{"id":18238,"date":"2020-04-23T13:53:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T11:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/college\/?p=18238"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:01:45","slug":"greg-royston-harvard-graduate-to-attend-oxford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/college\/2020\/04\/23\/greg-royston-harvard-graduate-to-attend-oxford\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Royston, Harvard graduate, to attend Oxford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greg Royston (Class of 2013) has been accepted into Oxford to do an MSc in Financial Economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greg graduated from Harvard University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude in Economics. Whilst at Harvard, Greg represented the university\u2019s golf team for all four years, was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2015 and captained the Harvard Men&#8217;s Golf Team in his senior year. Greg was awarded the William J. Bingham Award for the most outstanding male student athlete of Harvard&#8217;s graduating class. After graduating Greg spent time following his dream of playing professional golf around the world and is now looking forward to continuing his studies at Oxford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greg is a most likeable and humble person who showed potential from his days at Kearsney where he matriculated with 9 distinctions and played SA Schools\u2019 Golf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/college\/college\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Royston-Oxford.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/college\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Royston-Oxford.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.kearsney.com\/college\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Royston-Oxford-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We congratulate Greg on being accepted to complete his Masters at Oxford and wish him well. 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