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  • 2014 Induction Class
Alex Holcombe '07

AT GERMANTOWN ACADEMY . . .

  • Played varsity football for four years and varsity track and field for five years.
  • Served as captain of the 2006 varsity football team
  • Served as captain of the 2006 and 2007 varsity track team
  • Three-time All-Inter-Ac League honoree for both football and track
  • Named Inter-Ac League MVP for football
  • Selected to the Philadelphia Daily News 1st All-City Football team, the Philadelphia Inquirer Football 1st team All-Southeastern PA
  • Named Associated Press Football 2nd team All-State
  • Selected for the Maxwell Club Mini-Max award for football and academic excellence
  • Received multiple all-league and all-area selections during sophomore and junior seasons
  • Finished senior season with 329 carries for 1,765 yards and 23 touchdowns.
  • Pole vault champion at the 2007 Inter-Ac Championships
  • Fourth place finish in the pentathlon at 2007 Nike Indoor Nationals, earning All-American Honors
  • Won the George Greenwood Award for scoring the most points at the 2007 Inter-Ac Championship
  • Three-time Pennsylvania Indoor State Track Championships qualifier
  • Holds the GA school record in discus, 60 meter hurdles and sprint medley relay.

POST-GERMANTOWN ACADEMY . . .

  • Graduate of Cornell University
  • Member of the Cornell varsity track and field team for four years
  • Served as captain of the track and field team in senior year
  • Three-time All-League honoree
  • Four-time scorer at the Ivy League Championships
  • Three-time All-East in the Decathlon/Heptathlon