Blake Strode weighs pro tennis vs. Harvard Law School Forum

[taxman128]

Blake Strode weighs pro tennis vs. Harvard Law School

tennis is even tougher than law. good luck to him.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/other/ar ... aa730.html

from his website:

"Hello and thank you for visiting my webpage. It has been my dream since childhood to make a career playing professional tennis, and I am now attempting to make that dream a reality. The purpose of this website is to provide information about my experiences in tennis, past and present, as well as to help raise funds to cover the expenses of traveling and playing on the professional circuit. Thank you so much for your support.

Blake Strode"

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[Ginj]

tax...guy? Is that you?

[MrPapagiorgio]

tax...guy? Is that you?

Is your son facing a similar decision?

[TheFactor]

tax...guy? Is that you?

Is your son facing a similar decision?

i lold

[taxman128]

tax...guy? Is that you?

university of north Carolina law school 1963.

now retired in los altos ca.

[Older Chest]

tax...guy? Is that you?

Is your son facing a similar decision?

i lold

[jtemp320]

Blake Strode weighs pro tennis vs. Harvard Law School

tennis is even tougher than law. good luck to him.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/other/ar ... aa730.html

from his website:

"Hello and thank you for visiting my webpage. It has been my dream since childhood to make a career playing professional tennis, and I am now attempting to make that dream a reality. The purpose of this website is to provide information about my experiences in tennis, past and present, as well as to help raise funds to cover the expenses of traveling and playing on the professional circuit. Thank you so much for your support.

Blake Strode"

--LinkRemoved--

So he withdrew...does that mean waitlist movement? (runs to Harvard Waitlist 2011 thread...)

[Bumi]

...whether it's better to compete against the best and the brightest at the most prestigious school in the country...

Egregious anti-Yale trolling.

[taxman128]

In 1999, the network began a contest for the best essay about the life of Ashe. The winner was 12-year-old Blake Strode from St. Louis, who this year graduated from the University of Arkansas with a 3.972 grade-point average. Strode has delayed his entrance to law school at Harvard to try the tennis circuit for a year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/sport ... ref=sports

from the new york times

[aliarrow]

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[taxman128]

Is Blake your son?

no. but i play every day and follow tennis.

[taxman128]

Is Blake your son?

no. but i play every day and follow tennis.

career prize money 22,392 dollars as of the end of 2010.

http://stevegtennis.com/rankings/2010/$$122710.txt

[TheFactor]

Is Blake your son?

no. but i play every day and follow tennis.

career prize money 22,392 dollars as of the end of 2010.

http://stevegtennis.com/rankings/2010/$$122710.txt

COOL STORY BRO!

[Woods, Elle]

It's funny because I'm an avid tennis watcher/follower, and have never heard of him. Turning pro after graduating college is a risky move...sure it worked for Isner, but a lot of the up and comers are a lot younger. I didn't really read the article (skimmed it), but if he doesn't have a ranking and needs to work his way up, he has a LONG road ahead of him. Then again, he could be like Ancic and pursue a law degree if/when tennis doesn't work out for him.

[taxman128]

It's funny because I'm an avid tennis watcher/follower, and have never heard of him. Turning pro after graduating college is a risky move...sure it worked for Isner, but a lot of the up and comers are a lot younger. I didn't really read the article (skimmed it), but if he doesn't have a ranking and needs to work his way up, he has a LONG road ahead of him. Then again, he could be like Ancic and pursue a law degree if/when tennis doesn't work out for him.

right now he's ranked 600. you need to be around the top 100 to gross over 250,000 dollars a year in prize money.


http://stevegtennis.com/rankings/2011/s050911.htm

however he was accepted at four law schools -- Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Georgetown University in Washington; Columbia University in New York, and New York University.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-2 ... trode.html

[taxman128]

It's funny because I'm an avid tennis watcher/follower, and have never heard of him. Turning pro after graduating college is a risky move...sure it worked for Isner, but a lot of the up and comers are a lot younger. I didn't really read the article (skimmed it), but if he doesn't have a ranking and needs to work his way up, he has a LONG road ahead of him. Then again, he could be like Ancic and pursue a law degree if/when tennis doesn't work out for him.

yes, only a few of these ncaa winners were top ranked players.

SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
Year Singles Champion School
2010 Bradley Klahn Stanford
2009 Devin Britton Mississippi
2008 Somdev Devvarman Virginia
2007 Somdev Devvarman Virginia
2006 Benjamin Kohlleoffel UCLA
2005 Benedikt Dorsch Baylor
2004 Benjamin Becker Baylor
2003 Amer Delic Illinois
2002 Matias Boeker Georgia
2001 Matias Boeker Georgia
2000 Alex Kim Stanford
1999 Jeff Morrison Florida
1998 Bob Bryan Stanford
1997 Luke Smith UNLV
1996 Cecil Mamiit Southern California
1995 Sargis Sargsian Arizona St.
1994 Mark Merklein Florida
1993 Chris Woodruff Tennessee
1992 Alex O'Brien Stanford
1991 Jared Palmer Stanford
1990 Steve Bryan Texas
1989 Donni Leaycraft LSU
1988 Robby Weiss Pepperdine
1987 Andrew Burrow Miami (Fla.)
1986 Dan Goldie Stanford
1985 Mikael Pernfors Georgia
1984 Mikael Pernfors Georgia
1983 Greg Holmes Utah
1982 Mike Leach Michigan
1981 Tim Mayotte Stanford
1980 Robert Van't Hof Southern California
1979 Kevin Curren Texas
1978 John McEnroe Stanford
1977 Matt Mitchell Stanford
1976 Bill Scanlon Trinity (Tex.)
1975 Bill Martin UCLA
1974 John Whitlinger Stanford
1973 Alex Mayer Stanford
1972 Dick Stockton Trinity (Tex.)
1971 Jim Connors UCLA
1970 Jeff Borowiak UCLA
1969 Joaquin Loyo-Mayo Southern California
1968 Stan Smith Southern California
1967 Bob Lutz Southern California
1966 Charles Pasarell UCLA
1965 Arthur Ashe UCLA
1964 Dennis Ralston Southern California
1963 Dennis Ralston Southern California
1962 Rafael Osuna Southern California
1961 Allen Fox UCLA
1960 Larry Nagler UCLA
1959 Whitney Reed San Jose St.
1958 Alejandro Olmedo Southern California
1957 Barry MacKay Michigan
1956 Alejandro Olmedo Southern California
1955 Jose Aguero Tulane
1954 Hamilton Richardson Tulane
1953 Hamilton Richardson Tulane
1952 Hugh Stewart Southern California
1951 Tony Trabert Cincinnati
1950 Herbert Flam UCLA
1949 Jack Tuero Tulane
1948 Harry Likas San Francisco
1947 Gardner Larned William & Mary
1946 Robert Falkenburg Southern California
1945 Francisco Segura Miami (Fla.)
1944 Francisco Segura Miami (Fla.)
1943 Francisco Segura Miami (Fla.)
1942 Frederick Schroeder Stanford
1941 Joseph Hunt Navy
1940 Donald McNeill Kenyon
1939 Frank Guernsey Rice
1938 Frank Guernsey Rice
1937 Ernest Sutter Tulane
1936 Ernest Sutter Tulane
1935 Wilbur Hess Rice
1934 Gene Mako Southern California
1933 Jack Tidball UCLA
1932 Clifford Sutter Tulane
1931 Keith Gledhill Stanford
1930 Clifford Sutter Tulane
1929 Berkeley Bell Texas
1928 Julius Seligson Lehigh
1927 Wilmer Allison Texas
1926 Edward Chandler California
1925 Edward Chandler California
1924 Wallace Scott Washington
1923 Carl Fischer Phila. Osteo.
1922 Lucien Williams Yale
1921 Philip Neer Stanford
1920 Lascelles Banks Yale
1919 Charles Garland Yale
1916 G. Colket Caner Harvard
1915 Richard Williams Harvard
1914 George Church Princeton
1913 Richard Williams Harvard
1912 George Church Princeton
1911 E.H. Whitney Harvard
1910 R.A. Holden Yale
1909 Wallace Johnson Penn
1908 Nat Niles Harvard
1907 G. Peabody Gardner Harvard
1906 Robert LeRoy Columbia
1905 E.B. Dewhurst Penn
1904 Robert LeRoy Columbia
1903 E.B. Dewhurst Penn
1902 William Clothier Harvard
1901 Fred Alexander Princeton
1900 Raymond Little Princeton
1899 Dwight Davis Harvard
1898 Leo Ware Harvard
1897 S.G. Thompson Princeton
1896 Malcolm Whitman Harvard
1895 Malcolm Chace Yale
1894 Malcolm Chace Yale
1893 Malcolm Chace Brown
1892 William Larned Cornell
1891 Fred Hovey Harvard
1890 Fred Hovey Harvard
1889 Robert P. Huntington Yale
1888 P.S. Sears Harvard
1887 P.S. Sears Harvard
1886 G.M. Brinley Trinity (Conn.)
1885 Wallace P. Knapp Yale
1884 Wallace P. Knapp Yale
1883 Joseph Clark
Howard Taylor Harvard (spring)
Harvard (fall)
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[SilverE2]

What the fuck is going on in this thread, and what does it have to do with Law School Acceptances, Denials, and Waitlists.

[Perch]

What the fuck is going on in this thread, and what does it have to do with Law School Acceptances, Denials, and Waitlists.

He's withdrawing from HCN and G duh...the chain reaction that starts with him withdrawing will help all of us. Thank you Blake Strode- if I get into G, you will forever be my favorite tennis player.

[Magnolia]

What is this I don't even

Also,

tax...guy? Is that you?

Is your son facing a similar decision?

i lold

Aaaaand, IBTL

[gin]

What is this I don't even

Also,

tax...guy? Is that you?

Is your son facing a similar decision?

i lold

Aaaaand, IBTL

I don't think he is taxguy (I don't think taxguy is dumb enough to come back). Still, this is a pretty pointless thread

[Magnolia]

I don't think he is taxguy (I don't think taxguy is dumb enough to come back). Still, this is a pretty pointless thread

Ahhh, see I have faith in taxguy. I believe that his need to share pointless information with people who don't care is so strong that he will resurface. And I will hold a taxguy vigil until that day.

[gin]

I don't think he is taxguy (I don't think taxguy is dumb enough to come back). Still, this is a pretty pointless thread

Ahhh, see I have faith in taxguy. I believe that his need to share pointless information with people who don't care is so strong that he will resurface. And I will hold a taxguy vigil until that day.

you and me both

[dpk711]

Idiot thread

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