John Urschel

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John Urschel
Penn State Nittany Lions — No. 64
Guard Senior
Date of birth: (1991-06-24) June 24, 1991
Place of birth: Winnipeg, Canada
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 301 lb (137 kg)
Career history
High school: Buffalo, N.Y.
 College(s):
  • Penn State University (2009–present)
Career highlights and awards
  • William V. Campbell Trophy Winner (2013)
  • 2x First Team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American (2012, 2013)
  • 3x Academic All-Big Ten honors (2011, 2012, 2013)
  • 2x First-team All-Big Ten honors (2012, 2013)
  • Ernest B. McCoy Memorial Award Winner (2013)
  • Senior CLASS Award (2013)
  • Associated Press Third-Team All-American (2013)
  • Phil Steele's College Football fourth-team All-American (2013)
  • Lindy's College Football Second-Team All-American (2013)
  • Penn State's Big Ten Sportsmanship recipient (2013)
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John Cameron Urschel (born June 24, 1991)[1] is an American football player for the Nittany Lions of The Pennsylvania State University. In 2013, he won both the William V. Campbell Trophy[2] and the Senior CLASS Award - Football. [3]

College career

John attended Pennsylvania State University, and played for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team from 2009 to 2013. A starter in all 24 games in 2012 & 2013 and the anchor of the offensive line, he was elected a 2013 co-captain and was among the eight Nittany Lions who had earned their degrees prior to the start of the season.

Academics

A three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Urschel graduated with a 4.0 grade-point average in mathematics in May 2012, less than three years after enrolling in the University. He immediately began working on a master's degree in math and graduated in May 2013 with a 4.0 GPA. Urschel has begun working on a master's in math education, with the plan of earning a Ph.D. after his football career has been completed. During the 2013 spring semester, Urschel taught a section of Math 041—Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry—to Penn State undergraduate students three days a week in addition to his own academic work and football responsibilities. He also is doing research in multigrid methods and computational mathematics. The hard-working, strong and physical guard had a paper published—"Instabilities of the Sun-Jupiter-Asteroid Three Body Problem"—spring 2013 in the journal, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy.[4] Urschel was named recipient of the Ernest B. McCoy Memorial Award, presented annually by Penn State for athletic and academic excellence, in April.[1] Urschel was among seven of the 171 Scholar-Athlete nominees with a 4.0 GPA from all NCAA and NAIA divisions.

Personal

Full name is John Cameron Urschel. He is the son of Venita Parker and John Urschel. In his spare time, Urschel enjoys reading and playing the guitar. He graduated with a degree in mathematics in May 2012 and earned his master's degree in math in May 2013, maintaining his perfect 4.0 grade-point average. He is working on a second master's degree, in math education. He served as the student marshal for mathematics majors at the 2012 spring commencement.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "John Urschel Bio". GoPSUsports.com. Retrieved December 10, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Urschel Earns Prestigious Campbell Trophy at National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Dinner". GoPSUsports.com. Retrieved December 10, 2013. 
  3. ↑ "John Urschel of Penn State wins the 2013 Senior CLASS Award® for FBS football". seniorclassaward.com. Retrieved December 23, 2013. 
  4. ↑ Urschel, John C.; Galante, Joseph R. (March 2013). "Instabilities in the Sun-Jupiter-Asteroid three body problem". Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 115 (3): 233–259. Bibcode:2013CeMDA.115..233U. doi:10.1007/s10569-012-9461-8. 

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