Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jihad Beauchman
as |non-notable inasmuch (a) as the subject's Yale University http://yalebulldogs.cstv.com/sports/m-track/mtt/beauchman_jihad00.html biography and http://www.directathletics.com/athletes/track/80616.html DirectAthletics athlete history suggest that Beauchman did not earn All-America honors (having, instead, been named a finalist to be an Academic All-America and an http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=5069&method=text Academic All-Ivy Team member; (b) as, assuming arguendo that Beauchman was honored as an All-America, he is nevertheless non-notable per , which, pace Freelance, I construe to reference, with respect to (United States|American college sports, only those sports that are themselves notorious (meriting, for example, articles apropos of coaches e.g., Rick Barnes or teams e.g., 2005 Texas Longhorns football team), such that those partaking of such sports are likely to be newsworthy or are, in significant numbers, likely to essay profesional careers&mdash;as against those of National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA basketball, football, and baseball, participants in NCAA track-and-field are, even those earning All-America honors, are in many cases profoundly unlikely to pursue professional sports&mdash;and (c) as, irrespective of the extent to which the subject's biography comports with , I'm not a particular fan of the broad ''sportspeople'' criterion of BIO.  FWIW, it seems well-settled that any extra-athletic activities undertaken the subject don't confer notability, so it can, I think, be safely said that
— User:Pirrc, 02:02, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NN||WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)