For his hard work, exemplary effort and determination, first-year Harvey Mudd College student Ryan Kusch has been awarded the 2015\u20132016 Chris Kampe Memorial Hustle Award by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) Athletics. The lone Harvey Mudd representative on the CMS men\u2019s basketball team, Kusch is the third first year in 21 years to receive the award.<\/p>\n
The award is named for 1985 Claremont McKenna College graduate Chris Kampe, who succumbed to cancer in 1993. Kampe was a three-year letter winner and a First Team All-SCIAC selection his senior year. While the Hustle Award was initiated by former CMS Coach Ted Ducey, Coach David Wells re-named it in Kampe\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n
Kusch\u2019s teammates, whom Kusch describes as \u201cvery welcoming and fun to be around,\u201d selected the 6-4 forward for the award. Kusch played basketball all four years at Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California, and became a member of the varsity team as a sophomore. He made his mark as a scholar-athlete as well as a starting forward and served as team captain, helping guide Los Alamitos to league victory during his last two years. Kusch was selected to the Sunset League\u2019s 2014\u20132015 All-Academic Team, was a member of the First Team All-Sunset League and the Los Alamitos Basketball Players Booster Club, refereed National Junior Basketball games and served as the Los Alamitos High School valedictorian.<\/p>\n
Kusch says playing his favorite sport in college has been rewarding.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying for the Stags is a great experience due to my teammates and the coaching staff, who are very approachable and knowledgeable about basketball, but mainly invested in our lives off the court,\u201d Kusch says.<\/p>\n
Academically, Kusch is focused on computer science, a subject he was not able to explore during high school. \u201cThe Harvey Mudd Core [Curriculum] includes a CS class, and I found out that I really enjoyed it,\u201d he says. \u201cNow I intend to major in computer science and explore it as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Kusch acknowledges the time commitment for his studies will be considerable, he says he intends to continue playing basketball with CMS throughout his time at Harvey Mudd.<\/p>\n
The Stags ended the 2015\u20132016 year at 13-12, the program\u2019s 19th-straight winning season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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