Re: SMU thinks can reach Carnegie R1 status in the next deca
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:55 am
tristatecoog wrote:Dobbs' mother retired from United Parcel Service (UPS) as a region manager in corporate human resources and his father is a senior vice president for Wells Fargo bank. Not too shabby.
Between 1983 and 2007, SMU never ranked in the top 50.
https://publicuniversityhonors.com/2017 ... 1983-2007/
A&M ranked as low as #48 in 2002. It spent much of the past decade no better than tied with SMU.
Which universities have performed quite a bit better than SMU since 1995? Northeastern is a specific example but their sports are terrible. USC is another example. They were in the low 40s from 1995-2000 and have ranked #21-27 since 2007.
Alec Pierce is pretty nonchalant about all he’s accomplished as a student at the University of Cincinnati.
Completing a challenging five-year engineering degree in less than four years? Yup. Gaining national attention as a wide receiver on the Bearcats football team? Cool. Prepping for the NFL Scouting Combine after graduating this December? Nice.
Pierce came to UC after graduating from Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn outside Chicago. He excelled on the football field in high school, but he also found success in other sports. His team won a state championship in volleyball and he set records in relays and the triple jump on the track team. His speed and agility — and vertical — have served him well as a wide receiver for the Bearcats.
Pierce comes from a family of athletes. His dad played football and his mom played volleyball, both for Northwestern University. Older brother Justin played basketball for University of North Carolina and younger brother Caden is committed to play basketball at Princeton.
Math and science always came easily to Pierce and in high school he discovered a passion for physics. He was set on studying mechanical engineering in college, so UC’s highly regarded College of Engineering and Applied Science and top five-ranked co-op program hit the mark.
“UC offered me late in the recruiting process. I didn’t know much about it until I came on an official visit,” Pierce said. “It was a good atmosphere, the guys on the team are great and engineering is a great program, so UC had everything I was looking for.”
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2021/1 ... field.html