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unusual facts about operation known as "Varsity"


The Double Helix

The book does not include the four press cuttings from the News Chronicle, Varsity and the New York Times (2) of May and June 1953 regarding the discovery of the structure of DNA.


2009 NCAA Division I baseball season

Four schools became Division I independents− Bryant, from the Division II Northeast-10 Conference; North Dakota, from the Division II North Central Conference; SIU Edwardsville, from the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference; and Cal State Bakersfield, in its first season of varsity intercollegiate baseball.

Ann Battelle

She was a member of her highly successful varsity soccer team at Champlain Valley Union High School, in Hinesburg, Vermont, as well as a member of the accomplished varsity gymnastics team.

Anurag Singh

Singh later attended the University of Cambridge and captained Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1997 and 1998, playing against opposing captain and friend Mark Wagh in the annual Oxford vs Cambridge varsity match at Lord's.

Branham High School

The 1984–85 boys varsity soccer team made it to the Central Coast Section finals, losing to Menlo-Atherton 4–3 in double overtime.

Brock Stratton

With fellow NFL player Carlyle Holiday, the two were the only freshmen to make the varsity football team in High School.

Bruce Chambers

He then became coach at Dallas Carter High School, coaching the freshmen and junior varsity before becoming varsity assistant to Freddie James in 1989.

Buffalo Bulls baseball

The Buffalo Bulls baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University at Buffalo in Amherst, New York, USA.

BYU–Hawaii Seasiders

The BYU–Hawaii Seasiders (also Brigham Young–Hawaii Seasiders and BYUH Seasiders) are the 11 varsity athletic teams that represent Brigham Young University–Hawaii, located in Laie, Hawaii, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports.

Chaminade Silverswords

The Chaminade Silverswords are the 10 varsity athletic teams that represent Chaminade University of Honolulu, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports.

Channel Islands High School

Channel Islands High School has many Squads: Short Flags, All Male, All Female, Banners, Islander Drill, Drumline, Coed Dance, JV & Varsity Cheer.

Craig Norwich

Norwich was the Director of Hockey Operations and Head Coach of the boys Varsity hockey team at St. Paul Academy and Summit School in St. Paul, MN, from 2005 until he resigned in January 2010.

D3: The Mighty Ducks

Paul Kariya, at the time was captain of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (now Anaheim Ducks), makes a cameo appearance during the second intermission of the Ducks/Varsity Warriors game.

Dave Wainhouse

Wainhouse attended Mercer Island High School in Mercer Island, Washington, where he played varsity baseball in his senior year.

Frederick Ernest Osborne

In 1961, The Calgary Board of Education decided to honour by building a junior-high school in the (then) new North-West Calgary community of Varsity, the medium-sized school was opened in 1967, and today is expanded to serve the communities of Hawkwood and Tuscany.

Gilbert J. Sullivan

While a student he was a varsity quarterback in football and was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, T.I.L.K.A., the Z Society, the Raven Society, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon social fraternity.

Hersey Hawkins

Hawkins was named as an assistant by head coach Ty Amundsen for the 2006–2007 season at Estrella Foothills High School varsity basketball in Goodyear, Arizona.

Isaac Cowley Lambert

When the first Varsity Game between Cambridge and Oxford Universities was arranged in 1872, the Cambridge captain was E. Winnington Ingram, but because of Tripos work, he was unavailable to travel to Oxford.

Jeff Petry

Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and raised in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Petry spent three years playing varsity hockey at St. Mary's Preparatory, in nearby Orchard Lake Village, Michigan.

John Lucas III

Born in Washington, D.C. as the son of former NBA player and coach John Lucas and his wife DeEdgra, Lucas once lived in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania and played for the same school as current NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant (though 3 years after Bryant left and only on the junior varsity team).

John Papuchis

He graduated from Quince Orchard High School in 1996, where he was a three-sport athlete, including three years on the Varsity baseball team where he earned All-Montgomery County honors as a junior and senior.

Jose Bibiano

Bibiano grew up in Riverdale, Maryland and attended Parkdale High School, playing on their varsity soccer team for several seasons.

Julia Ralph Scott

While playing varsity soccer, Ralph Scott was coached by Hubert Busby, Jr. who recommended her to W-League outfit Toronto Lady Lynx.

Julyan Stone

Julyan attended Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, where he was a member of the varsity basketball team for four seasons.

Kealia Ohai

Ohai, who graduated from Alta High School in June 2010, was a four-year varsity soccer player at the school.

Kendall Fletcher

She attended Apex High School in Apex, North Carolina where she played center midfield for the soccer team for four years and played two years of varsity basketball as a point guard.

Kevin Grevey

Grevey played college basketball at the University of Kentucky, where he was a member of legendary coach Adolph Rupp's last freshman class and played his three collegiate seasons (freshmen were not eligible to play varsity basketball at the time) under Rupp’s successor, Joe B. Hall.

Kinney Zalesne

She attended The Baldwin School, where she was president of student government and played varsity field hockey, basketball, and lacrosse.

Kyle Gibson

He was ruled ineligible for varsity baseball by the IHSAA for his sophomore year due to the transfer.

Lance Broadway

Broadway was born in Bryan, Texas, and attended Grand Prairie High School, where he was an all-district performer all three of his years on the varsity team.

Larry Izzo

Izzo attended Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Virginia and then McCullough High School in The Woodlands, Texas, and won varsity letters in football as a running back/safety, and in baseball.

Latitude Varsity

Latitude Varsity is a small university located in Bellville, South Africa.

Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C.

The team was founded by former Ateneo de Manila University and high school varsity football players and employees in 2006 who share a common passion for the sport.

Mark Esser

Esser attended Roy C. Ketcham High School in Wappingers Falls, New York, where he played varsity baseball and basketball.

McClymonds High School

The McClymonds varsity basketball team won a state Tournament of Champions held in 1980 at the Oracle Arena.

Michael Britt

Dubbed the "Flying Pencil" by David Remnick of the Washington Post, as some scouts felt his slender frame was too lean for his height, Britt had a phenomenal freshman season at District of Columbia, averaged 24.3 points and 12.4 rebounds in 16 games with the Firebirds varsity.

Mike Wahle

Wahle attended Rim of the World High School (Lake Arrowhead, California) and won four varsity letters in baseball as a pitcher, and three varsity letters each in football and basketball before graduating in 1995.

Orval Grove

The only freshman on the Proviso East High School varsity baseball team, Grove's pitching ability attracted the attention of the White Sox.

Phil Woosnam

While reading Physics, he captained Bangor University's varsity team at the Welsh Universities' Championship.

Queen's Golden Gaels

The varsity teams play at the Kingston Memorial Centre following the demolition of the Jock Harty Arena, while the new arena (part of the Queen's Centre project) is being constructed.

Randy Grossman

Grossman was an All State performer at Haverford High School, in suburban Philadelphia, where from a young age he would reply to the question, "What will you do when you grow up?" with the certain retort: "I'm going to be a professional football player." He was a varsity letterman in both football and wrestling at Haverford Senior High School.

Roy Skinner

The first player to make the team was Perry Wallace, a local schoolboy star at Nashville's Pearl High School, who enrolled at Vanderbilt in 1966 and first started playing for the team in 1967, becoming the Southeastern Conference's first African American varsity player.

San Diego Toreros baseball

The San Diego Toreros baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of the University of San Diego, located in San Diego, California, United States.

Stacy Hansmeyer

Stacy played on the varsity team in her freshman year at Norman High School, under coach Sherri Coale.

Steve Krulevitz

He also hosts a weekly Tennis Summer camp at Gilman School and began his tenure there as the Varsity Tennis Head Coach in the Spring of 2012, where he led the team to a 12th place finish at the DecoTurf High School National Championships in Kentucky.

Texas–Arlington Mavericks baseball

The UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas, USA.

The Varsity

The Varsity was featured in the PBS documentary A Hot Dog Program by Rick Sebak.

Tom Preissing

Preissing played four years as a forward on the varsity team at Rosemount High School before moving on to play two seasons with the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL.

Tony Bellinger

Tony Bellinger is the head coach for the Bishop Guertin High School (New Hampshire) boys varsity team, a position he has held for over 15 seasons.

Varsity Lakes, Queensland

According to the 2011 census the religious groups in Varsity Lakes by size are; Atheism - 24.8%, Roman Catholic - 23.4%, Anglican - 16%, Uniting Church - 4.3%, Non-denominational Christian - 3.9%, Presbyterian - 3.1% and Buddhism - 2.3%.

Varsity letter

During the 1980s, and again in the 2010s, Varsity Jackets have been adopted into Hip-hop fashion, with companies such as Avirex, Phat Farm and Rocawear making their own variations.


see also

Landis Gores

Gores took part in a top-secret operation known as Ultra that broke the code of the German high command.