freshman

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The first serious legal challenge to the House settlement on NIL monies will come courtesy of a USC Trojans freshman linebacker.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In written testimony, Glynn shared his experience hearing about young women performing illegal abortions when he was a freshman at the University of South Dakota in 1966.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Still, his rise from a freshman at the University of Virginia to a Grand Slam quarter-finalist has been meteoric.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Recent graduate Nihar Patel hadn’t eaten lunch in the cafeteria at his Fairfield, Ohio, school since his freshman year because of lunch-shaming.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Over the course of my freshman and sophomore years, I began to build the same kind of confidence I’d had at Bryn Mawr.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama