Dartmouth graduate and Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Brad Ausmus '91 was named the ninth smartest athlete in sports by SportingNews.com. Sporting News took into account alma mater, SAT scores, athletic prowess and other qualities in the formation of its recent rankings. Ausmus majored in government at Dartmouth and never received less than a B in any of his classes. A seasoned veteran in the Major Leagues, Ausmus has played in one All-Star game and has been awarded three gold gloves. He is third on the career list with 12,828 put-outs and ranks seventh all-time in games played at the catcher position with 1,936. Ausmus is the only Dartmouth graduate to make the list.
Big Green wide receiver Tanner Scott '11 was chosen as one of 121 semi-finalists for the William V. Campbell trophy and the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Award, according to DartmouthSports.com. In order to qualify, a player must be a first-stringer or significant contributor with at least a 3.2 GPA. Only 28 players from the 117 Football Championship Subdivision made the cut. Scott made the honorable mention All-Ivy list last season as a junior after recording 45 catches for 510 yards and three touchdowns. He was the only Big Green receiver to amass 100 yards in a game, doing so twice against Harvard University and Holy Cross University. Scott is an economics major with a 3.83 GPA.
A recent study found that over 100 criminal suspects in New York City were reported to be wearing New York Yankee hats either at the time of the crime or the arrest, according to the New York Times. The study, based off information from the New York Police Department, found that only 12 criminals were wearing New York Mets caps or other paraphernalia. Often the Yankee caps were simply accessories in the crime, but one recorded incident involved a murder between brothers over a missing Yankee hat. Criminologist Frankie Bailey at the University at Albany attributes the results of this study to the "Jay-Z effect," which he said he believes has created a "coolness" and "street rep" associated with wearing Yankee hats among the urban youth.
