By Larry Chiang
MMPPI is the metric of tracking mentor mentee mind meld.
I listened to these student athletes cite a lot of mentors. MMPPI stands for “Mentor Mentions Per Press Interview”. April 13, 2015 was amazing because these students mentioned so many mentors during their speeches.

2015 co-captain, coterm students
Below are snippet samples of their speeches during awards night. Full transcripts might be avail via Bernard Shaw’s office, but I dunno. I tallied over 15 mentors were mentioned!!
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g2TuZwtdrHI&a=&feature=youtu.be
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