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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jesuit Catholic university develops top-level football coaches, players and managers Event: “Blue Streaks in pro football” University Heights, OH- On February 29, 2008, John Carroll University (Division III) will honor 16 alumni who made their mark in professional football! This event features the winningest coach in the history of the National Football League, Don Shula, a proud 1951 graduate of John Carroll. The university’s football stadium is named in his honor. Honored JCU “Blue Streaks” Alumni Tom Arth ’03 *Members of the media interested in attending this event should contact Tonya Strong-Charles, Director of Media Relations for details: 216.397.1958 (office) / 216.276.4504 (cell) or tstrong@jcu.edu
John Carroll University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a liberal arts university grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition. The university has some 3,100 plus undergraduates and just over 700 graduate students. The U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 annual college guide ranks John Carroll University among the top 10 master’s-degree granting universities in the Midwest and first in average graduation rate. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland. John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States. ###
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