Academinole: Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle

Myron Rolle a starting safety for the Florida States Seminoles has won a prestigious Rhodes scholarship, which will give him the opportunity to attend Oxford University (England) for two years. The award is given annually to 83 recipients in the world from various countries and only 32 North American candidates are chosen to receive the prestigious award. The scholarship will pay for two to three years of tuition, room and board at Oxford. Rolle has said he likely would study medical anthropology at Oxford. Rolle interviewed for the award Saturday in Birmingham, Ala., won it, then hopped a plane to Maryland for the second half of his team's victory over the Maryland Terps.

Rolle is the first BCS conference starter to win a Rhodes scholarship since Stanford tight end Cory Booker in 1992. Booker now is the mayor of Newark, N.J. Rolle, who aspires to be a neurosurgeon and build clinics in his parents' native Bahamas, is also a potential first-round NFL draft pick. He said Sunday that he’d decide with his family whether to delay football. If he plays in the NFL, he'll follow in the footsteps of some well-known athletes who won Rhodes Scholarships: Byron "Whizzer" White: Colorado halfback won in 1939, then went on to become an All-Pro and a Supreme Court justice. Bill Bradley: Princeton star won in 1965. The basketball Hall of Famer later served 18 years in the U.S. Senate and ran for president in 2000.Tom McMillen: Maryland forward won in 1974. After an 11-year NBA career, he was a three-term congressman.

The young man has a hard choice to make: the NFL millions or the educational opportunity at Oxford. But the great thing is he had used college sports the way it is supposed to be used, as a vehicle to better things. Student athletes across the country should aspire to reach the academic and athletic heights that Mr. Rolle has in their individual collegiate journey. Success is a forgone conclusion for Myron but in his case it may be the neurosurgeon: Dr. Myron Rolle or the Pro Bowl Safety Myron Rolle, I think either outcome will be fine for Rolle who graduated with an undergraduate degree from FSU in 2.5 years. Congratulations to Myron Rolle, for providing a positive story when so many today are based around negative actions of athletes. 6Magazine salutes you

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