Although the season was wiped away by the NCAA's rulings on COVID-related precautions/restrictions, D3Football.com went ahead and published a 2020 preseason All-America team. HWSAthletics.com put out a press release on SR OLB Emmett Forde earning yet another first team defensive award late last week.
The D3football.com All American honors completes an impressive preseason trifecta for Forde who was also named to the Street & Smith and Lindy's AA teams
(photo courtesy of HWSAthletics.com & Kevin Colton)
Meanwhile, classes have resumed up in Geneva and so far the Colleges have only had a handful of COVID positive tests with no other issues (e.g., hospitalizations) reported. A very detailed and thorough account of the measures being taken was sent to the broader HWS community by still relatively new Provost and Dean of the Faculty Mary Coffey and Robb Flowers, VP for Campus Life.
What I found to be the best part of this communication was the statement that, "While we know no one wants to hear that we have positive cases, we have anticipated that this would happen and prepared for their management."
Of course cases were bound to happen, albeit these are almost all, if not 100%. likely to be asymptomatic in nature, it's reassuring that the administration's plan is working and mitigating any potential risk to the broader community.
Hopefully the fall semester will continue without any disruption, and as other states / regions show football can be done relatively safely, the NCAA and D3 can revisit a possible spring season. While I am optimistic by nature, there are still a couple of serious hurdles the NCAA will need to update / address for D3 schools to try and recoup a lost fall season. Time will tell with that.
In the meantime, thanks for reading and as always, go 'Bart!
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