A while ago I wrote about an experience I had with some of the guys from my fraternity (Sigma Chi) when we helped Steve Carlson, one of our brothers who has been dealing with a worsening condition of multiple sclerosis (MS).  That event and the subsequent communication with all those guys I haven’t seen in years reminded me of what a remarkable time my college years were, and gives me even more reason to be proud to be associated with my guys from Sigma Chi-Iota Xi Chapter.

Well our school’s (George Mason University) alumni magazine picked up the story (read it here) and it so happens that on the same day this article appeared I received word that GMU’s basketball team is ranked 30th in the country in the AP poll.  For GMU that’s a big deal, especially since the school (still) doesn’t have a football team, not even Division 1-AA.  Okay, there’s a club team but for a school with 20,000+ students that’s just silly.

Back when I was there we had a top-10 soccer team, and our track team was top-notch. Still, those aren’t exactly glamour sports so it’s nice to see the school doing well in a top-tier sport.

I’ve always been a proud alumnus of GMU, but whenever I tell people where I went to school I get the question, "Who’s that" when I tell them.  (By the way this is who George Mason was). Now maybe if we make a run in March people will know that GMU is a fine Virginia state university that has had Nobel Laureates on its faculty and has one of the better economics and computer science departments in the country.  Oh, and if you’re a conservative you’d love our Law School.  Sad to say, but it usually takes a nationally prominent sports team to make a school recognizable so that’s what I’m hoping for. 

So it may have taken 20 years but now I’m going to be a proud AND vocal alumnus of GMU.  Go Patriots!