"There are different groups
that you hang out with,'' said
McCabe on the opportunity to
mingle with other athletes from
other sports. "Then there are
some we never see. It's nice
to talk with them.''
ey coming under the Big Ten Conference umbrella.
"It will be fun,'' he said. "A lot of the students
around here don't know a lot about hockey but
with us playing big names like Michigan and Ohio
State I think they're going to like the rivalries.''
McCabe was a first-timer at the Buckinghams
and compared it the ESPYs.
"But it's a little more low-key,'' he said. "I wish I
would have gone last year.''
Ryan Evans doesn't have that regret. A fifth-year
senior, he has been at all five Buckinghams. "I've
really enjoyed all the performances,'' he said, "and
what the student-athletes bring to the table.''
Evans capped his senior year on the UW men's
basketball team by leading the Badgers in rebounding. Monday night, he was among those recognized
for maintaining a 4.0 grade-point average.
When you add community service to what Evans
has accomplished on the court and in the classroom ― he's completing work on his master's degree ― you have a true recipe for success.
You also have the 2013 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male
Sports Scholar of the Year.
Evans couldn't be prouder to be mentioned in
the same breath with such an icon.
"One of the first books that I read as a kid was
his autobiography,'' he said. "So it's kind of neat to
come full circle like that. The Ashe award is a big
deal for me; it means a whole lot.''
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