Unterreiner makes the most of second chance
Nitish KulkarniThe Stanford Daily
After narrowly missing out last year, Miles Unterreiner ’12 M.A. ’13 will be attending Oxford University next year as a 2014 U.S. Rhodes Scholar.
Last year, an anonymous donor provided a private plane so that Unterreiner could run in the NCAA cross country national championships and interview for the Rhodes scholarship on the same day, but Unterreiner was not named a winner. This year, with a less hectic schedule, Unterreiner took the award.
“I didn’t have the added pressure of competing in the national championship race [this year],” Unterreiner explained. “I remember last year when I got off the plane and had 15 minutes to get from Boeing Field to downtown Seattle and running to the interview location in my dress shoes and suit.”
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