射击，学习，得分

Skidmore men's basketball's Edvinas Rupkus, 19岁 has enough accolades from the court and the classroom to awe any athlete. But his roles as a student, leader and friend are what left marks on Skidmore hearts. 

"Rupkus graduated with two league titles, three NCAA appearances, two conference player of the year awards, and first team All-American and Academic All-American honors," 说 总教练乔·伯克. "He turned away three Division I scholarships because Skidmore was a better fit. I think he made a pretty good decision." 

Colleen Burke, executive in residence, 说, "Edvinas never stopped performing and contributing at the highest possible level." And his "maturity, character, perseverance, judgement and scholarship" were all factors in him earning a prestigious business and management internship with Bill McKendree '74, chief executive officer of Clarion 集团. 

The 6-foot-4 guard from Lithuania wrapped up his Thoroughbred career as Skidmore's all-time leading scorer with 2,128 points and as a finalist for NCAA Division III 年度最佳球员. The double major in business and economics also had a near-perfect 平均绩点. 

Jeffrey Segrave, professor of health and human physiological sciences, 说, "Ed is the very best expression of what it means to be a student-athlete. 他带来了 same determination and motivation to both academic and athletic endeavors, exemplifying how they mutually reinforce each other." 

Charlie Williams '19, a teammate and friend, 说 "Ed is the kind of guy who was always there for us, even making breakfast for everyone before big games or big tests. As a teammate, he never kept track of his own points because the team was more important. He is a leader that's hard not to follow." 

And, as a testament to his love of Skidmore, Rupkus finished his time here doing his 部分回报.

As co-chair of the Senior Gift Executive Committee, he encouraged his Class of 2019 peers to give a gift of any size to support future scholarship, diversity, sustainability 体育活动.

Rupkus, with his co-chair Imara Bina Joroff '19, 毕业典礼上宣布 that the Class of 2019 set a new participation record: 95% of seniors contributed 共5393美元.

Rupkus encouraged his fellow grads to continue their generosity in the future.

With each gift, we pay it forward for future students and send a message to Skidmore about what we, both individually and as a class, think is important.

Edvinas Rupkus, 19岁