freshman

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Why wait months to release a report that looks as if it were whipped up by a high school freshman an hour before deadline?

From Slate • May 23, 2026

With Dearica Hamby starting and the addition of Nneka Ogwumike, she is coming off the bench again after doing so last year for the first time since her freshman season at Stanford.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

First-year baseball coach Dino Flores of Fremont High teaches health, and for the entire semester, he had a freshman from Venezuela, Roiber Colmenares, sitting in class.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

She also won the Tewaaraton Award as the nation’s premier player, becoming the first freshman to ever win it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Moss and Esperanza had been lucky enough to attend the same junior high, but since freshman year, they’d attended different high schools.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro