Seton Hall Magazine, Summer 2008 - Seton Hall University

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Oxford Bound
ANNICK ROUTHIER-LABADIE ’08,
SETON HALL’S FIRST RHODES SCHOLAR,
HEADS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD THIS FALL.
At
first blush it was like a moment you might catch on ESPN’s
SportsCenter. A group of basketball players burst into a
spontaneous locker-room party, screaming with joy and
enveloping a teammate in hugs. These women weren’t celebrating a key
athletic victory, however, or applauding a player for a great game. They
were congratulating teammate Annick Routhier-Labadie ’08 on a different
kind of victory; just minutes before the start of a game, she learned she
had been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
“It was so cool,” recalls Routhier-Labadie, who is Seton Hall’s first
Rhodes Scholar. After finishing her Seton Hall coursework in just three
years, Routhier-Labadie decamped to her native Quebec where she
embarked on graduate studies in applied ethics at Université Laval. There,
she played basketball, as she had for Seton Hall.
YE OLDE UNIVERSITY:
Routhier-Labadie, shown here
with her mother, Dominique, will
soon attend the oldest university
in the English-speaking world.
Photo on facing page by Chuck Moss;
Illustration above adapted from a
photo by Nasir Hamid.