What is a post-grad year? And why would a student athlete choose to take
this path? Today we discuss what the benefits are of an athlete taking an
extra year to prepare for college and what the potential upside can be.
Alex Popp (pronounced Pope) is in his fifth season as Head Coach of
Men's Basketball at Vermont Academy. During Popp's time at the Academy, the
program has matriculated student-athletes to Harvard, UChicago, Vanderbilt,
Butler, Tufts, Arizona, Colby, Louisville, Carnegie Mellon and many more.
In 2018, Coach Popp's program produced an NBA player (Bruce Brown, class of
2016 of VA) and a McDonald's All-American (Simisola Shittu, class of 2018
of VA, now at Vanderbilt). Under Popp's tenure in 2016, the Wildcats won
the prestigious New England Prep School Championship, and he was named New
England Coach of the Year. Since 2015, Popp has sent 25 student-athletes to
play NCAA college basketball.
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