sophomore
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Three blockers in particular are having standout seasons — sophomore Matteo Esperias, 6 feet 4 and 200 pounds, senior Ezra Epifano, 6-4 and 270, and senior Mike Chavez, 6-6 and 290.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Students must declare their major by the end of their sophomore year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Then 19, Desdunes, a sophomore, was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Dieffenbach has been patiently waiting for his moment since he made the switch from wide receiver to quarterback as a sophomore at Agoura High.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
We had film class together when I was a sophomore and he was a senior.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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So are more college freshmen and sophomores, in the hopes of improving their own hiring chances later on, campus career counselors say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
Crossroads, which starts four sophomores, received 16 points from Evan Willis and 14 from Sheppard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
Brown President Christina Paxson said she believed the shooting happened inside a final-exam review session for a principles of economics class where most of the students in the class were freshmen or sophomores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
And of those who do stay, only a handful were still waiting to start as sophomores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025
Barring some kind of miracle, the older boys would race as the varsity crew at Poughkeepsie; the sophomores would almost certainly be demoted to junior varsity status, despite winning in California.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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