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O'Connor, UVa Agree To Extension
Official Release
"I'm pleased by our baseball program's progress during the past four years," Littlepage said. "Brian O'Connor has done a tremendous job. I believe he's pleased with the program's development and the support he's received as our head baseball coach. "We've had discussions over the past few weeks and I'm delighted we're in agreement that Brian will be our head coach through the 2012 season. This is great news for Virginia baseball." O'Connor came to Virginia in July of 2003 after being a member of the Notre Dame baseball coaching staff for nine years. His four UVa teams have compiled an overall record of 177-66 (.728 winning percentage) and the Cavaliers have won at least 41 games each season under O'Connor's direction. Virginia has participated in the NCAA Tournament each of the last four seasons and has hosted an NCAA Regional three of the last four years. "I'm excited to be the Virginia baseball coach for many years to come," O'Connor said. "The University of Virginia continues to be 100 percent committed to having a national caliber baseball program. "I'm very proud of the success our baseball program has experienced during the last four years and I'm excited about the 2008 season. We have a talented nucleus of players returning and a group of recruits who will be successful in our program." The Cavaliers finished the 2007 season with an overall record of 45-16, including a 19-9 record in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Virginia had a school-record five All-ACC selections in 2007, including three players named to the first team, and also had a school-record six players selected in the recent Major League Baseball draft. O'Connor was the 2004 ACC Baseball Coach of the Year and earned 2006 College Baseball Foundation Coach of the Year honors.
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This Week In Recruiting Football recruiting ... On Monday, Virginia will host 6-4, 220-pound Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) ATH Bill Schautz on an unofficial visit. Schautz leaves for Charlottesville on Monday with his parents and will stay until Tuesday afternoon. There is a solid chance that Schautz, who is being recruited by UVa as an H-Back/Outside linebacker, could commit to the Hoos. Last month, Virginia became the first school to extend an official scholarship offer to the talented prospect. Rutgers and Syracuse "want me," Schautz says, but he is eager to end the recruiting process and if he feels UVa is a good fit then he won't hesitate to make a decision. If he decides to continue his recruitment, look for him to make visits to Rutgers and Syracuse this summer. Schautz visited Virginia earlier this spring for the spring game and had an outstanding experience. Stay tuned, as we will follow up with the Garden state star on Tuesday to find out the latest.
Virginia Tech held its first 2007 senior camp Sunday. How is this significant to Virginia? Well, several UVa targets - targets who could easily end up deciding between the Hoos and the Hokies - made the trip to Blacksburg. Most notably, Smithfield WR/DB Dyrell Roberts and Norview (Norfolk, VA) DL Klinton "Buddy" Ruff attended Virginia Tech's camp. Roberts and Ruff enjoyed their trips to Virginia Tech, but neither can name a leader between the two schools. Neither will be on hand this coming Saturday for UVa's Elite Junior Day, as Roberts already has a commitment to attend ECU's camp and Ruff has a family obligation to attend to. Both prospects plan to participate in UVa's summer camp later this month, though.
As stated above, Virginia's Elite Junior Day will take place this Saturday. Stay tuned this week for a list of confirmed visitors expected in Charlottesville as well as coverage of those visits over the weekend. One of those visitors may be 6-7, 290-pound East Stroudsburg South (PA) OL Corey Lewis, who visited Charlottesville last Monday. Lewis is a heavy lean to the Hoos and could commit on a return visit. One of Lewis' best friends is J'Courtney Williams, one of UVa's top 2007 class recruits. Another is Christchurch rising senior WR Deion Walker, who is a top target of the Hoos. The connection is that Lewis played his first two years at Christchurch before transferring to East Stroudsburg South. Lewis received an official offer from Virginia last week.
Speaking of the 2007 class, all of the incoming freshmen have now attained qualifying standards and are expected to enroll this summer. 6-5, 290-pound Ballou (Washington, D.C.) offensive lineman Lamar Milstead received terrific news recently when he earned a qualifying SAT score. He will enroll at UVa on July 5.
A few UVa targets committed elsewhere last week. DL Scott Vallone, who chose Rutgers, was a top target out of St. Anthony's High School in Long Island, New York. Brooke Point (Stafford, VA) LB Donovan Miles selected West Virginia.
Basketball recruiting ... Next week, UVa will host the NBPA Top 100 camp. TheSabre.com will be there for coverage, which begins this week. A number of Virginia targets are expected to be on hand, though UVa's top 2008 class target Ed Davis will not be one of them. Still, it is an important weekend for the program, as rising junior targets are also expected to be on hand for the event.
Chris Horne, our resident recruiting expert, provides updates throughout the week for Edge subscribers about UVa's commitments and recruiting targets in football and men's basketball. To sign up for an Edge subscription, please check out the Sabre Edge Sign Up and Information Page. If you're already on board as an Edge subscriber, click the links below to catch up on recruiting. Sabre Edge recruiting updates from the past week ...
Q&A: J'Courtney Williams
Lewis Lands Offer; Commitment Coming Soon?
Oscar Smith Star Down to 3 More updates since the last SabreMail ...
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Blog Contest Winner - Sean & J.R. TheSabre.com's Good Ol' Blog decided to host a fun little contest recently. The Chest Bump Clash is trying to determine who used that type of celebratory move the best so far this season in Virginia athletics. The candidates came from football, baseball, men's basketball, and men's tennis. The winners ...
Sean Singletary and J.R. Reynolds as captured in the CBS "One Shining Moment" video montage from the NCAA Tournament. Here's a YouTube version. Singletary and Reynolds appear about 1:40 into the clip.
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Issue No. 96 - July 18, 2003 Virginia Launches Schaub for Heisman Web site UVa officially launched their Matt Schaub for Heisman campaign by rolling out their Schaub4Heisman.com web site. The web site is a mix of stats, features, and multimedia. You can check out Schaub's bio, his statistics, photos and videos, and the latest news on Schaub. And don't miss the downloadable wallpapers, available in 800x600 or 1024x768 JPG format. The web site also has five planned chat sessions for Schaub, from late August through late November, in which he will answer your questions live. Schaub4Heisman.com is a very well-done web site (and we've got high standards here at TheSabre.com!), so take a look and keep checking throughout the season -- and then come back to the Sabre to talk about what you see there! For more, see the virginiasports.com press release, and of course, the Schaub4Heisman.com web site.
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