You know them for their athletic achievements – scoring, blocking, helping the Huskers win another game. But their classmates know them for ruining the curve on that quiz last week. This year, three student-athletes posted perfect cumulative 4.0 grade-point averages: volleyball player Sarah Pavan, football player Dane Todd, and basketball player Bronsen Schliep. Now that finals are over, Huskers.com sat down to Take "5" with three of the smartest people in the athletic department.
Dane Todd, Football
Junior, Biological Sciences
Probably carries his own weight in science books to class every day
Name your three hardest classes:
1. Ecology and Evolution
2. Biochemistry
3. Molecular Genetics
Name your best class:
4. Physiology, Molecular Genetics, or Physics
Name your best teacher:
5. Dr. Christensen, Dr. Lundstedt, Dr. Atkin
Sarah Pavan, Volleyball
Sophomore, Biological Sciences
Kills on the court, kills the curve in class
Name your three hardest classes:
1. Organic Chemistry
2. Calculus II
3. I haven't really taken many hard classes yet
Name your best class:
4. Organic Chem
Name your best teacher:
5. Dr. Kautz from Chem 109
Bronsen Schliep, Men's Basketball
Senior, Business Administration/Pre-Dentistry
Tallest dentist you might ever see
Name your three hardest classes:
1. Organic chemstiry I
2. Organic chemistry II
3. All upper level math courses
Name your best class:
4. Management 423, Small Business Growth and Development
Name your best teacher:
5. Richard Kimbrough