There are stereotypes in all walks of life, and student-athletes are often labeled as individuals who don¡¯t or can¡¯t focus on academics, too.

But nobody ever convinced Ryuji Aoki to stick to just one of those two tasks during his three distinguished academic years at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana.

The Aichi Prefecture-born guard owns a 3.91 grade-point average. He studies biomedical engineering. Yet somehow he still found time to practice his jumper and review Rose-Hulman¡¯s plans for its next opponent.