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5. What do you love most 8. One thing you’d love to
about volleyball? do but haven’t? On my bookshelf
It is fast, dynamic, and skill-specific. Every summer, I ask the team to I’m an avid reader who usually
Even if you make all the right choose personal and volleyball goals toggles several books at a
technical moves you still may not get and I set goals for myself, too. Two time. I just finished Gérard
the result you want. It’s challenging summers ago, mine was to learn de Sède’s Le Trésor Maudit,
and because of that, it is rewarding. how to play the drums, so I took which means “The Accursed
classes at Eastman. I haven’t really Treasure.” I’m also in the
6. What inspires you? followed up on it, but I’d like to! middle of the autobiography,
I’m very inspired by people who Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah,
break out of social constructs or 9. Your favorite quote and and I just started a science
myopic views of perceived gender who said it? fiction book—a genre I
roles. I admire those who do I love quotes. I will put up a quote of love—called The Fifth
something when they are told they the day or week, or ask the team to Season by N. K. Jemison.
can’t or they shouldn’t. come up with a quote. I’ll put them
up in the locker room or on our team
7. What are you most whiteboard for inspiration. One of my 10. What’s your favorite
proud of? favorites is from author H. Jackson place in the world?
This team. They have an amazing Brown, Jr., who said to “strive for The south of France, where I try to
ability to navigate the challenges of excellence, not perfection.” Another go once each year. Everything about
academics and still give everything is by Harlan Ellison, a legendary sci-fi it is amazing—the food, history,
to their sport and teammates. author, who said “You are not entitled landscape, and people.
to your opinion. You are entitled to
your informed opinion. No one is
entitled to be ignorant.”

Academic Honors for Nik Angyal and Bryce Ikeda

Nikolas Angyal ’19 (on cover) elected to the Second Team. He
and Bryce Ikeda ’19 (left) have became Rochester’s 100th Academic
been named to the Google Cloud All-American. He is a member of
Academic All-America® Team for Phi Beta Kappa, the internationally
Division III Men’s Soccer. Angyal renowned honor society, and Tau
has additionally been named Beta Pi, the engineering honor
the Academic All-America Team society.
Member of the Year and winner Ikeda is a native of Tacoma,
of the Elite 90 Award, which is Washington, and majors in computer
presented to the student-athlete engineering with a cumulative GPA
with the highest cumulative grade of 3.68. This is his second major
point average among all of the award in the same time period,
athletes at the NCAA finals site. being named as a First Team All-

Angyal is a native of Stormville, New American by the United Soccer
York, and is majoring in chemical Coaches Association. It is his first
engineering. He has a cumulative All-America honor and this is his first
GPA of 3.99. He was selected as an CoSIDA Academic All-America honor.
Academic All-American in 2017,

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