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If you don’t know who Jordan Culbreath is, you probably don’t follow The Trentonian, The Washington Post, ESPN, The Daily Princetonian, or, erm … this blog. In fact, some would tell you to get out to the football field more, and while you’re at it, get some school spirit.

But let’s shift back to a more positive tone, shall we?

Last month, Culbreath ’11 was announced as a finalist for the 2011 Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion, a national award given to a leader in college football who has positively influenced the rare disease community.

Co-captain of the football team, Culbreath has won numerous All-Ivy League honors and holds the 8th all-time rushing record at Princeton with 1,935 rushing yards. He’s also been diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a potentially fatal disease in which bone marrow fails to produce enough new blood cells.

Voting for the Rare Disease Champion ends this Sunday. The winner will be announced on Feb 28, International Rare Disease Day, from the National Institute of Health in Bethesda.

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PRINCETON’S STAR RUNNING BACK, WHOSE BRAVE BATTLE WITH APLASTIC ANEMIA HAS INSPIRED CAMPUS COMMUNITY, TAKES TIME TO ANSWER THE INK‘S QUESTIONS

Name: Jordan Culbreath ‘10
Age: 21
Major: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Hometown:
Falls Church, VA
Eating club/residential college/affiliation: University Cottage Club

Who’s your favorite Princetonian, living or dead, real or fictional?
Jack Donaghy from 30 Rock

What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in Princeton?
Phat Lady and Cheese Fries

In one sentence, what do you actually do all day?
I visit the doctor, relax, and work on my senior project.

What is your greatest guilty pleasure?
Phat Lady and Cheese Fries

What’s the last student performance you saw?
Our Documentary Theatre performances for my writing seminar

Do you know all the words to Old Nassau?
Most of them

What do you hate most about Princeton?
Attendance at athletic events

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Culbreath in front, in September

Yesterday, the Times of Trenton published a feature about senior Jordan Culbreath, Princeton’s All-Ivy running back–and it’s worth a read. After he was injured in the second game of the season against Lehigh, Culbreath, Princeton’s first Ivy League rushing champion since 2002, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia and bone marrow failure. I don’t really know anything about football–to be honest, I have only the vaguest inkling of what a rushing champion is–but this story goes beyond sports.

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