Well folks, another year of wrestling has been completed in the Tobias household. My oldest son, Rory competed for the 2nd straight year in the NCAA Division III wrestling tourney, and fell short of All-American. He was beaten 4-3 in the consolation semi-finals by the #5 seed from Augsburg College in Minnesota. I was able to make the trip to Minnesota to see him in his final collegiate competition. I didn't tell him I was coming, and he was very surprised to see me. He went 2-2 for the tourney. I made apoint to tell him that just making the tourney is an achievement in itself, as only 160 wrestlers qualified nation-wide.
He did, however, attain Scholar All-American status for the second straight year. That is a monumental achievement. You must maintain a 3.2 average or better, must have qualified for the national tourney, and have won at least 2/3 of the matches that you competed in (you also must have wrestled in at least 1/2 of the team's cheduled matches). That will look good on applications for grad school at Fordham and Columbia. Still a very proud Dad...