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Michael Gabriel Flores is a twenty-year-old male from Arlington, Texas. He currently attends Dartmouth College, where he plays as an Offensive Lineman on the varsity football team. Prior to his entrance into collegiate sports, he captained his football team at All Saints Episcopal School in Fort Worth, TX.

Contextual Data:

Mr. Flores plays football for the Dartmouth Big Green, a program which has a storied legacy in and of itself. However, even before his induction into a Division I program, Michael was exposed to traditions within his own high school football program at All Saints Episcopal. As an Episcopal educational institution, All Saints promotes the Anglican-Christian tradition of worship and seeks to foster holistic student-athletes with an emphasis on religion.

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In the locker room, every individual on Michael’s football team would have to create a “commitment card” and speak in front of everyone else about their commitment to the game and each other. This commitment card would then be passed to another player on the team, whose job it was to keep the originator accountable for their actions, both on and off the field. These cards embodied the school’s values of righteous action and positive reinforcement, and were intended to guide players in becoming great athletes and pillars of their respective communities.

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Dartmouth College

Russian 13 Fall 2021