Howdy, Wahoo fans! There's a new SabreMail sheriff in town.

After putting together 132 of these issues, Mike Ingalls, your esteemed BoardHost, has happily handed me his badge and his trusty keyboard. For a week now, I've been TheSabre.com's General Manager and Editor in Chief, and so far it's been a blast writing stories and interacting on the message boards. Luckily, I came onboard during an eventful week in UVa athletics. The baseball team swept Duke and is riding a six-game winning streak. Audra Smith, a longtime assistant to Debbie Ryan, got a head coaching job at UAB. The football team, in the middle of spring practice, received two more commitments from coveted recruits. But it was also a week to revel in the program's proud past as George Welsh was selected for the College Football Hall of Fame.

All of those happenings and more are included in this edition of SabreMail. Feel free to read it at the internet saloon, but please tie up your horses and leave your six-shooters at the door.

John Phillips

With two more commitments this week, UVa is now up to seven verbal commitments for the 2005 recruiting class. Five of those commits are in-state, with the others being from Pennsylvania (The Haverford School OL Will Barker) and North Carolina (Southern Durham WR/OLB Maurice Covington).

This week the Cavaliers landed commitments from Bath County HS (VA) tight end John Phillips and North Stafford HS (VA) offensive lineman Patrick Slebonick.

Phillips, a 6-6, 240-pound prospect, chose the 'Hoos over an offer from Virginia Tech. William & Mary, which his brother Jacob will attend next year on a football scholarship, also was seriously in the running. UNC was heavily recruiting him as well.

Patrick Slebonick

Slebonick gave his verbal this morning to Coach Groh and company. At 6-4, 290 pounds, he is a prototypical offensive line prospect who could end up anywhere on the line. He boasted offers from Virginia Tech and N.C. State, with Maryland, Tennessee, and West Virginia among the other schools giving him serious looks.

The weekend of April 17th and 18th promises to be a big weekend for the 'Hoos. The 17th is the Spring game, followed by the Nike Camp on the 18th. Don't be surprised if UVa pulls out another commitment after that weekend.

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George Welsh

Two former Virginia coaches, Earle "Greasy" Neale and Frank Murray, already are in the College Football Hall of Fame. Now the winningest coach in UVa and ACC history will join them. George Welsh, in his first year of eligibility, was named to the 2004 Hall of Fame class on Tuesday. He will be inducted on December 7, 2004 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, then enshrined at the Hall in South Bend in August of 2005.

Welsh, who went 134-86-3 in 19 seasons at Virginia, led the Cavaliers to two ACC championships and 12 bowl games before retiring in 2000. But is he really retired? In an exclusive interview with TheSabre.com, Welsh revealed that he is interested in getting back in the business.

Asked if he missed coaching, Welsh said, "Yeah, I miss it. I got the itch last year and I tried to get back in. At this point, I wouldn't need to be the head coach at a big school or anything. I wouldn't even mind being an assistant. I talked to someone (last year) about an assistant's job, but it wasn't the right situation. ...Who knows? I might give it another shot next year."

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