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No. 500 Celebration Contest Believe it or not, you're reading the 500th edition of SabreMail! This free email blast has been going out to dedicated Cavalier fans for nearly 10 full years - the first edition of SabreMail, click here to see it, hit inboxes on Sept. 6, 2001. In the decade since, many things have changed around Hooville. Look no further than the jam-packed bleachers at the expanded palace known as Davenport Field for proof. Back in 2001, baseball was on the chopping block as a potential casualty of proposed program tiering. In April 2001, a special task force made a presentation to the Board of Visitors and the group recommended reducing funding to six men's sports, eliminating one other, and establishing a four-tier system to classify the various athletics programs. From a Sabre article in July 2010 (read it in the EDGE archives along with this companion story.): "The recommended tiers were top-tier sports (football, men's and women's basketball) that would receive full funding of scholarships, second-tier sports (men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, field hockey, rowing, and men's and women's swimming) that would operate with support of "full or substantial" scholarships and "operating budgets to contend for a national championship," third tier-sports (women's golf, if added, softball, women's tennis, women's cross country, indoor track and field, and volleyball) that would receive limited scholarships and need-based aid as well as minimal operating expenses, and fourth-tier sports (baseball, wrestling, men's golf, men's tennis, men's cross country, indoor track and field, if retained, and men's outdoor track and field) that would receive only need-based aid with limited staffs and travel." From the time of that task force suggestion, things have changed quite a bit in 10 years. UVa grabbed third place last year in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup rankings, the highest finish in the 17-year history of the competition. The department won 2 NCAA Championships and 7 ACC titles. The list goes on and on in terms of accomplishments. So in honor of our 500th edition and a decade of SabreMail, we're having a SabreMail contest. The contest is simple. All you have to do is email your answer to the following question! We'll select our favorite five entries and all five will win a 1-year Sabre Subscription! Creativity, eye-witness accounts of great moments, and well written entries will be strongly considered. We'll post the winners and some of our other favorites on The Good Ol Blog. What has been your favorite Cavalier moment - in person preferred! - during the 10 years of SabreMail (Sept. 6, 2001-June 13, 2011)? To enter, please email your entry to [email protected]. Good luck and go Hoos! |
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This Week In Recruiting By the end of April, the University of Virginia football program had only two 2012 class commitments. Mike London and company have the ball rolling now, though, having added seven more rising seniors to the fold within the past two months, including four since the Elite Prospect Day on June 5. Last Friday, Mike Moore, the son of former Virginia star quarterback and current receivers coach Shawn Moore, chose the Hoos over the Florida Gators. The 6'4", 245-pound DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, MD) defensive end had more than 20 major FBS scholarship offers to consider before narrowing the field to Florida and Virginia. He visited both schools before committing. "It came down to my gut feeling, and my gut told me to come to Virginia," Moore told TheSabre.com last Friday morning. "Virginia is a place where I knew I would get treated well." This past Saturday, UVa held its first one-day camp of the spring and summer season. Varina (VA) athlete Maurice Canady and Central Bucks South (Warrington, PA) quarterback Matt Johns were offered by coach Mike London following the camp, and it didn't take long for either one to accept. "At the end of camp, [Coach London] pulled me into his office. We had a long conversation, and then he offered. I knew right away what I wanted to do. There was no hesitation," said the 6'4.5", 200-pound Johns, who chose the Cavaliers over serious interest from Boston College, Maryland and Pitt. UVa was the first to offer. Canady, a 6'1", 165-pound WR/CB recruit, recalled, "As soon as camp was over, Coach London called me into his office. He said he doesn't usually offer kids the day of the camp, but he was impressed by me. He offered me and I took it. My dad was with me. He is very excited." EDGE subscribers can read more on Virginia's three newest 2012 class commits. The Cavaliers football program will host a 7-on-7 tournament and its Big Man Camp this Saturday, so stay tuned for any news from those two events. Men's basketball takes the stage as well with the NBPA Top 100 Camp coming to Charlottesville this week, followed by Tony Bennett's basketball camps early next week. University of Virginia 2012 recruits Justin Anderson and Evan Nolte are expected to attend the NBPA Top 100, an annual event that consistently features some of the nation's top prospects. On the EDGE, I'll have my "Q&A" feature with Anderson, a high-flying 6'6", 220-pound small forward recruit out of Montrose Christian (Rockville, MD). The rising senior discusses an array of topics including his decision to de-commit from Maryland and commit to Virginia. TheSabre.com will have extensive coverage of the Top 100 as well as Coach Bennett's camps, so stay tuned for more on those fronts as well.
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 Football Scores Two Commits At Camp
Strategy Session: Elite Day Targets
Mike Moore Is A Hoo More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Hoos Seek Trip To Omaha UVa Athletics Media Relations Official Release UC Irvine rallied to defeat No. 1 national seed Virginia 6-4 in game two of the NCAA Super Regional in front of a sellout crowd of 5,050 at Davenport Field. The Anteaters came back from a 3-0 deficit to even the series at one game each and force a decisive game three on Monday at 4 p.m. and will be televised live on ESPN2. There will be a limited amount of cash parking available Monday because of university business-day employee parking. The University Hall and McCue Center lots will be available for pre-paid parking only. Pre-paid parking as well as cash parking also will be available in the John Paul Jones Arena parking lots. Free parking will be available in the Emmet/Ivy Garage. The winner of the three-game series will advance to the College World Series, beginning June 18 in Omaha, Neb. Note: TheSabre.com has been on hand for the Hoos' postseason run. Check out our coverage here.
Cavalier Caravan Hits the Road this Summer UVa Athletics Media Relations Official Release The Virginia athletics department's Cavalier Caravan began Saturday, June 4 with the Scott Stadium Select-A-Seat event. It was the first of 13 tour stops scheduled throughout the summer. The Cavalier Caravan is designed to reward Virginia fans and build loyalty throughout the state. In addition, the caravan will raise awareness of several new ticket options that have made becoming a Virginia football season ticket holder easier than ever. The Cavalier Caravan will hit the road in June, July and August with events throughout the state including Richmond and Lynchburg. It will also appear at county fairs in Rockingham, Augusta, Orange and Greene. Closer to home, the caravan will feature three Scott Stadium Saturday movie nights on June 18, July 16 and August 13. Fans will be able to watch the classic movies "Remember the Titans," "Toy Story 3" and "Secretariat" on Scott Stadium's HooVision. Each stop on the tour will include games, prizes and giveaways. All visitors will receive a memento at the Cavalier Caravan booth and five fans at each stop will win tickets to the season opener against William & Mary on Sept. 3.
D.A.D.'s Day Join Sports Radio 910's Wes McElroy and the Flying Squirrels Friday, June 17th at the Diamond, for D.A.D.'s Day to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. D.A.D.'s Day was started by Sports Radio 910's Wes McElroy seven years ago in honor of his father, Frank, who was diagnosed with diabetes in 1998. Frank is alive and well today and living a healthy lifestyle at 62-years-old, but Wes knows that all sons aren't as lucky as him because others have lost loved ones to this disease. Throughout the week of June 13th-June 17th, please join Sports Radio 910 to learn about diabetes, health tips and lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes and in return, raise money and awarenes For the second year Wes is teaming up with the Richmond Flying Squirrels, hoping to make this the most successful D.A.D.'s Day to date. If you'd like to donate, please click here. For more information about D.A.D.'s Day click here. For more information about the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation click here.
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Issue No. 184 - April 8, 2005
This Week In Recruiting Basketball recruiting ...
Mikalauskas played his usual physical brand of basketball on the night. "I just tried to compete as hard as I could," Mikalauskas said. "I tried to run up and down the court and get every single rebound I could, play defense and do the dirty work. That's what I do. I don't care how good they are. I just want to play." Mamadi Diane had a quiet performance. He didn't force up any shots or try to do anything special, but, like he did in so many games for DeMatha Catholic, he did whatever was needed to help the team win. "I knew from practice and all that everybody was going to try and come out here and showcase," said Diane, who finished with seven points (3-7 from the field including 1-3 from 3-point range), six rebounds, and three assists. "So really I just tried to do all the little things like pass more, rebound well and just hustle. I didn't take too many shots. It was just a fun game overall." Diane and Mikalauskas both are very much committed to UVa despite Pete Gillen's resignation. They will join Cherry Creek (Denver, CO) center Sam Warren as freshmen next season. |
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What's New on TheSabre.com? | |||||
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 Face Irvine In Decisive Game 3
UVa Defense Leads Way In Win Over UCI
In Super Opener, It's Good To Be King
Baseball's Growth Part Of Still-Growing Vision
TheSabre.com Interview: Mike Scott
JHoo's Summer Reading 2011: Receivers
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