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Duva! Kamer-a -

one of the most pcot%Ths:ng

Arinerjcan Footba:l'! ta!ents

: If you l'iave not heard intend to n'ialce the best out

tlie nai'i'ie befoiTh, you of it by god's willing. I
sl'iou!d definitely write intend to pirsue a double

, itdowi'i. Duval isthe majordegreeii'iFinanceand

8011 0f a UN imeri'iatic- '! Accounting and minor in
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nalcivilsavantNYC, al . I a". ,,1 coo:mpyutoet:scaieriJce.,ill

ai'id Iqeis considered

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, tobeoneofthemost 4 A, 11- gl,O,u,llo_ a.p ,Ill

, talentedyoungsters in " I
Ame.ricanfootbali. He > . L tlicUSaiidyouayone

cla3i becoinea professit+rm!

"aSjusfbeengranfed a -" : ! '4 !11, football )ilayer- ivotild you

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scholarsl'iip the I - lieastAjeepme a I:'liiic!-p[

, PrestigiousLli'xiversity 'i" o _, rolemodclfnrotherxiaro-

; .wNoiitirepDiaarnyev;ohirerethliee..N!:X ,. 'i An'ieri@7is?

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I Coileague'sfootball Ja I thinkI amarolemodel.

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i team.Accordn'xg to the - have no choice butto step up
specialiststhisisone totheplate.Myinvolvement

Of tl'ie best vials to , =--: - -;. with the ambassador pro-

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begii'i a cgeer ii'i the , grain is a testament to that.
American footbai[ The kids come by to watch
world. Beirig quite - - . meplayandaskformyauto-

igtaiorant about j5B - "' graph.I alsoplayedbasket-

p,'irierican football ljVe ' - _. ' . ball for y schoolandatthe

had tlle cl-iance tO endOf thebasketballSeaman,

meet vvitl"i H;nl and t'o Q: for aii outsicley, ei)iatein an arnb!s;sador I wasvotedastheMVPin

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ask sbri-ie questic-ns.... Ain.ei'icanfootballseemsta progriimi-ne.-i).liatisyotir my conference.thinkit's

t_i'aife i'iolent ancl a =i-er> ntotivation to parffitctpate alwaysagoodthingtomake

(),xnle,,;(,,allt00't5aBiSti, l'yll3Sl'(aaal!ipOl'f-l}'rlu'aa7'Olll' l'lltlllaSklalldOfe'iL'{lta!XI di'fferencem'S()I'IleOne'Sll'fe

,nl)s, p_,,,l,ulal, ,,eeta,l, perccptioiior is thisiust 'uhatisitallabout'?

spO]f in ,IL, tTni,,l S,,eJ, liart of.A_iuericanciilture'. Q:.Hoivhayeyourconnec-

Basicallyjusttogivebackto Lionstothe4ited Nations

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i"d ho"(lo oueYpl"l Some people inight say it's tl'ie coiniminity aiid make a th4h )iorir fair hail

u"Sp-O!n'ar"'? violent, but I guess an sports difference in someone's life. an impact your aioiees?

I guess it all has to do with Eu'eviolent.Youcansayit's Tlieprogramis abouthigl'i Notnecessarily,butI wont I

the physical aspect of the physicalandtl'iat'sthefun schoolstudenttakingtime

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galne alld the I,igorOus partof it. It'sanAmerican outof theirscheduleedu- rniiidtoonebecomeUN

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training that is involved as SPOl'f. catepi'iinaiysclioolstudent sportambassador.guess
about tlie dangerous of dnigs ain part of the {JN fainily
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colnp'edolherspO"s Q: You iire only i.7 '1 ears and tlie benefit and advan- tb_rough my father.

Q, COLlMyOl, teil [1, IIOl, it (adand>ou.ar8l<iieiin to tagesof combiimgsports

allsta,te(fil,,I,ill, (li(11sOlX 'be otieof tlieinostpromi- andeducation. Q: Finallyif youiiavea

c)if,Ose ,llel,i(%ai, FOOtball jiti: ".oulli talentsin )L'S message!.o sliare'4:tli

for _AinericanBiotball. !_:$u hayejust iieen. otbers,iihat wonkl that

H,lsfead,leHllll.O,,,allOlle.?

S,,el, is ,,e,,,,l,e(l to a,, !loxi' does.'it_feei.andlioiy ;aiuirtecitooneoftlieniost be?

i'cii.itb0a}l ii'i F.urope a'n, HtiJ, ao>oufacadet.hepressurea'. pres'ti7ousAmericantini-
arersitAes. 'i)'hat iu'e. )iou Work hard and Play smart

ll're ,oopulaai: It's a bit OVel'Wl]ehlllng at gOt!ig tO shtcNy a!ld riS tll!Si and alga note that"tlle race IS

I was not introduced to soc- tiines,butI alwaystiy tostay necessiti-for heeoiniiiga notfortheswifti'ieitherthe

cer at Iny early age even levelheadedandkeepmy niajei_r cJege icagtie battleis for thestrongest".

though Iny fatBel. played cool.It allowsn'ieto stay )ilal.!Ji'al 2a! _z'vmer:can "Goafteryoudreamregard-

soccer. b fact he W anted me focusanddisciplined.It's uni'iersky? lessof whatotherpeople

to play basketball of which I fim' In'gll'"" ofyou."
That's right- Notre Dame,
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d'd'bu'foo'allInypas- Q: _Froihi iibat I liavereaci tlie fighting Irish. It is a pres-
sion.
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