As for Jim, "He's just a nice kind, and he's easy to get along with," Joe said.

Besides the value Garvey places on his family life, he also stresses the importance of the friendships he has formed at Harvard. "My friends that I've made are the best part of my times here. We're pretty close and we've remained close through a lot of adversity. These friends are going to be friends for life."

Garvey rooms with several other established seniors on the football team, including offensive guard Mike Corbat and defensive ends Joe Margolis and Pat Fleming.

"I look at us as one big family. All these guys in the senior group have gone through a lot together, always wanting an Ivy League championship. That's the important part about athletics. The relationships you gain from practicing together every day and seeing and helping people when they're hurt or injured," Corbat said, adding that the comraderie of this year's football team is "unique You can't always have it like that."

Garvey's coach sounds like a proud father when asked about the wingback. "Jimmy has set the standard for the position of wingback for the future. He is a total athlete," offensive Coach Larry Glueek said.

Glueck added that as a wingback, "we have asked him to each like a receiver, block like a tight end and run like a back. He has done everything we've asked him to do. That kind of person is hard to find. We're gonna miss him terribly. He has large shoes to fill, and we're going to have to search hard for someone to fill them."

Jim, why do you think that you've garnered so much esteem from your peers and coaches?

"I don't like to answer those kind of questions. I'm just part of the team. I really have trouble answering those questions," Garvey said.

"He's one of our hardest workers. He doesn't hold back at all, and he gives absolutely everything he has to give," Glueck said. "His attitude has been super, even in the years when he wasn't playing."

Glueck also credits Garvey with an incredible sense of football savvy. "He's just so consistent. I don't think that he's busted more than three assignments all season."

Reflection

Garvey was asked to reflect upon Harvard's 23-21 loss to Penn which cost the Crimson an undisputed Ivy Championship. In that game last Saturday, Harvard--when time ran out--had the lead after the Penn placekicker shanked his boot. But a roughing the kicker penalty enabled Penn to try again, and this time, the ball soared through the uprights.

"After the game officially ended, it seemed like a dream come true. It was beautiful, the biggest thing I had ever hoped for. But after they made the second field goal, it was the biggest letdown that I had ever experienced. It was the low point of my football," career. It will stay with me for the rest of my life." Garvey said. "But that's over and done with Now we're just grateful that we have a last chance to prove ourselves against Yale. I guarantee that we'll be ready."

Individually, the most rewarding experience Garvey has had as a Harvard football player was a 67-yard pass from Donnie Allard against UMass. That was Garvey's first collegiate touchdown.

"It was something that I've always wanted, to do. It was [a] goal to score a touchdown for Harvard," Garvey said.

His career in all respects at Harvard has been rewarding. But he looks forward to graduation.

"I'm ready to move on to new things. I think that I've accomplished everything that I can here. I'm ready to start my next step in life. There's high school, college and there's whatever."

Garvey said that his future is very uncertain, but what is for such is that he can reflect on a fulfilling post.