Big Red Standouts Choose Schools
Wu ’17 Published in National Journal
In May, the School recognized Lawrentians who will continue their careers as studentathletes next fall at some of the nation’s finest colleges and universities. Not every student who will continue his/her career as a student-athlete in college was available for the accompanying photograph, but here are the names of those who were present: Connor Kraus • Colby, hockey
Devon Strachan • Hobart William Smith, hockey
Wade Maloney • U niversity of Virginia, lacrosse Breyanna Mucius • Loyola, track Sam Smith • Bard, lacrosse
Natalie Yang • Harvard, fencing
Noah Herington • University of Northern
Leanne Passaro • Washington & Lee, soccer
Michigan, football Henry Flannery • Brown, football Henry Evans • Princeton, rowing Tom Bischoff • Yale, rowing Conway Staunton • Yale, rowing Connor Kirst • Villanova, lacrosse Hannah Zoll • H averford, basketball
Anais Gonzalez • Bates, cross country Lorenzo Lagares • SUNY-Purchase, baseball Emile Bamfield • Trinity, football/track Khedive McIntosh • Syracuse, soccer Matthew Hubler • Johns Hopkins, lacrosse Genevieve de Vicq de Cumpitch • University of Southern California, rowing
Jacqueline Paul • B abson, softball
Alexandra Olnowich • Syracuse, hockey
Amanda Cooleen • Princeton, rowing
Jordan Naidrich • Union, hockey
Nick Silber • Rice, baseball
Kathryn Leininger • Bowdoin, hockey
Josh Chery • A mherst, basketball
Sophie Ochs • Holy Cross, lacrosse
Joe Kalosky • E ndicott, football
Jordan Harris • New York University, basketball
Keith Braxton • S t. Francis, basketball
John Lazear • U.S. Merchant Marine Academy,
Christian Schade • P rinceton, lacrosse Aahana Chatterjee • N orthwestern, fencing
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research paper by Cathy Wu ’17, titled “The Korean War Outbreak: How a Surprise Attack Changed U.S. Foreign Policy Against Communism in Asia,” was published by The Concord Review. Founded in 1987, the Review is the only national history journal that publishes the academic research papers by secondary school students. Only 5 percent of submissions are published. Wu authored the paper in spring 2015 for her “Forces that Shaped the Modern World” class, taught by History Master David Figueroa-Ortiz. Wu’s paper discusses how the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 triggered a change in U.S. foreign policy. “Prior to the Korean War, the United States had been focusing its anti-communism efforts on mainly Europe,” she explained. “Subsequently, the Korean War led the U.S. to counter communism on a global scale. Thus, this war prompted the U.S. policy changes that helped raise the country to a global leader status.” Many historians have hinted at this conclusion, Wu noted, but she has never seen anyone investigate it in depth. “Thus, even though I am simply a highschool student, I wanted to be the one to explore this idea profoundly,” she said. “Through this experience of researching, I learned the extent to which my Lawrenceville experience has empowered me to think for myself and ask the right questions.”
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