For the colleges, beyond money for athletic departments, the partnership provides exposure that college officials say increases recruiting prowess, alumni donations and even the quality of applicants.
He also exhibits the physical prowess of a college athlete, the sexual swagger of a midcentury Casanova and the bighearted optimism of a saint.
This is what happens when you aim for the stars without first building a strong foundation to stand on, when free-agent money must compensate for the lack of analytical prowess in the college draft and the careful compilation of assets, when the future of your franchise rests on a 25-year-old who has everything but a championship and must be convinced the best place to win one is in New York.
Students who are accepted into the elite colleges because of their athletic prowess arrive on campus with lower SAT scores than walk-ons, players who were not recruited.
A former college athlete, he has the physical prowess to settle into tough-guy roles or to play devastating Lotharios, easing women into bed with his green eyes and his sweet smile.
She then taught physical education and coached drill teams at Santa Monica College, whose president, Richard Moore, said, "With her batons, hats and costumes, she established college pride, no matter what the prowess of the athletic crew".
On the clubhouse bulletin board Friday, someone superimposed Maddon's likeness into a photo of Peyton and Eli Manning, poking fun at the manager's prowess as a small-college quarterback.
His baseball prowess helped get James into college, where he joined the team as a freshman only to be cut as a sophomore.
In a session of true confessions with Kerou, he declares he doesn't really enjoy swimming but sees his prowess as the path to a college scholarship.
These often called bio-hackers or bio-punks are mainly "college student(s) eager to demonstrate their technological prowess" (Kelle 2009, p.104).
