Alexander Hertel-Fernandez was named one of the 20 members of USA TODAY’s 2008 All-USA College Academic First Team. A political science major at Northwestern University, he has studied infant mortality in Chile, earned a Rotary Foundation ambassadorial scholarship, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute research fellowship.
April 2008 issue
Academic All-Star
by Tad LichtenauerMajor League Pitcher
by Chris Barrick
A starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, Brian Bannister hopes to follow in his father’s footsteps and become an All-Star. As an undergraduate at Southern California, he not only excelled in baseball but devoted himself to academics — being named All Pac-10 Academics, Academic All-American, and graduating cum laude.
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Importance of Scholastic Chairman
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Lambda Chi’s Rhodes Scholars
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