VIDEO: Sussex's Alfano Thrives as Grad Student on MU Soccer Team
Graduated magna cum laude in spring, now starts as defender while working on an MBA.
Michael Alfano faced a tough choice last May — try to parlay his magna cum laude degree in marketing from Marquette into a full-time job, or enroll in graduate school and complete his soccer eligibility. He chose the latter, saying that he couldn't let his teammates down after all they'd been through. Alfano said he couldn't be happier, as Marquette is 5-0-0 in the Big East heading into a home match Wednesday night against nationally ranked Georgetown. He attends night classes at MU toward his MBA and also interns during the day at Harley-Davidson, making him one of the few graduate students in the country also playing NCAA Division I athletics. "He's really an ideal student-athlete," said Marquette men's soccer coach Louis Bennett. "He's …
