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2015–16 Bucknell Bison Men's Basketball Team
The 2015–16 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team represented Bucknell University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bison, led by first year head coach Nathan Davis, played their home games at Sojka Pavilion, and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 17–14, 14–4 in Patriot League play to win the regular season league championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League tournament to Holy Cross. As a regular season champion who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Monmouth. Previous season The Bison finished the 2014–15 season 19–15, 13–5 in Patriot League play to win the Patriot League regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the Patriot League tournament where they lost to Lafayette. As a regular season league champion who failed to win their league tournament, the ...
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Nathan Davis (basketball)
Nathan Davis (born March 25, 1974) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team. He previously served as the men's basketball coach at Bucknell from 2015 to 2023 and Randolph–Macon from 2009 to 2015. Playing career Davis played college basketball at Randolph–Macon, where he was a two-time captain and two-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference all-conference selection. Coaching career Davis got his coaching start at Emory and Henry for a single season before assistant coaching stops at both Navy, Bucknell and Colgate before returning to his alma mater as head coach in 2009, replacing Mike Rhoades.In six seasons with the Yellow Jackets, Davis guided the team to a 141–39 overall record with six NCAA Division III tournament appearances, including a Final Four in 2009. In 2015, Davis took over for Dave Paulsen at Bucknell where in eight seasons, Davis led the Bison to four Patriot League regular s ...
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Kinston, North Carolina
Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States, with a population of 19,900 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It has been the county seat of Lenoir County since its formation in 1791. Kinston is located in the coastal plains region of eastern North Carolina. In 2009, Kinston won the All-America City Award. This marks the second time in 21 years the city has won the title. History Early history At the time of English settlement, the area was inhabited by the Neusiok people. Preceding the historic tribe, indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous peoples of a variety of cultures had lived in the area for thousands of years. Before the English colonists established the city, the area was called "Atkins Bank", referring to a bluff once owned by Robert Atkins just above the Neuse River; it was the site of farms, a tobacco warehouse, and a Church of England Christian mission, mission. Kinston was created by an act of the North Carolina Genera ...
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William J
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxf ...
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Cameron County High School
Cameron County High School is an institution of secondary education in Emporium, Pennsylvania, and is the only high school in the Cameron County School District of rural Cameron County, Pennsylvania. There are about 400 students in grades 7 to 12 attending the school. Its attendance boundary is that of the county. Graduation requirements All students wishing to graduate from CCHS must complete the following coursework in grades 9-12 in order to receive a diploma: * English - 4 credits * Social Studies - 4 credits * Science - 4 credits * Math - 4 credits * Physical Education - one course each year * Health - one course in Grade 7 and 11 * Complete a senior project Athletics CCHS participates in PIAA District IX. Notable alumni *Nate Sestina (born 1997), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest le ...
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Emporium, Pennsylvania
Emporium is a borough and the county seat of Cameron County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Early in the twentieth century, there were large power plants and manufacturers of radio tubes and incandescent lamps (Sylvania Electric Products), paving brick, flour, iron, lumber, and sole leather. In 1900, 2,463 people lived in Emporium, and in 1910, the population was 2,916. By 2010, the population had dropped to 2,073, and at the 2020 census, the population was 1,961. Geography Emporium is located in northern Cameron County at (41.511288, -78.236418). It is in the valley of the Driftwood Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek, flowing southeast towards the West Branch Susquehanna River. Pennsylvania Route 120 passes through the borough, leading southeast to Driftwood and eventually Lock Haven and Williamsport, and west to St. Marys on the Eastern Continental Divide. Pennsylvania Route 46 leads northwest from Emporium to Smethport, and Pennsylvania Route 155 leads north to P ...
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Manassas, Virginia
Manassas (), formerly Manassas Junction, is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The population was 42,772 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Prince William County, Virginia, Prince William County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. Manassas borders the independent city of Manassas Park, Virginia. The Bureau of Economic Analysis includes both Manassas and Manassas Park with Prince William County for statistical purposes. Manassas contains several historic sites dating from 1825 to 1914. Manassas surrounds the county courthouse, which is located on county property. Manassas is part of the Washington metropolitan area, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area and is in the Northern Virginia region. Etymology The independent city of Manassas takes its name from uncertain origins. One theory posits a Native Americans in the United St ...
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The John Carroll School
The John Carroll School Inc., established in 1964 and incorporated in 1971, is a private Catholic Church, Catholic school for grades 9–12. It is located in Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland, United States. It is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore. History In the early 1960s Lawrence Shehan decided to build an Archdiocesan Catholic high school on an site in Bel Air. The John Carroll School opened to 202 freshmen on September 9, 1964, under the leadership of Raymond Wanner. From its earliest days, the school was run both by clergy and lay people. The school is named after John Carroll (bishop), John Theodore Carroll, the first Catholic bishop and archbishop in the United States, serving as the Ordinary (Catholic Church), ordinary of the Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore. Notable alumni *Roman Hemby, college football player for the Maryland Terrapins football, Maryland Terrapins * Dan Hentsche ...
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Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town and List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities, lower-tier municipality in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. Generally seen as a commuter suburb of Toronto, it is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton. In the 2021 Canadian census the town had a population of 213,759, with an estimated 233,700 people as of 2024, making it List of towns in Ontario, Ontario's largest town. Oakville is part of the Greater Toronto Area, the largest urban area in Canada. History In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road. In 1805, the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada bought the lands between Etobicoke and Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton from the indigenous Mississaugas people, except for the land at the mouths of Bronte Creek, Twelve Mile Creek (Bronte Creek), Sixteen Mile Creek (Halton Region), Sixteen Mile Creek, and along the Credit River. In 1807, British immigrants settled the area sur ...
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Ronald Reagan High School (San Antonio)
Ronald Reagan High School is a public high school located in the North East Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, United States, and named after U.S. President Ronald Reagan. The school serves a portion of Timberwood Park and Stone Oak. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given an "A" by the Texas Education Agency. In 2013, Reagan was ranked fifth on Children at Risk's ranking of the top-10 high schools in greater San Antonio. History San Antonio, like many Sun Belt cities, experienced explosive growth in its suburbs beginning in the early 1990s. This growth was particularly evident in affluent areas formed by people moving to the city. In Stone Oak and Sonterra north of Route 1604 and between the Blanco Road and US-281 corridors, this rapid growth caused severe overcrowding at nearby Winston Churchill High School. At the time, Churchill was the farthest-north school in the North East Independent School District, and its student population grew to 3,400 ...
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San Antonio
San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 United States census. It is the most populous city in and the county seat of Bexar County. San Antonio is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, and the second-most populous in the Southern United States and Texas, after Houston. Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city in 1731 became the first chartered civil settlement in what is now present-day Texas. The area was then part of the Spanish Empire. From 1821 to 1836, it was part of the Mexican Republic. It is the oldest municipality in Texas, having celebrated its 300th anniversary on May 1, 2018. Straddling the regional divide between South and Central Texas, San Antonio anchors the southwe ...
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Nate Sestina
Nathan Michael Sestina (born May 12, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for Bucknell and Kentucky. Early life Sestina was born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania and grew up in Emporium, Pennsylvania. As a senior at Cameron County High School, Sestina averaged 22.6 points and 14 rebounds per game and was named the North Tier Conference Player of the Year. He finished high school with 1,703 points and 955 rebounds, a school record. Sestina committed to play college basketball at Bucknell over offers from 11 other schools. He became the first Division I basketball player from PIAA District 9 since 1990 and the first Division I athlete of any kind from Cameron County since the 1970s. College career Sestina suffered a season-ending shoulder injury four games into his freshman year and used a medical redshirt. He averaged 4.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per game over 31 games as a reserve pla ...
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Petoskey, Michigan
Petoskey ( ) is the largest city in and the county seat of Emmet County, Michigan, and is the largest settlement within the county. Petoskey has a population of 5,877 at the 2020 census, up from 5,670 at the 2010 census. Petoskey is part of Northern Michigan, and is one of the northernmost cities in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Petoskey is located on the southern shore of Little Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. Petoskey sits directly across the bay from Harbor Springs, another Emmet County city. Petoskey is a popular Midwestern resort town. Petoskey lends its name to the Petoskey stone, a fossilized coral that is the state stone of Michigan. History Odawa inhabitants The Little Traverse Bay area was long inhabited by indigenous peoples, including the Odawa people. The name ''Petoskey'' is said to mean "where the light shines through the clouds" in the language of the Odawa. After the 1836 Treaty of Washington, Odawa Chief Ignatius Petosega (1787–1885) took th ...
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