Iffi Obukwelu

71 - Iffi Obukwelu

Height: 6-3
Weight: 225
Year: Junior
Hometown: Brockton, Mass.
High School: Boston College High School
Position: DE
House Affiliation: Quincy

At Harvard
2008: Did not appear in a game ... Minor H recipient.

2007: Did not appear in a game ... Minor H recipient.

Background
At Boston College HS: Two-year letterwinner in both football and track and field ... Competed as a triple jumper, sprinter and thrower in track and played defensive end in football ... Placed fifth for discus in Massachusetts state tournament ... Scholar-Athlete and Coaches award in football ... National Honor Society ... High Honors ... Student Council ... President of Black/Latino Student Union ... Outstanding participant in 2007 National Achievement Scholarship Program.

Personal:
Concentrating in sociology ... Volunteers at Boston Medical Center ... Enjoys reading, music and comedies ... Volunteered time for a WGBH TV show shot at Harvard Stadium, illustrating fun with mathematics and learning to a local elementary school ... Brother, Nnamdi, is a freshman on the football team ... Has the same first legal name, Ifeanyichukwu, as teammate Victor Ojukwu.