LSU’s Petras Receives Astronaut Scholarship

By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
Courtesy: LSU Athletics
BATON ROUGE, La. – Mitchell Petras isn’t hard to find. Check one of three places during the school year – in class, at the pool or in the research lab – and you’re likely to run into LSU’s senior swimmer and petroleum engineering major.
There’s a fourth spot Petras is popping up these days: the recipients’ list for one of the nation’s most prestigious scholarships.
The Augusta, Ga. native recent