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This Week In Recruiting Football recruiting Representatives from Bethel (Hampton, VA), DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, MD), Liberty (Bealeton, VA), Mountain View (Stafford, VA), Phoebus (Hampton, VA) and Stone Bridge (Ashburn, VA) have been spotted at Virginia's spring practices this past week. We're working to confirm which players were in attendance and will follow up with these prospects in the coming weeks. A few we've confirmed so far are Mountain View wide receiver Anthony Johnson and Stone Bridge quarterback Brian Rody. The latter, a junior, impressed the previous staff at camp last summer, while Johnson, a 6-2, 175-pound junior, is being evaluated by Virginia and a host of other programs. We'll have more on Johnson with new Mountain View head coach Lou Sorrentino later in the week. Coach Sorrentino says Virginia is also keeping tabs on Hylton (Woodbridge, VA) cornerback Iric Harris, who attended one of Virginia's junior days earlier this year. Harris, a junior who is recovering from a knee injury that sidelined him for the entire 2009 season, impressed at Virginia's camp last summer. "He worked right beside [UVa 2009 cornerback signee] Rijo Walker and you couldn't tell them apart," said Sorrentino, who was head coach at Hylton before accepting the job at Mountain View. Sorrentino says that Harris is interested in Virginia. We hope to catch up with the standout corner later this week for more, including the latest on his recovery and recruitment. Harris certainly is one to watch this upcoming season. Early this week, we'll have articles on highly recruited prospects Darius Jennings and Drew Owens. Jennings, a star athlete out of Gilman (Baltimore, MD), attended Virginia's junior day on March 6 and enjoyed the experience. He is considering 24 FBS offers at the moment. Owens, a tight end out of Ardrey Kell (Charlotte, N.C.), has 13 offers including Virginia. Basketball Wednesday, Mr. Basketball in the state of Alabama will be announced. Virginia recruit K.T. Harrell, who has already been named Class 4A Player of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writers, is a finalist for the award. The 6-4, 200-pound senior guard averaged 27.5 points, 10.7 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 2.8 steals per game in helping Brewbaker Tech (Montgomery, AL) to the Class 4A state title game this season. TheSabre.com will catch up with Harrell this week to discuss his senior season as well as his future at the University of Virginia.
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 ...
The Latest on Clifton Richardson
Johnson Working To Realize Potential
Harris Anxious To Start UVa Career More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Blog Banter: London On January Enrollment
January enrollment is frequently a hot message board topic on The Sabre; it particularly fell under debate during the final years of the Al Groh era for the football program. Virginia did not appear to lean too favorably toward the mid-year enrollment route for freshman athletes. As pointed out frequently, however, there is not a UVa rule preventing January enrollment and each decision comes on a case-by-case basis. The key for the football program (or any Cavalier program for that matter) is to present strong candidates for mid-year admission and then prove that your program can successfully help those recruits through the transition to college and ultimately graduate. New UVa football coach Mike London addressed the January enrollment issue at a media session earlier this month. London believes that it is important to produce successful student-athletes through mid-year enrollment in order to earn the privilege of admitting future January recruits. "The important thing to me is the ones we do get in mid-year that they do well. Because that may lend itself to having more opportunities later on down the road," London said. "Will Hill is one of those guys that got in mid-year and he's doing real well. Michael Strauss, if he does well, then if the situation presents itself and we present the academic credentials to those that make the decisions, then maybe they'll look upon us favorably." London pointed out that there is not a rule or restriction on January admission for student-athletes at UVa. "It can [make an impact]. Again, you look at the different schools and their profiles and what they allow in or what their admissions process is. Currently, right now there is not a roadblock that says we can't. Obviously, you've seen a couple that are here," he said. "I think it's important for us for the ones that do come in, that we continue [to show that] they are good students, they can handle the rigors of being a college student-athlete mid-semester, and make that transition. If they can do that and we can prove that, then hopefully the doors are open for other opportunities." Read more posts on The Good Ol Blog!
Remaining Open Practices The Virginia football team continues its first spring practice period under new coach Mike London this week. The next practice is today at 3:50 p.m. and is open to the public. The remaining open practice schedule follows:
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Issue No. 376 - January 12, 2009 Hourigan To Join UVa Athletics Official Release, UVa Athletic Media Relations Virginia head football coach Al Groh announced Friday that Brandon Hourigan has been named the Cavaliers' Director of Football Training and Player Development. He replaces Matt Balis, who recently was named the head strength and conditioning coach at Mississippi State Hourigan has been the head strength and conditioning coach for football at Richmond since May of 2005. He oversaw all fitness duties for the Spiders who won the 2008 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision title. "This position is much more significant than most people could comprehend," Groh said. "The director of football training and player development is one of the only two people who coach everybody on the team. This part of our program is where not only physical skills are trained and developed, but where team chemistry and unity take root. Brandon comes highly recommended by two of our staff members who have worked with him, and Mike London who knows what we need. The position is one of the most important we've got and we are very pleased Brandon is our guy." Prior to his appointment at Richmond, Hourigan was the assistant coordinator of speed, strength and conditioning at Northeastern University. He worked with the Huskies' football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's hockey, volleyball, men's and women's soccer and men's and women's track and field squads. Hourigan has also worked as an assistant strength & conditioning coach on the collegiate level at Arizona (2001) and Clemson (1998-1999). He also served as a strength & conditioning intern for the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL in 1999. Hourigan graduated with a bachelor of science in physical education from Plymouth State College where he was a four-year letterwinner in football. At Clemson, he completed work toward a master's of sciences in guidance and counseling. Hourigan is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the United States Weight Lifting Association, and has both First Aid and CPR certification.
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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 soon:
In Case You Missed It ... Sabre articles since the last SabreMail
Hoos Finish Sweep Of BC
Pads Practice, Special Teams Highlight Weekend
Photo Gallery: Spring Football Practice 2010
Joseph Logging Time At Safety
Wallace Working His Way Back
Hoos Hope To Stretch The Field
Fells-Danzer Eyes Role At Fullback
Photo Gallery: Men's Lacrosse Vs. Syracuse
Energy Runs High At First Spring Practice
Verica Helping Lead Hoos Into London Era
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