Sentences with phrase «winter concentrating on his studies»

But while Johnson, the Seminoles» backup signal caller, has nailed down a spot as the seventh man on Florida State's strong basketball team, Rice's request to try out for the Irish squad was politely rejected by coach Digger Phelps, who recommended that he spend the winter concentrating on his studies instead.

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Rader's 17 - year - old son, Matt, who attends high school near the family home in Florida, said he was thinking about quitting the wrestling team next winter to concentrate on his studies and on baseball.

The Winter 2010 issue of Ed Next included a study by Bob Costrell and Mike Podgursky that showed how teacher pensions concentrate benefits on teachers who spend their entire careers in a single state, penalizing younger teachers, who change jobs and move more often than did previous generations.