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where have you gone? portant touches on the restoration project at Notre Dame. The team finished 8-4 and was ranked as high as No. 7 in the country in November. The following year the Irish won a national championship. Spruell was on campus working on his MBA and watched every game. Holtz presented him and Lanza with championship rings later that year because of the precedent they helped to set as captains in their last season. Spruell considers Holtz one of the first in a long line of mentors that have helped land him in the position he holds today. He said the assistance he received along the way inspires him to give back in a mentoring role at work as often as possible. Outside of work, he volunteers as a board member on Chicago's Metropolitan Family Services and on the Jackie Robinson Foundation in New York for diversity in education. Spruell and his wife, whom he met as a freshman in South Bend, have a seventh-grade daughter and a son in high school who is currently starting to get some Division I interest as a wide receiver and a safety. He said both have Notre Dame high on their future college wish list, but he doesn't plan on putting any pressure on them to follow in their parents' footsteps. There are only a few more rungs on the corporate ladder left to climb for Spruell, but he prefers a different analogy for the short list of aspirations he still has ahead of him. "I like to put it in football terms," he said. "I think I'm in the red zone, but where I want to get is the end zone." ✦ Notre Dame Wall Clock • Approximately 10.5" in diameter • Accurate quartz movement • Vivid ND logo and graphics • Turf-accented rim • Uses one AA battery (not included) • Made of durable plastic • Officially licensed collegiate product • Printed in the U.S.A. $23.95 plus $7.50 S&H within continental U.S. Tax (NC 7.5%, IN 7%, MI 6%) For Faster Service On Credit Card Orders, Call Item #6470 1-800-421-7751 Or Fax Your Order To: (919) 682-1532 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED • P.O. BOx 2331 • DURhAm, NC 27702 www.BLUEGOLDONLINE.COm