Chuma Ogunwole

Chuma Ogunwole

Year: Freshman
Hometown: Millersville, Md.
High School: Georgetown Prep
Position: Sprints

2008-09
Competed in the 55, 60 and 200 meters during the season ... Finished eighth in the 60 meters and 10th in the 200 meters at the Battle of Beantown ... Finished fourth in the 200 meter run at the HYP meet

Personal
Played football for four years at Georgetown Prep ... Captained football team as a senior ... A midfielder for the lacrosse team for three years ... Ran track for two seasons ... Named to the 2007 All-Maryland Intercollegiate Athletic Association Team ... Received honorable mention All-Gazette Football ... A 2007 AP Scholar with Honor, Maryland Distinguished Scholar, National Merit Scholarship semifinalist and National Achievement Scholarship Finalist ... Member of the National and Latin Honor Societies ... Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity ... Built homes for Hurricane Katrina victims ... Tutored Native American elementary and middle school children and served as a special education instructor at the Ruth Eason School, helping mentally challenged and handicapped students with daily classroom activities ... Played the string bass in the Maryland Classic Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the National Festive Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center Music Institute and fro the Georgetown Prep Strings and Band Ensemble ... Brother, Bode '07, was an All-American wrestler at Harvard.