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Recent Examples of underclassman
Those two underclassmen sparked a 10-0 start by Prospect Ridge, and the Miners never looked back in a wire-to-wire win.
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Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
Lexington relied on its underclassmen for support Wednesday, and was rewarded with the best prize of all – a state championship.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
Looking ahead to 2026 The last two weeks, after the dead period, have seen a sight we’re not used to: in-home visits in January with underclassmen.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Watkins earned the award as a sophomore, becoming just the third underclassman to do so since the award was established in the 2003-04 season.
WHO IS JUJU WATKINS?
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
Lexington relied on its underclassmen for support Wednesday, and was rewarded with the best prize of all – a state championship.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
Looking ahead to 2026 The last two weeks, after the dead period, have seen a sight we’re not used to: in-home visits in January with underclassmen.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Watkins earned the award as a sophomore, becoming just the third underclassman to do so since the award was established in the 2003-04 season.
WHO IS JUJU WATKINS?
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underclassman
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With the Tigers graduating four key seniors in 2024 and only two starting upperclassmen returning to the squad (Kara Daly and Crenshaw), there was plenty of room for Walker to take on a bigger role with the team.—
True Deck,
Kansas City Star,
4 May 2025
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Dart was a first-team All-SEC selection by the coaches and a finalist for the Manning Award (given to the top college football QB) and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (given to the nation’s top upperclassman QB).—
Charlotte Carroll,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article GAINESVILLE — Florida freshman slugger Taylor Shumaker ended her weekend slump in record-setting fashion but not before shortstop Rylee Holtorf showed why the Gators will be a tough out during the Women’s College World Series.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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Arkansas stayed with the hot hand of freshman right-hander Payton Burnham, who pitched a shutout in a 4-0 victory Saturday.—
Ethan Westerman,
Arkansas Online,
26 May 2025
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This new generation of Patriots will go as far as sophomore QB Drake Maye can take them.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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The Longhorns won two of three against the Gators during the regular season, but sophomore ace Keagan Rothrock also sat out the series with an injury.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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Fisher, the No. 25 prospect in the Class of 2025, helped lead IMG Academy to its first appearance in the girls’ Chipotle Nationals championship as a junior in 2024.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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Harvard student body co-president Abdullah Shahid Sial, a rising junior, had flown to Tokyo for a conference when the news broke.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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The review cites a 2013 Florida State University study where 100 undergrads were given anagrams to work out.—
Justin Pot,
Popular Science,
14 May 2025
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With picturesque Georgian Colonial revival architecture and 7,000 undergrads, the school, which is 20 minutes from Princeton, has 50 majors, including Business, Education, Engineering, Psychology, Nursing and Exercise Science.—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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“Underclassman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underclassman. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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