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v The newest Star of the West Scholarship recipient is Keane Steele from Vale, NC. He is a graduate of West Lincoln High School in Lincolnton, NC. Congratulations, Keane!

v There is Board of Trustees meeting on the 12th of November at 9 am at the Executive Conference Room in Bond Hall.

v Greetings from Charleston. I want to share this with you all as a bit of feedback on what our efforts with the Star of the West are doing. I have for the last 3 years been sitting on the selection committee to select Citadel candidates for the Rhodes, Fulbright and Marshall Scholarships. As you know in the last two years we have had two Fulbright winners from cadets who took part in the STOW Summer Study Abroad Program. It has been very evident that this program has helped our guys tremendously at the national level in competing with other better financed schools that offer foreign study. This year was no exception. Two very qualified candidates who will be pushed by The Citadel and both participants in our Study Abroad program. One in fact, Andrew Brooks, from Springfield Va. is, in my opinion, going to be our FIRST RHODES winner--he is good. We sent him to Germany and Turkey in the last two years. ; But this is the icing on the cake--one of the questions I ask him "why he chose The Citadel?" His answer: "because I talked to a cadet who told me about the summer study program abroad which VMI and VPI did not have and that was the difference".

Guys we have made a difference in getting better students and making them more competitive. Duck would be proud.

Charleston, SC - Ben Varn '62, who was enshrined in The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990, has been selected for induction into the South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame during ceremonies on December 3 in Hilton Head.

As a player for Coach Don Bunch, Varn captured various Southern Conference and state titles including leading the Bulldogs to the 1961 league championship. An Air Force veteran, Varn, who coached at The Citadel (1975-78) and Wofford, continues to compete on the state's Senior Cup team as he has since 1986. Varn was inducted into The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990

Varn, who lives in Inman, becomes the Hall of Fame's 41st inductee and his portrait will be displayed at the South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in Belton.

May 27, 2005

Charleston, SC -

The 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III University Division Men's At-Large Team was announced on Thursday. Junior Nick Medica was named to the first Academic All-District III team. The district team is made up of student-athletes from Division I schools in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

To be nominated, student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve, and carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher. Team members are selected by a vote of members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) within the district.

Medica, an Atlanta, GA native, has maintained a 4.00 GPA for three years.

First team selections will appear on the national ballot for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's At-Large team.