This dude has been in college for 12 years

Lechner, a 29-year-old with spiky blonde hair, has been an undergraduate at Wisconsin-Whitewater for 12 years. Count them, 12.
As Lechner tells it, he never intended to be a senior for nine years. Although his status as a perpetual senior has made him a darling of the national media (He has been covered by the The New York Times, "Good Morning America," the "Late Show with David Letterman" and CNN), it has also made him a major annoyance on campus. Many of his classmates and professors view Lechner as an embarrassment and are eager to see him leave.

Turns out, that's not going to happen, at least not this year. On Monday, Lechner withdrew his application for graduation a mere five days before the ceremony. He told the Journal Sentinel he planned to stay at UW-Whitewater one more year.
When the Waukesha native entered UW-Whitewater as a freshman in 1994, he thought he'd be gone in four years like most of his classmates. But the availability of young women, parties and other campus activities proved difficult to give up. Before he knew it, a decade had passed.

Lechner, who looks like the star of a WB soap opera, estimates he has had over 100 "relationships" since his freshman year. His bedroom wall is covered with photos of fraternity parties, Halloween celebrations and spring break romps.

UW-Whitewater's student newspaper, The Royal Purple, has been doing stories about Lechner for several years that have been picked up by campus publications across the country. Lechner has helped spread the word about his boisterous campus lifestyle on a Web site, JohnnyLechner.com.
But it wasn't until he appeared on the "Late Show," "Good Morning America" and in a profile on the front page of The New York Times that Lechner began to feel like a true celebrity.

Monster Energy Drink began delivering cases to Lechner's house after he agreed to make it the official drink of his 12th year. Hollywood types began expressing an interest in a TV show based on his life. And people in Whitewater started to know who he was.

"It's bizarre," Lechner said. "I have 18-, 19- and 20-year-old girls throwing themselves at me in bars." It's not just the girls either. Grocery store clerks recognize his name. He has a following of older male students on campus who seek to emulate him.

Lechner said this spring that he planned to use his graduation as an opportunity to finish writing the TV show based on his life.

You know, you always wonder- what if was to just stay in college… what if. And this guy really did it. A real life Van Wilder. Awesome. Just awesome. This is what dreams are made of. I'm still confused on how you can even mathematically stretch college out to be this long. Oh, also notice in the pictures above, he's wearing a "College" shirt that is misspelled- freakin sweet. Article here.