2008 Woodie Awards
Flaherty one of 58 students to get scholarship
DU swimmer graduates with academic, athletic recognition
Jim Tripp
Issue date: 5/23/06 Section: Sports
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One of the student athletes honored at the athletic awards ceremony last week was senior swimmer Brian Flaherty. Flaherty embodies what it means to be a student-athlete, since he excels both in the classroom and the pool but always puts the books first.
"School is definitely my biggest priority, you know that's why you go to college, to learn and get your degree. So school always comes first, whenever there was competition for the time commitment for either school or swimming, school is always the thing I will spend the most time on," said Flaherty.
He has been swimming year round since he was seven and said, "As the commitments for swimming have increased; the commitments for school have increased with it. So over the years just kind of gradually learning how to manage the time and realizing that if I have practice at three and I have some free time between one and three that's when homework gets done."
Flaherty also said that he thinks it is an advantage being a student athlete "because you can't procrastinate as much because you can't wait till the night before a test to do it because chances are you just won't have the time.
Generally speaking student athletes have less trouble getting assignments in on time and being prepared for stuff and I think it's just because we have all done it for so long."
"What you learn here with a DU education I would put against any school in the country," said Flaherty about his success in the classroom. "You have teachers here that want to teach the only question is do the students want to learn."
While Flaherty has managed to keep up with his school work, he has a 4.0 GPA in molecular biology and biochemistry and received a 38 on the MCAT exam which is the highest score by a DU student in 20 years; he has also managed to maintain a strong performance in the pool. Flaherty had 19 top 10 finishes this season and was a member of the 800 free relay that set a school record in 2005. He has also been awarded one of 58 scholarships for post graduate study awarded by the NCAA.
"School is definitely my biggest priority, you know that's why you go to college, to learn and get your degree. So school always comes first, whenever there was competition for the time commitment for either school or swimming, school is always the thing I will spend the most time on," said Flaherty.
He has been swimming year round since he was seven and said, "As the commitments for swimming have increased; the commitments for school have increased with it. So over the years just kind of gradually learning how to manage the time and realizing that if I have practice at three and I have some free time between one and three that's when homework gets done."
Flaherty also said that he thinks it is an advantage being a student athlete "because you can't procrastinate as much because you can't wait till the night before a test to do it because chances are you just won't have the time.
Generally speaking student athletes have less trouble getting assignments in on time and being prepared for stuff and I think it's just because we have all done it for so long."
"What you learn here with a DU education I would put against any school in the country," said Flaherty about his success in the classroom. "You have teachers here that want to teach the only question is do the students want to learn."
While Flaherty has managed to keep up with his school work, he has a 4.0 GPA in molecular biology and biochemistry and received a 38 on the MCAT exam which is the highest score by a DU student in 20 years; he has also managed to maintain a strong performance in the pool. Flaherty had 19 top 10 finishes this season and was a member of the 800 free relay that set a school record in 2005. He has also been awarded one of 58 scholarships for post graduate study awarded by the NCAA.
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