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Varsity - April 25, 2013

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"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.'' 59

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