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Sports Shorts

Sports Shorts

Winter 2008

Short Game Gold

Short Game Gold

Winter 2008

1983: The ’Hoo

1983: The ’Hoo

The history of a short-lived UVA mascot, the 'Hoo.

Winter 2008

From PKs to FGs

From PKs to FGs

Yannick Reyering (Col ’09) grew up in Germany kicking a round ball into a net. When he came to UVA, he had the same focus—and he put the ball into the net 39 times in a three-year career that included multiple All-ACC honors.

Winter 2008

Pitched Battle

Pitched Battle

Winter 2008

Tall Order

Tall Order

With Sean Singletary and Sharneé Zoll providing leadership and fireworks for UVA’s basketball teams, last season could easily have been characterized as the Year of the Guards. Both players have gone on to the ranks of professional basketball, so now the Cavaliers will look to the front court for more points and power this season.

Winter 2008

Tough Season, Tougher Guy

Tough Season, Tougher Guy

Fans don’t see the long hours of practice that go into being a Major League Baseball star, but attitude and discipline proved crucial for Zimmerman (Col ’06) in facing adversity with the Washington Nationals this season.

Winter 2008

Verbatim

Verbatim

Winter 2008

Troubling Signs

Troubling Signs

A short-lived ban on signs at Scott Stadium this fall raised the hackles of fans—particularly among students—and drew darts from pundits across the nation.

Winter 2008

Sports Shorts

Sports Shorts

Dawn Staley becomes head women's basketball coach at the University of South Carolina, Angela Hucles qualifies for the Summer Olympics, and other stories.

Fall 2008

Making Sport of Water

Making Sport of Water

Such is the appeal of water sports—dancing on the thin line between two elements, riding on surface tension, moving faster on water than legs can travel on land.

Fall 2008

Basketball Beats Ballet

Basketball Beats Ballet

The world of ballet might be a better place if Debbie Ryan (Grad ’77) had made a different choice as a child, but the world of basketball would be poorer.

Fall 2008

Fountain of Youth

Fountain of Youth

This year, a bumper crop of talented young players—eight in all, including two from the Netherlands—makes the odds good for a threepeat.

Fall 2008

A Tackle to Remember

A Tackle to Remember

Dombrowski also became pretty good at football. He played a central role in UVA’s success in the 1980s, including Virginia’s first bowl game, a 27-24 victory over Purdue in the 1984 Peach Bowl.

Fall 2008

No Country for Slow Players

No Country for Slow Players

Becky Sauerbrunn (Col ’08) will remember her first international soccer match for all the right reasons—and one she’d just as soon forget.

Fall 2008

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

A new video board will be installed in Scott Stadium in time for the 2009 football season.

Fall 2008

Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

At an institution as large as UVA, it’s easy to forget that it consists of many individually moving parts. We profile a few of the 13,500 employees who keep the University humming every day.

Fall 2008

An Olympic First

An Olympic First

Cromer (Col ’02, Grad ’03) was an All-American at UVA, and visions of standing on the winners’ podium at the Olympics bring a smile to her face.

Summer 2008

Twenty-five Love

Twenty-five Love

Few things in sports rank up there with an undefeated season. Except, maybe, having hometown fans set an attendance record in the process.

Summer 2008

Hoopla for Singletary

Hoopla for Singletary

He became the fifth Cavalier to score 2,000 points (2,062), and he is the only player in ACC history to have 2,000 career points, 500 career assists, 400 career rebounds and 200 career steals.

Summer 2008

Having a Ball

Having a Ball

Prum began playing professional paintball—where two teams play capture-the-flag by shooting at each other on a battlefield of inflated bunkers—his second year at UVA. After graduating, he plans to move to San Diego to work for KEE Action Sports, one of his team’s sponsors.

Summer 2008

Top of Their Game

Top of Their Game

They have no coaches. They have little money. And they have no adequate University practice facilities. But the men’s and women’s squash teams at UVA have lots of spunk and talent, judging from national championships they brought home from a tournament at Harvard in February.

Summer 2008

Giving Back with Sacks

Giving Back with Sacks

Patrick Kerney has a job with a simple description—get the quarterback.

Summer 2008