• About seven hours after we posted the note about championship celebrations, I watched regular-season merriment after Jon Lester tossed a no-hitter for the Boston Red Sox. I always tear up when something like that happens, but this scenario is all the more impressive because Lester fought back from a bout with cancer that knocked him out of baseball for a while. Last fall, he won the final game of the World Series and now has a no-hitter to his name.

• I caught a story in the Pioneer Press about a local kid going to play football at Dartmouth. While Foley Schmidt's story might not merit much attention in normal circumstances, the high school senior is anything but normal. First of all, he's a standout athlete who could have played soccer and/or hockey at the college level. Secondly, he's a great student and is going to study business at an Ivy League school. But what makes this story unique is that Foley suffers from a severe type of Type 1 diabetes that requires 24-hour medical care. Foley is awakened every hour to ensure his glucose level doesn't drop so low that he enters a diabetic coma. The Schmidt family has monitored Foley hour-by-hour during his first 18 years, but now that he's headed to college, the teenager will have to be responsible for his health. If anybody can integrate the college lifestyle, intercollegiate athletics and health care, it seems Foley's the man.

• Having spent some time on the cutting block, the American wrestling program has made the most of its opportunity to compete in the NCAA. The Eagles might not be the national champions, but they get the job done in the classroom, leading (along with Duke) all Division I programs with a 3.335 GPA. NCAA intern Christina Wright shared this story with me about her alma mater, writing: "When we joined the Patriot League, AU decided to cut wrestling because it wasn't a conference sponsored sport. Through financial support from alumni and community leaders, AU was able to keep wrestling as a varsity sport. They have come so far these past few years with historical athletic and academic accolades."

• Augsburg student-athletes are doing the culture thing during their summer break. The volleyball team has spent the past week in Brazil for a training and competition trip. On Friday, the team engaged in a community service project with underprivileged children in Rio De Janiero. Next week, several Augsburg wrestlers will head to central Asia for a training/competition/service trip. You don't often hear about student-athletes heading to places like Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, do you?

• It's been quite a year to be a student-athlete at Washington-St. Louis. The men's tennis program won its first-ever national championship last week, capturing a 5-3 victory over conference rival Emory. The Bears also won national titles in volleyball and men's basketball this year.