Shawn Conway to enroll at Grand Rapids Community College

Submitted by MH20 on

Link:  http://michigan.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=338&mid=139873494&sid=883&ti…

According to the Inside The Fort on Rivals, Shawn Conway is going to attend GRCC for a year, and then transfer to Michigan.  I found this quite interesting as I work at GRCC.  The football program here is pretty good, and is headed by former longtime Muskegon coach Tony Annese.

Now, I know the transfer part is a big hurdle for JUCO kids, but according to the post, GRCC offers several classes that Michigan will accept.  So, hopefully this won't be the last we hear from Shawn Conway.  Good luck to him!

For those without a Rivals subscription, here is the key part:

GRCC is the only community college in Michigan that fields a football team, and it apparently is one of the few that has a chance of placing students into universities like Michigan’s.

 

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MGoTarHeel

December 9th, 2010 at 1:46 PM ^

There were a few kids at my high school who did dual enrollment there, and a lot of GRCC courses transfer to Michigan. The only reason I did mine at GVSU was for transferring to out-of-state colleges.

As long as he keeps his chin up and his nose down (in the books) he should be ok. Best of luck to him.

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thisisme08

December 9th, 2010 at 5:25 PM ^

I just wish I would have heard about duel enrollment before my Senior year of HS.  Seriously, the conselours at my school were beyond horrible. 

Still I recommend it to any HS out there, best thing you can do to prepare yourself for college. 

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kaykaybroke

December 9th, 2010 at 1:47 PM ^

one year isn't that bad, and we should be set at WR for the next year..

Good to know he'll be developing nicely under a good coach, I'm glad he's sticking with michigan, and not just trying to qualify for a different school, he sounds like a great kid, and a true michigan player.

work hard, both on the field and in the class room and go blue!

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ThWard

December 9th, 2010 at 2:05 PM ^

Someone posts about Tony Annese, and you immediately think "too soon, man, too soon" because of the RoJo images it conjures.

 

I feel sad for myself.

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GBOD79

December 9th, 2010 at 2:12 PM ^

Wasn't part of the problem with Conway's grades the fact that he transferred two times or something like that? I thought this was the reason his transcript was messed up. Could be wrong though.

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Mlegacy

December 9th, 2010 at 2:20 PM ^

I played a few years at small college and we scrimmaged GRCC. At the time, a few years ago, they had stud athletes and a really solid program for developing players. Good luck to him and I hope we see him in maize and blue in the future.

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bowlingmegatron

December 9th, 2010 at 2:26 PM ^

I know many people that are attending GRCC and I dual enrolled there myself. The classes there are pretty easy compared to most colleges, so it should not take Conway very long to get his grades up so that he can transfer to Michigan.

I look forward to seeing him on the field after a year at GRCC. GO BLUE!!!

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SFBlue

December 9th, 2010 at 2:51 PM ^

GRCC is a historically good program, dating to the days it was known as GRJC.  Pretty sure they won at least one national title in the late 80s/early 90s.  It's also one of the better CCs academically.  Took some classes there in HS, and was impressed. 

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Dilla Dude

December 9th, 2010 at 2:55 PM ^

That's pretty cool, a lot of my friends are on GRCC's football team right now.  Coach Annese used to coach my high school football team, and that man can coach. GRCC is one of the top Juco teams in the country.

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Flying Dutchman

December 9th, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^

I could be wrong, but I thought that if a player goes to a JC/CC, he has to have the Associate's Degree before they could become eligible for the NCAA?   Is it possible he is going there just to take classes and not to play any football?

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JMK

December 9th, 2010 at 3:19 PM ^

I took a class at GRCC the summer after my freshman year at U of M.  All 5 credits transferred over, though the grade didn't.  Best of luck to Mr. Conway!

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BlockM

December 9th, 2010 at 3:30 PM ^

I took a few classes there, and I will say this, if you can't get decent grades while at GRCC, you can't get decent grades anywhere.

My Spanish professor walked in to class on the day of the 150pt exam and said, "Judging by the scores, I think that last test was too hard, so I gave you all an extra 100 points for the class."

That's exactly what I wanted, because the credits transferred to Calvin, and I didn't have to endure their incredibly hard intro to Spanish classes. 

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shawn6122

December 9th, 2010 at 4:04 PM ^

According to UMs website a student can transfer with a minimum of 25 credit hours and a gpa of 3.0 or higher. Thats for the school of Kinesiology and for "normal" students. I'm not sure if football players have different standards. A 3.0 at GRCC cant be to dificult, I had a 3.7 and I stupid.

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