Jim Zopelis
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Jim Zopelis
@NotoriousZOP
Army Football Alum, Bear Down, Bulls, Hawks, CUBS, and Father of Daughters-The True Ladies Man!
PRESTIGE WORLD WIDE Katılım Temmuz 2013
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Simple (and selfish)
2005 Army Navy
College Football Zone@CollegeFBonX
You can go back in time and change the outcome of one college football game. What game do you want to change?
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Congratulations! Rooting for many more years of Happiness and Growth. 🍀
Cons@CaptainCons
4 years
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𝐀𝐇𝐀 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 🥅🫡
Sophomore netminder JJ Cataldo is your 2025-26 @Atlantic_Hockey Goaltender of the Year!
🔗 goarmywestpoint.com/news/2026/3/17…
#GoArmy

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19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points.
Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children.
He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself.
On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in.
His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted.
He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders.
His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.”
McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up.
When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”
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@sturek89 @stoolpresidente It was called a strike. It was a strike.
Can’t look at Strike 3.
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@NotoriousZOP @stoolpresidente Good guys won. Thats all that matters.
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@EODHappyCaptain @DrunkOldGrad Not a stipend. Pay set aside for the purchase of the class ring.
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Did you know West Pointers get a stipend for their ring?
I used to ask new students who came from West Point How much they spent on their rings.
Apparently there is a minimum to spend? @DrunkOldGrad please confirm
Drunk Old Grad@DrunkOldGrad
BTW no one would have class rings, without West Point. We introduced the concept of school rings back in 1835. Cool tradition. You are welcome!
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People commenting that we lost by 8 anyway. This was happening ALL game
Barstool UofM@BarstoolUofM
How many steps do you count? 😂 (via outdoorguy15/tt)
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Had a great time at West Point this weekend! Thanks to all the staff and players for the amazing hospitality!!
#brotherhood #LastOfTheHard #GoArmy #BroadAxe
@CoachDDixon @CoachJuice17 @cblackshear @CoachJeffMonken



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