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An in-depth look at Division III Posted Feb. 7, 1999 |
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By John Arenberg It's not something a comic book hero does, but there was Emory University's Lewis Satterwhite changing clothes in a car. With his sister at the wheel racing back to the campus, Satterwhite was putting on his basketball uniform to join a game in progress. Satterwhite, the team's leading rebounder and second-best scorer, was missing the first half of a game against a local rival, but that was all right with his coach and teammates. Come again? The reason for the hair-raising car ride through the back roads of suburban Atlanta was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a Rhodes Scholar. To follow in the footsteps of Bill Bradley, former U.S. Senator and New York Knickerbocker, the most famous basketball player/Rhodes Scholar. Satterwhite was one of three nominees forwarded by Emory University from its senior class of 1,639 students. Nationwide, Satterwhite was one of 909 nominees from U.S. colleges and universities. In the state of Georgia, he was one of 12 finalists invited for two sets of interview, the first in the same evening as the Emory home basketball game. Emotionally, the conflict was a difficult one, but in his head, the choice of academics versus athletics was an easy one. "This was a decision I made a long time earlier when I applied for the award knowing there might be a conflict," Satterwhite says. "I told the coaches in the summer and they were supportive of my decision from the outset." The interview committee, aware Satterwhite was missing a game, apologized for the conflict and proceeded asked him questions about his proposed area of study involving the connection between medicine and sociology. An aspiring doctor and philosophy major, Satterwhite already has delved into the issue by examining the Appalachian region (he hails from Bristol, Tenn.) and by spending a summer abroad in England comparing its health care program to the United States. "I was trying hard not to look at my watch," he says. His sister, Emily, an Emory graduate student, waited in the car in the parking lot the entire time. The evening session lasted an hour and a half, after which Satterwhite hopped in the car for the changeover. He arrived in the basketball arena with less than a minute remaining in the half and proceeded directly to the bench. Alas, he was not able to provide a comic book hero ending to the evening. Emory, trailing by four at halftime, ended up losing by nine. Satterwhite entered the game three minutes into the second half. In 17 minutes he had five points, three rebounds and two steals, compared to his season averages of 12 points and 10 rebounds. "I knew it would be difficult to come into the game and help, but I was very disappointed," he said afterwards. "We didn't win, and I was not able to get involved in the game and be effective." The following day was a second set of interviews in the morning and the announcement in the afternoon that Satterwhite was not one of two state nominees being forwarded to the regional competition. "I would have been extremely honored, but all the other candidates were incredible," he says. "Hopefully things will work out." Satterwhite plans to apply for the Bobby Jones Scholarships, named after the famed golfer and Emory alumnus, which provides a full scholarship to four graduating seniors for a year of study in Scotland. |
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