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Rashad Gold Named First-Team Arthur Ashe Men's Basketball Scholar
TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology junior guard Rashad Gold (Evansville/Harrison) has been named a first-team men’s basketball Arthur Ashe All-Star Scholar by the editors of Black Issues in Higher Education. Gold has maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the classroom while helping the Rose-Hulman men’s basketball team achieve three consecutive winning seasons and a conference co-championship in 2001. The chemical engineering major appeared in 23 of the team’s 25 games this season, averaging 2.3 points per game. Arthur Ashe All-Star Scholars nominees must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.2; participate in intercollegiate athletics; be active on their campuses and in their communities; and exemplify the standards set by Ashe, who died in 1993. The program is currently in its 10th year of honoring student-athletes at all levels and divisions of intercollegiate athletics. "This is a great honor. I’m just thankful for the opportunity to play basketball and do the things that I do in the classroom. I couldn’t succeed in life without God and the support of my family," said Gold. In addition to his success in the classroom and on the court, Gold has served as finance chair of the National Society of Black Engineers, is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and is an active participant in the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship on the Rose-Hulman campus. Gold is one of 16 student-athletes selected first-team, which is represented by schools from Division I such as Ball State and Kent State along with smaller schools such as York College, Adelphi University and Stillman College. The men’s basketball squad consists of 48 student-athletes separated into three teams of 16. | ||||||||||||||||
