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Watkins Award gives honor to academic excellence

By Christopher Lawlor
ESPN.com

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Covaughn DeBoskie-Johnson, less than a month into his academic career at the University of California-Berkeley, is still adjusting. He's writing a paper for his Standard American English class at one of the nation's true brain wave schools. A few weeks ago, he experienced a setback by his standards. "I received a 79 (percent) on my first paper in that class, it near killed me; I have to speak with him (the instructor) about it and find out what I need to do," DeBoskie-Johnson said. Understand ...

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