Julian Vandervelde can sing too.

[SPGroth]

Just saw on KCRG, that Julian Vandervelde had a job to do before reporting to Spring Practice today. He was selected to sing the National Anthem in The Fieldhouse before President Obama's speech. He said it was a little nerve racking, but he did get to meet the President.

FWIW: Miss Iowa accompanied him on the violin.

 

[Hawks1]

Miss Iowa accompanied him on the violin THAT HAD TO BE THE BEST PART

 

[koolhandlick]

Obama isn't worth the effort.

 

[SPGroth]

Here is the link to the story. He did I nice job with the song. He has a great voice.

Iowa FB Player Sings Anthem | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, and Weather | Sports

 

[Hawkeyes1982x]

Pretty cool to see him do that! Never knew he could sing, awesome.

 

[hoffahawk]

A lot of people must forget that he sang at the Alamo Bowl his freshmen year with both teams present and got a standing ovation from the Texas players after he was done.

A great guy with a lot of talent on and off the field.

 

[HawkeyeShane]

And let's not forget, he was an ESPN favorite while representing Iowa in the LLWS as a lil tike...(6'2" 230lbs) if I remember right...AT THE AGE OF 12!

 

[SPGroth]

And let's not forget, he was an ESPN favorite while representing Iowa in the LLWS as a lil tike...(6'2" 230lbs) if I remember right...AT THE AGE OF 12!

Yeah, I remember him playing in the LLWS. He was a man among boys on that field.

 

[JPOHawk]

Cool Great honor.

Let's hope it is a omen to how much a#& he is going to kick in 2010 season zone schemes.

 

[switch351]

Video
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oVw8rp_yFw"]YouTube- Iowa Hawkeye Julian Vandervelde sings at the Obama Speech[/nomedia]

 

[phays01]

Obama isn't worth the effort.

+1,000,000

 

[atxhawk]

2. 2 posts before somebody had to go and turn it into something political.

 

[HawkeyeShane]

2. 2 posts before somebody had to go and turn it into something political.

9. 9 posts before somebody had to go and mention that someone turned it into something political.

I couldn't resist...

 

[atxhawk]

9. 9 posts before somebody had to go and mention that someone turned it into something political.

I couldn't resist...

Heh. Ya got me.

 

[HawkeyeShane]

If Julian doesn't make it to the NFL he could try to oust Ruben Studdard as the biggest dude to ever win American Idol!