball player ever.
Norm Nixon - 1974-77
Had his jersey #10 retired in 2001 ... led Duquesne to the first Atlantic 10 (then Eastern 8) Championship on his way to being named the league's first player of the year in 1977 ... handed out a school record 577 assists while averaging 17.4 ppg. for his career ... one of seven Dukes to average in double-digits (scoring) for four seasons ... said then-Penn, and future Detroit Pistons, coach Chuck Daly of Nixon: "There are a lot of players who shoot well when they are 12 points up. Nixon shoots well when the game is up for grabs. He is the best I've seen in college ball shooting off the transition-style offense." ... joined Dick Ricketts and Sihugo Green as Duquesne first round draft picks when he was chosen by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1977 ... had the most-successful NBA career of any DU player ... earned a spot on the 1977-78 NBA All-Rookie Team ... his .497 first-year field goal percentage was the best in the 33-year history of NBA rookies at the time ... was the second player in Laker history (Jerry West was the first) to score 1,000 points as a rookie ... played for two World Champion Los Angeles Lakers teams during his 10 NBA seasons ... also played for the L.A. Clippers ... appeared in two NBA All-Star Games ... finished his NBA career with 12,065 points and 6,386 assists.
Fan Vote
Derrick Alston - 1991-94
Was a first team All-Atlantic 10 pick after leading the conference in scoring (21.3 ppg.) and leading Duquesne to the NIT in 1994 ... was a second team all-conference pick in 1992 ... was also named to the 1991 A-10 all-freshman team ... earned a spot on the `94 A-10 All-Championship team ... finished as DU's second-leading scorer with 1,903 points ... also had 879 career rebounds and 229 blocks ... his .561 career field goal percentage is the best in school history ... is one of only two players (Bruce Atkins is the other) to lead the team in rebounding for four consecutive seasons ... one of seven Dukes to average in double-digits (scoring) for four seasons ... scored in double digits 97 times in 114 games ... ended an 11-year Duquesne NBA draft drought when he was selected in the second round by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1994 ... went on to have a three-year NBA career with the Sixers and Atlanta Hawks.
Bruce Atkins - 1979-82
Duquesne's only two-time first team All-Atlantic 10 player ... helped the Dukes to a share of the Atlantic 10 regular season title in both 1980 and 1981 ... finished his career with 1,533 points and 1,147 rebounds ... is one of two players (Dick Ricketts is the other) to finish his career with over 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds ... his .557 career field goal percentage is the second-best in school history ... started 111 of 111 games at DU ... posted a school record 58 double-doubles ... led the A-10 in rebounding in 1981 and 1982 ... led DU in rebounding in each of his four seasons ... one of seven Dukes to average in double-digits (scoring) for four seasons ... was the 1979 A-10 Rookie of the Year ... his six career A-10 player of the week honors are tied with Aaron Jackson for most in school history ... was drafted in the fourth round by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1982.
Lionel Billingy - 1972-74
The "Big Train" scored 1,156 points and pulled down 893 rebounds in 65 games at Duquesne ... averaged 17.8 points and a school record 13.7 rebounds per game for his career ... ranked among the nation's top 25 rebounders in both 1972 (14.3 rpg.) & 1973 (13.6 rpg.) ... recorded 48 double-doubles (nearly 74 percent of his total games played) ... holds the school record for most points scored against Pitt with a 35-14 double-double in the 1971 Steel Bowl championship (his sophomore season) ... named honorable mention All-American by Converse and Universal Sports ... was drafted in the fourth round of the 1974 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks ... was also drafted in the third round by the ABA Virginia Squires ... played one season for the Squires ... went on to have a long professional career playing and coaching in France and Belgium.
Mike Barr - 1970-72
Was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 13th round of the 1972 NBA draft ... was also chosen by the ABA Virginia Squires ... played four seasons with the Squires, Saint Louis Spirit and NBA Kansas City Kings ... scored 605 points in three seasons at DU ... DU went 58-16 during his career ... was an ABA Rookie of Year candidate playing with Julius Erving for the Squires in 1972-73 ... averaged 13.4 ppg. and set an unofficial school record with 142 assists (5.7 apg.) as a senior for a 20-5 team ... was also an outstanding baseball player at Duquesne where he hit .477 as junior outfielder/first baseman.
Moe Barr - 1967-69
Played for the Cincinnati Royals in 1971 ... played for Duquesne's 1969 NCAA Regional semifinalists ... scored 1,094 points in three seasons ... was known for his consistency ... his scoring average never varied by more than .5 points: 14.7 ppg. as a sophomore, 15.2 as a junior and 15.0 as a senior.
Mickey Davis - 1970-71
Averaged 15.1 ppg. as a sophomore and 19.1 ppg. as a junior before foregoing his senior season to sign with the ABA Pittsburgh Condors ... went on to have a five-year NBA career with the Milwaukee Bucks ... was described as "a beautifully coordinated, fluidly-moving artist with the body control of a gymnast" by Pat Livingston of the Pittsburgh Press in February of 1971 ... scored 840 points (17.1 ppg.) and pulled down 420 rebounds (8.6 rpg.) in his two-year DU career ... led DU's 1971 NCAA Tournament team (21-4) in scoring (19.1 ppg.), rebounding (9.5 rpg.) and assists (5.6 apg.) ... showed his all-around game by recording an "unofficial" triple-double with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists in No. 10 (AP) Duquesne's 95-86 win at No. 11 La Salle on Feb. 17, 1971 (assists weren't officially recorded as an NCAA stat until 1983-84).
Jarrett Durham - 1969-71
Was drafted in the fourth round by the Detroit Pistons in 1971 ... played one season for the ABA New York Nets ... played on two NCAA Tournament (1969 & 1971) and one NIT (1970) team in his three seasons at Duquesne (59-16 overall) ... his 18.0 ppg. career scoring average ranks third on Duquesne's all-time list (only first-team All-Americans Willie Somerset (22.7 ppg.) and Sihugo Green (19.8 ppg.) averaged more ppg. at Duquesne) ... averaged 17.4 ppg. as a sophomore, 18.9 ppg. as a junior and 18.0 ppg. as a senior ... finished with 1,339 career points ... only Somerset & Green scored more in three seasons ... led the Dukes in scoring as a sophomore and junior and finished second to future NBA player Mickey Davis (Milwaukee Bucks) as a senior ... was an AP honorable mention All-American as a junior ... was named to the NCAA All-East Regional team as a sophomore ... appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments in four different decades as a player, assistant coach and head coach: 1969 & 1971 as a player at Duquesne; 1982 & 1983 as an assistant coach at Robert Morris and 1989, 1990 and 1992 as a head coach at Robert Morris.
B.B. Flenory - 1977-80
Earned first team All-Atlantic 10 honors in 1980 ... finished his career with 1,382 points and 309 assists ... is the only player to lead Duquesne in scoring and assists in three consecutive seasons ... was the first Duke to lead the A-10 in scoring when he averaged 20.4 ppg. in 1979 ... teamed with Bruce Atkins to lead the Dukes to a share of the A-10 regular-season title in 1980 ... posted the 11th- and second-highest scoring games in school history in a span of two days with back-to-back games of 41 (vs. Marshall) and 48 points (vs. Ohio) at the 1978 West Virginia Classic ... is the only Duquesne player to score 40 or more in consecutive games ... his six career games with 30 or more points ranks fourth all-time ... is the only Parade All-American in Duquesne history.
Ron Guziak - 1966-68
Scored 1,049 points in his three-year career ... averaged 15.0 points and 8.3 rebounds per game for his career ... holds the school record for points in a game with 50 at Saint Francis U on March 6, 1968 ... led the `68 Dukes in scoring at 18.6 ppg.
Aaron Jackson - 2006-09
A first team All-Atlantic 10 pick in 2009 ... finished his career with 1,428 points in a school record-tying 120 consecutive games played (did not miss a game in his career) ... ended up ranked among Duquesne's Top 10 in career assists (505) and steals (169) ... is the top shooting guard in school history at .521 ... totaled 20 or more points in a game 18 times (15 as a senior) with a career high of 46 in his final game (at Virginia Tech in the NIT) ... the NIT game marked DU's first post-season appearance since 1994 ... saw Duquesne increase its win total from 3-24 as a freshman to 10-19 as a sophomore, 17-13 as a junior and 21-13 as a senior ... the 17-13 record in 2008 marked DU's first winning season since 1994 and the 21 victories in 2009 marked Duquesne's first 20-win season since 1981 and was the most wins by a Dukes team since 1971 ... earned a spot on the 2009 All-Atlantic 10 Championship team after leading the Dukes to three wins in three nights and an appearance in the title game for the first time since 1981 ... improved his scoring average from 9.0 ppg. to 19.3 ppg. in earning the A-10 Chris Daniels Award as the league's most-improved player in 2009 ... played his senior year with a roster that featured 10 underclassmen including seven freshmen ... was Duquesne's first first team All-Atlantic 10 player since Mike James in 1998 ... earned first team All-A-10 honors despite not being named to any of the three 2008-09 preseason All-Atlantic 10 teams ... earned Atlantic 10 Player of the Week honors a school record-tying six times in his career (two as a sophomore and a DU single-season record four times as a senior).
Mike James - 1995-98
Had the longest NBA career of any Duquesne player ... played for 11 teams in 12 seasons ... was named first team All-Atlantic 10 in 1998 and third team in 1996 ... led the Dukes in steals and assists as a sophomore, junior and senior ... finished his career with 1,411 points ... was one of eight players chosen to participate in the National Slam Dunk Championship at the 1998 Final Four in San Antonio ... joined the NBA as an undrafted free agent in 2001 ... was the first undrafted NBA player to average 20 points per game when he averaged 20.3 ppg. for the Toronto Raptors in 2005-06 ... was part of a World Championship team with the Detroit Pistons in 2004.
Barry Nelson - 1969-71
Was drafted in the fifth round by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971 and played the 1972 season for the defending World Champions ... played on two NCAA Tournament (1969 & 1971) and one NIT (1970) team in his three seasons at Duquesne (59-16 overall) ... totaled 669 points and 546 rebounds in his career ... played professionally in France for three seasons ... appeared on the April 14, 1971 episode of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood with his brother Garry to talk about how twins are the same and different ... they went outside to demonstrate a basic warm-up technique used in basketball, before moving back inside where Picture-Picture showed a film of the Nelsons playing basketball ... when the film was finished, they watched it in reverse ... famously wrestled "Gentleman Ben" - a 7-foot-10, 675-pound Alaskan brown bear - at the West Penn Sportsmen's Show at the Civic Arena in 1970 ... the match, which occurred on the day between wins over Xavier and Steubenville, earned Nelson both $50 and the wrath of head coach Red Manning.
Garry Nelson - 1969-71
Teamed with his twin brother Barry to give the Dukes one of the most physical frontcourts in the country ... played on two NCAA Tournament (1969 & 1971) and one NIT (1970) team in his three seasons at Duquesne (59-16 overall) ... finished his career with 958 points and 722 rebounds (12.8, 9.6) ...led the team in field-goal percentage all three seasons and in rebounding as a sophomore and junior ... was drafted in the fifth round by the NBA Buffalo Braves ... was also chosen in the ABA draft by the Dallas Chaparrals ... played one season in Italy after being released by the Chaps prior to the 1971-72 season.
Mike Rice - 1961-62
Averaged 14.3 points and 8.5 rebounds in two seasons after transferring to the Bluff from Detroit Tech ... averaged 15.5 points per game as a junior and 13.7 ppg. as a senior ... helped the `62 team to a 22-7 record and fourth place NIT finish ... the 1962 Dukes, the first Red Manning-coached DU team to reach the postseason, finished ranked No. 17 by AP and No. 18 by UPI.
Bill Zopf - 1968-70
Was taken in the second round of the 1970 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and was part of Milwaukee's 1971 World Championship team ... played for two NIT (1968 & 1970) and one NCAA Tournament team (1969) in his three seasons at Duquesne ... the Dukes were 56-19 over that span ... known primarily as a playmaker, he finished his career with 999 points ... averaged 15.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists in three 1969 NCAA Tournament games ... is the only DU men's basketball player to earn Academic All-America, which he did in 1969 and 1970 ... "Billy is just one of the best backcourt men ever at this school, and that covers a lot of good ones," said DU head coach Red Manning prior to the 1969-70 season. "For defense and inspiration, he has no peer." Said Sports Illustrated in its 1969-70 preseason college basketball issue - which picked the Dukes No. 5: "The Dukes are famous for guards - Dave Ricketts, Sihugo Green, Willie Somerset were some of the best who played their college basketball there - and this season they have another one, Billy (Zip) Zopf, a little lefty who steals passes, feeds his teammates, scores points, earns almost straight A's and hopes to be a Rhodes Scholar after he graduates. He not only can see the Monongahela River from up on the Bluff, he can pronounce it."
