After owning Ducks, Indiana football player has pond named after him
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BLOOMINGTON — The city of Bloomington announced Tuesday that it was temporarily renaming the retention pond at Miller-Showers Park “D’Angelo’s Pond” in honor of Indiana football’s lockdown cornerback.
D’Angelo Ponds won the defensive MVP award for the Peach Bowl after helping the No. 1 Hoosiers (15-0) beat Oregon, 56-22. Ponds came through with a pick-six on the opening play in a moment that set the tone for what followed.
He also turned heads by lining up on offense for the first time him in his career and catching a pass for a first down.
“Like a great cornerback, a well-designed stormwater pond knows how to contain and protect,” the press release stated. “The retention pond captures runoff, slows water during heavy rain, filters pollutants, and helps keep Bloomington’s waterways and neighborhoods safer downstream.”
The release noted that this is a “honorary, temporary” name change — there will be no signs added — but the vibes, “are permanent.”
“This is peak Bloomington,” Bloomington Mayor Kerry Thomson said in the release. “It’s playful, communal, and exactly the kind of wholesome quirk that makes our city so special.”
Michael Niziolek is the Indiana beat reporter for The Bloomington Herald-Times. You can follow him on X @michaelniziolek and read all his coverage by clicking here.
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Bloomington honors Indiana football’s D’Angelo Ponds in most fitting way possible
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