About "J.V."
Nothing’s going to stop midfielder Jack Gaffney from leading State College to the NCAA lacrosse championship, graduating from college, and winning the girl of his dreams—nothing, except possibly
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Assistant coach Big Sir, who longs to kick his ass off the team
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Psychopathic defenseman Cy Bishop
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Team captain and Adonis John Vavolano, class president and 3-time All-American
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Peeking Man, Chinese exchange student and campus voyeur
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Fugitive Black Panther Bobby Coolidge
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Smirking English prof Dr. Harlem Smith, who misses no opportunity to stick it to the young
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College president C. Barton Fisk, who longs for a ticket out of backwoods State College
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Riley Freimann, a sharp-witted prankster and underachiever appointed Jack’s roommate under mysterious circumstances
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Derek Holden, whose secret love for Axis Sally is unchanging, unquenchable, and unreciprocated
And of course, the women in Jack’s life:
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Babbling Brooke, a cheerleader whose attainments plateaued with tying her own shoelaces
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Little Miss Kneesocks, cat burglar and agent provocateur for the local Optimists Club
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Lady Jane Chinwrest—aristocratic bluestocking with the body of a woman
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Tokyo Roz, Viet Cong wannabee
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Axis Sally—intellectual, supermodel, terrorist
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Dr. Latheps, stunning redhead and Jack's academic advisor
Join Jack as he plays for the national championship, rescues the campus athletic mascot, wins the woman of his dreams … and tries to figure out what he’s going to do with his life.