There are stereotypes in all walks of life, and student-athletes are often labeled as individuals who don't or can't focus on academics, too.
But nobody ever convinced Ryuji Aoki to stick to just one of those two tasks during his three distinguished academic years at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana.
The Aichi Prefecture-born guard owns a 3.91 grade-point average. He studies biomedical engineering. Yet somehow he still found time to practice his jumper and review Rose-Hulman's plans for its next opponent.