He ranked second nationally entering the game, averaging eight assists per game.

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By his senior year, he was ranked as the second best High School basketball player in the USA. Some kid named LeBron James was number one.

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When Nadal left the game, he was the second-ranked player in the world.

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He will start his 53rd grand slam tournament against 46th-ranked Frenchman Benoit Paire, and as second seed he cannot meet two-time defending champion Djokovic until the final.

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Every student performance indicator has improved he says and over the last two years the state has ranked second in the country for achievement on college-level courses taken in high school.

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Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt ensured he had some motivated partners by enlisting first-rate but second-ranked companies--Motorola but not Nokia, T-Mobile but not Verizon.

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McIlroy, 22, is the second youngest golfer to be ranked No. 1 after Tiger Woods, who was 21 when he first reached the pinnacle of the sport.

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As Hartley became the second-ranked high school kicker in the nation, earning a scholarship with the Oklahoma Sooners, he also began hunting with his buddies.

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