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Virginia Honors Barber, Long by Retiring Jerseys
Official Release
Barber completed his career in 1996 as UVa's all-time leading rusher with 3,389 yards. He was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and the ACC Offensive Player of the Year in 1996 after leading the conference in rushing, all-purpose yards and punt returns. Long has been a mainstay of the Cavaliers' defensive line throughout his career. One of the most dominant defensive ends in school history, he is fifth in the country in sacks this season and third among defensive linemen in tackling. A two-time team captain, he ranks eighth in school history in sacks. Jersey retirement is a new level of recognition at Virginia to honor players who have significantly impacted the program and Long and Barber are the first football players to be honored in this way. Individuals recognized in this way will have their jerseys retired, but their number will remain active. Last November the UVa athletics department retired the jersey of basketball player Curtis Staples during the halftime ceremonies of the opening of John Paul Jones Arena. Six Virginia players have had their uniform numbers retired and those numbers will not be worn again. Those numbers honor the most decorated players in the program's history, including Jim Dombrowski (73), Bill Dudley (35), Gene Edmonds (97), Shawn Moore (12), Joe Palumbo (48) and Frank Quayle (24).
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This Week In Recruiting Football recruiting ... This past weekend was a huge one on the football recruiting front. Virginia played host to three of its top 2008 class targets including Riverdale (GA) offensive lineman Cordy Glenn, Robinson (Concord, N.C.) offensive tackle R.J. Mattes and Eleanor Roosevelt (Greenbelt, MD) safety Okechuckwu Okoroha. Accompanied by his father according to Riverdale head coach Kevin Jones, Glenn was in Charlottesville a week after making a verbal commitment to the University of Georgia. According to Jones, Georgia and Virginia are the two finalists, though reports indicate that Alabama could still be in this race. We will follow up to see if this weekend's experience swayed Glenn's original decision to commit to Georgia. Virginia is the second program to host 6-7, 275-pound R.J. Mattes. The son of former UVa standout Ron Mattes, R.J. enjoyed the experience this past weekend. Check out the Sabre EDGE today for more on Mattes' experience, including the one thing Virginia seems to be offering that the rest of his finalists are not. Mattes will visit UNC this coming weekend and plans to make officials to Clemson and South Carolina in January. Okoroha, a 6-0, 192-pound prospect, narrowed his list of schools late last week and decided to make Virginia his first official visit experience. He was not the only D.C. area prospect in town, as commit Rodney McLeod was also in Charlottesville on his official visit. Stay tuned for more with "O" and Rodney.
Gateway (Monroeville, PA) star athlete Cameron Saddler made an official visit to Pitt this past weekend. The 5-7, 155-pound senior has one more official visit scheduled - a trip to West Virginia this weekend - before he is scheduled to announce his college decision. Saddler plans to announce his choice on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. The finalists here are Pitt, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Basketball recruiting ... Holy Cross (Flushing, N.Y.) guard Sylven Landesberg, DeSmet Jesuit (St. Louis, MO) center John Brandenburg, and South Kent (CT) center/power forward Assane Sene are officially the newest members of the Virginia men's basketball program. Per VirginiaSports.com, here is what Coach Leitao had to say about the 2008 class haul ... "We're extremely pleased and happy that we've got three guys who represent not only part of the future of Virginia basketball, but most importantly represent what we know Virginia student-athletes to be about, and that includes being solid citizens and good students," Leitao said. "They also meet the goal of increasing our talent level year to year. We believe John and Assane enable us to fill a need in the front court and adding a guy like Sylven on the perimeter speaks to the versatility we've tried to recruit from day one." This week, look for analysis on this class on the EDGE from top recruiting analysts Dave Telep and Brick Oettinger. Where does Virginia rank nationally and in the ACC? Stay tuned to find out.
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 ...
Virginia Hosts 4-Star Mattes
Holley Ready to Focus on Recruiting
Hale Updates Recruitment More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Issue No. 158 - Oct. 1, 2004 Why are fans so bummed about Chris Canty's season-ending knee injury? Is it because his loss signifies a major blow to Virginia's football team? Sure, that's part of it. Losing Canty, a legitimate All-America candidate, makes the defense less formidable. This is the first real setback in what has been shaping up as a special season.
Chris is loud, funny and articulate. More importantly, he's kind, enthusiastic and perpetually upbeat, a guy full of life and joy -- much like Anthony Poindexter, who suffered a major knee injury of his own as a Virginia senior in 1998. Poindexter's injury essentially derailed a promising NFL career, but his optimistic worldview never changed, and he now provides inspiration to the Cavaliers as an assistant coach. Canty also may be an inspirational leader for Virginia's team this season, as Glenn Pappalardo argues in a well-written Sabre column. No matter how you look at it, the injury is a terrible shame, a sad end to the collegiate career of a great player. But if anyone has the attitude and fortitude to handle this kind of adversity, it's Chris Canty. After all, he's come back from a broken leg and a dislocated elbow, always better than before and always with a smile on his face. We can only hope the rest of the Cavaliers prove just as resilient.
John Galinsky
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Coming Soon The Sabre has you covered when it comes to Hoo news. Here are a few of the articles to expect on the site in the coming days:
In Case You Missed It ... Sabre articles since the last SabreMail
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Cavs Win Defensive Battle With Drexel More recent updates on The Sabre ...
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