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However, former Florida State University safety Myron Rolle always saw athletics as extracurricular. The standout Seminole football player became a star on the gridiron but become a mega star in the classroom cheap air max white , as he was awarded the internationally acclaimed Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a graduate degree in medical anthropology from Oxford University. With millions of dollars awaiting him if he declared for the 2009 NFL Draft, the pre med major who completed his undergraduate degree in two and a half years had to make a difficult decision.
?We?re expecting Mr. Rolle to join us at Oxford,? said Colin Lucas, warden of the Rhodes Trust after Rolle received the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. ?He hasn?t given any indication he won?t.?
Consequently, on January 13 cheap air max black , Rolle made his decision official. ?I?m very excited to go,? said the Rhodes Scholarship recipient in a text message to the New York Times. For the youngest generation of African Americans, Rolle becomes the latest role model for them to emulate as countless of African Americans are proving that academics could pave the way to fame and fortune in the same way that athletics can.
Rolle will attend Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship for one year and enter the 2010 NFL Draft. What makes his decision even more remarkable is that many scouts had predicted Rolle would be among the first 49 players selected in this year?s draft, which would guarantee him millions of dollars.
The superstar student became a household name when he missed the first half of Florida State?s contest against the University of Maryland to attend the Rhodes Scholarship announcement ceremony on November 22, returning to a thunderous ovation and enormous media attention for the second half of the Maryland game.
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