After grading all of your exams, we found that everybody who participated would have made the Dean’s List. But one of you, the winner of this year’s Exam Week Challenge, graduated Summa Cum Laude. Hoya Hoops reader DBeck got 100% on all of the exams, and earned himself a Hoya Hoops T-Shirt. Congratulations!

And for those of you who want to know the correct answers, we thought it fitting to give you DBeck’s thorough responses. Here they are:

AMST 304 – Basketball in the District

1. What happened in the 1986-87 meeting that convinced Hoya Coach John Thompson to stop playing American University?

After a game-winning three with 3 seconds left from Reggie Williams on a broken play to beat the Eagles 62-59, Coach Thompson was quoted as saying “I’ll never play another local team during exams. The emotional level is too high…” (Wilbon, Michael. “Missed Free Throws Prevent Eagles’ Upset of 10th-Ranked Hoyas,” The Washington Post. 18 Dec 1986. D1)

2. Where is Robert Burke now?

Robert Burke currently holds the head coaching position at Mount St. Mary’s.

JUPS 101 – Justice and Redemption

1. Who were the two players who hit last-second shots to defeat Syracuse in the late 1980s?

Perry McDonald hit the game winner in 1987, and Charles Smith hit it on 1/24/88 at the Carrier Dome

2. In what three years did Georgetown defeat a #1-seeded Syracuse in the Big East Tournament?

1980, 2000, and 2010

MATH 314 – Statistics and Extrema

1. Of the 42 players in the 1,000 point club, nine of them played under current coach John Thompson III. Name those nine players.

Hibbert, Green, Wallace, Cook, Summers, Wright, Freeman, Bowman and Clark

2. Name all of the players from the Top 25 of the 1,000 Point Club who share jersey numbers #22, #32, #33, and #34.

• #22 – Derrick Jackson and Robert Churchwell
• #32 – Jeff Green and Gerald Riley
• #33 – Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, and Craig Shelton
• #34 – Sweetney and Reggie Williams

HIST-287 History of Basketball and Georgetown Society, 1980s

1. Where did David Wingate go to high school?

Dunbar HS

2. In the 26 years since his departure, who are the only 3 players to surpass David Wingate’s total?

Reggie Williams, Othella, and Alonzo Mourning

his year’s seniors.

GOVT-212 Leadership and Authority

1. What jersey numbers did Henry Sims and Jason Clark wear their freshman season?

Clark wore 20, Sims wore 30

2. What is Jason Clark’s career-high in scoring, and who was the opponent?

28 points against Chaminade, 11/22/11

3. What is Henry Sims’ career-high in scoring, and who was the opponent?

24 points against Memphis, 11/23/11

Somebody sure knows their Hoya History. Or are really good at taking open-internet tests. Either way, congratulations to DBeck who’s the winner of this year’s Exam Week.