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Student/Athlete

2015
Student/Athlete
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Released: 07 January 2015 Released
Producted By: ESPN Films
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Official Website: http://grantland.com/features/30-for-30-shorts-studentathlete/
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Reggie Ho never dreamed of playing football in college. Growing up in Hawaii and of Chinese descent, he always imagined he’d be a doctor like his father. He enrolled at Notre Dame as a premed student and didn’t think much of playing football until he decided he needed a more well-rounded life. He was the placekicker on his high school football team and decided to walk on to Notre Dame’s. At 5-foot-5 and 135 pounds, Ho was one of the smallest players in a major college football program — and suddenly became a celebrity on and off campus. As a walk-on, Ho didn’t receive any financial support from his school: a pure student-athlete. He did it for the love of the game and for the love of Notre Dame. After the 1988 season, the walk-on walked off the field. Ho continued his premed degree, but no longer played football. Yet he was a crucial part in Notre Dame’s most recent undefeated season.

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Michael_Elliott 30 for 30 Shorts: Student/Athlete (2015) Another winning 30 for 30 film from ESPN takes a look at Notre Dame folk hero Reggie Ho who ended up helping the Irish with a National Championship in 1988 but perhaps the greatest thing Ho did was continuously study after games, which led him to become one of the greatest doctors in the country. This short features interviews with co-workers, co-teammates, Lou Holtz and Ho himself as they talk about his career at Notre Dame and what was to follow. Overall this is certainly a fun short as you get to see this extremely small guy work on his skills as a kicker and then eventually make the team. Hearing of how he practiced was quite funny as are Holtz' comments on why he let the kid on the team. This certainly isn't the greatest episode in the series but it at least shines a spotlight on someone who is still certainly remembered in Notre Dame even though he went onto do much bigger things.Episode: B+