Nick DeLuca

Off the Court

Kent State alumni, as Nick DeLuca tells it on the shows. Each story was checked against its source.

• Sarah DealFirst female Marine Corps aviator

  Sarah Deal, flight technology degree, class of 1992. Three years later she earned her wings and became the Marine Corps' first female aviator, flying heavy helicopters. First. Ever. That's a Golden Flash.

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• Arnulfo TrejoFounded REFORMA for Latino librarians

  Arnulfo Trejo got his library science master's here in 1953. In 1971 he co-founded REFORMA to promote library services for Latinos and Spanish speakers. Guy saw who the library was leaving out and fixed it.

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• Connie SchultzPulitzer-winning newspaper columnist

  Connie Schultz, journalism, 1979. Columnist for The Plain Dealer, Pulitzer Prize winner in 2005. Northeast Ohio, a newspaper column, and a Pulitzer. You can't draw it up better.

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• Kyle CravenBad Luck Brian meme

  You know the Bad Luck Brian meme? That's Kyle Craven, and he holds a Kent State degree in construction management. Bad luck on the internet, good luck on the diploma.

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• Carl E. WalzNASA astronaut

  Carl Walz, physics degree, 1977, became an astronaut. So when I say this program is going places, understand that one of us already left the planet.

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