When does Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy plan to apply for a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University?”
Alabama junior quarterback Greg McElroy plans to apply for a Rhodes Scholarship for study at Oxford University, but will not do so until next year. He does not want the process to interfere with his senior football season. “I’m actually applying next year,” McElroy said. “I’ve been talking to advisers on campus, and it’s something that’s up in the air. It’s a lengthy admissions process and obviously a ton of competition, so we’ll see where that goes and where it takes me. “I didn’t want to apply and miss a year of football if I was picked. We’ll see what happens. I obviously want to approach it and look into it because it is such a great honor.” McElroy, who has already earned his undergraduate degree in marketing, is now in graduate school. The lowest grade he has ever earned at Alabama was a B+, and believe it or not, that came last spring in a Management and Leadership class.
TUSCALOOSA – Alabama junior quarterback Greg McElroy has been asked to apply in the hopes of becoming a prestigious Rhodes Scholar. And McElroy will pursue it — after his college football career is finished. “I’m actually applying next year,” McElroy said. “I didn’t want to apply and miss a year of football if I was picked. But we’ll see what happens. I wanted to obviously approach it and look into it because it is such a great honor.” Approximately 90 students are selected each year for the Rhodes Scholarship, which allows a person to study for a year or two at Oxford University in England. McElroy, who has already attained an undergraduate degree in Marketing and has made only one ‘B’ in his collegiate career (in a course called Leadership & Management, if you can believe it), makes a fine candidate. Two people will be chosen out of the pool of applicants from the three-state region of Alabama, Florida and Tennessee, McElroy said. Cuts are made based on an essay and recommendations
McElroy Rhodes Scholars McElroy, a Rhodes Scholar Candidate, did the same as it was expected from him. The Alabama quarterback and onetime Southlake Carroll star did everything that his team Crimson Tide wanted from him and here too, in the last match played with Texas the McElroy helped Tide to win against Texas with a huge margin of 37-21 at BCS National Championship. In the last game, he looked just superb and perfect. No mistake, no interception, everything was at right place. At the Rose Bowl, he was just like an anonymous player in his grey T-shirt and baseball cap but now he has a huge fan club after the last night’s performance. He says that he thanks God that he sent him in Alabama where he doesn’t have to face that defense. Alabama’s coach Nick Saban had a message for all team players i.e. “Do what we do, be who we are”. He says it was a great opportunity for them and thank God they availed it and now they are getting to take national championship No. 13 back with them to Tus
