Miller, Jenkins UVa's Top Athletes

UVa Athletic Media Relations Official Release

Caroline Miller (women's soccer) and Jarmere Jenkins(men's tennis) were honored as Virginia's top female and male athletes for the 2012-13 academic year at UVa's annual awards dinner on Wednesday at the John Paul Jones Arena. Miller received the IMP Award as the top female athlete and Jenkins garnered the WINA Award as the top male athlete.

The 2012 ACC Offensive Player of the Year, Miller set single-season school records with 20 goals and 47 points this season. The conference leader in goals and points, Miller was a 2012 NSCAA first-team All-American and became the first Cavalier to be named a finalist for the Hermann Trophy, the nation's top individual women's soccer award.

The Rockville, Md., native ended her season on a school-record eight-game goal-scoring streak and was named first-team All-ACC for the second consecutive season as well as being selected to the ACC All-Tournament team when Virginia won the 2012 ACC Championship. Miller ended her career with 45 goals and 109 points, both ranking second in school history. She was selected 10th overall by the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League and is currently playing her rookie season with the club.

Jenkins has led the Virginia men's tennis team to the most successful era in school history. Over the past four years, the Atlanta, Ga., native and four-time All-ACC selection has guided the Cavaliers to four ACC Championships, three ITA National Team Indoor Championships and two NCAA runner-up finishes. The 2012 ACC Player of the Year, Jenkins has posted 132 career singles wins (third in school history) and 101 career doubles wins (10th in school history) heading into this year's NCAA Championships. He has participated in the NCAA Singles Championship and NCAA Doubles Championship in each of the last three seasons, earning All-American honors in singles and doubles in both 2012 and 2013.

In November, Jenkins won the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championship singles title, becoming the fifth Cavalier to win one of college tennis' three major individual tournaments. Last month, Jenkins climbed to the No. 1 spot in both the ITA singles and doubles rankings, becoming just the third player in the last decade to be simultaneously No. 1 in singles and doubles while playing for the nation's top-ranked team, joining former Cavalier Somdev Devvarman(2008) and Georgia's John Isner (2007).

To read about all the awards for this year in Virginia athletics, click here.

This Week In Recruiting With Chris Horne

This week on the football recruiting front, I plan to check in with two of UVa's top remaining in-state targets in the class of 2014: T.C. Williams (Alexandria, VA) defensive tackle Jeremiah Clarke and Bishop Sullivan (Virginia Beach, VA) wide receiver Jamil Kamara.

Clarke has recently added Tennessee and Virginia Tech to his list of offers, which previously included UVa, North Carolina, and Penn State, among others. The 6'5", 270-pound prospect has spoken recently of plans to make his college choice by the end of this month. I'll check in to see how firm those plans are and where UVa currently stands on his list. At last check, Virginia and Penn State appeared to lead the way with the Cavaliers seemingly having the edge.

Kamara, a 6'2", 200-pound receiver prospect, recently narrowed his list of schools to nine: LSU (no offer), Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. UVa is the leader as of now, but the talented wideout is not looking to make a commitment until the fall. We'll see if an earlier decision could happen.

In addition to checking in on these prospects, I'll also see if anything new pops up on the football recruiting front throughout this week. UVa currently boasts four verbal commitments in the class of 2014: 5-star safety Quin Blanding, 4-star offensive lineman Steven Moss, sleeper defensive end/outside linebacker JJ Jackson, and Gary Wunderlich, who is rated by two prominent kicking organizations as the top place-kicking prospect in his class.

On the basketball recruiting front, I hope to check in this week with class of 2014 center Martin Geben and class of 2014 wing Devin Robinson. Geben, a 6'9" prospect out of Maryland, scored an offer from the Hoos following a solid performance at the Nike EYBL in Hampton the last weekend in April. Robinson has not been offered by UVa, but he is on the radar. He hails from Christchurch School in Virginia.

Get much more basketball recruiting info on the EDGE, including last week's Hampton EYBL recap and updates on class of 2015 wing Chris Clarke and class of 2015 point guard Jalen Brunson.

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.

More recent Sabre recruiting updates ...

PG Jalen Brunson Boasts UVa Offer
A product of Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire, IL), class of 2015 point guard Jalen Brunson is spending the 2013 AAU season with the Mac Irvin Fire, a squad that features two of the top overall prospects in the class of 2014 in center Jahlil Okafor and center Cliff Alexander (though Okafor has not played so far this season). Brunson has played well in his first season with Mac Irvin, averaging 11.1 points, 5.3 assists, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.6 steals per game through nine games on the Nike EYBL circuit.

Sabre Scoop: News From The EYBL
The 2013 Nike EYBL stopped in Hampton (VA) this past weekend, and TheSabre.com was on hand for the Saturday slate of games. This latest "Sabre Scoop" recruiting report features news and notes from the EYBL, including reports on UVa basketball targets such as class of 2015 point guard Jalen Brunson and class of 2015 wing guard Chris Clarke.

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• Cape Henry's Clarke Getting More D1 Interest
• The Latest On 5-Star DL Andrew Brown

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Scales Named ACC Men's Lacrosse Freshman of the Year

UVa Athletics Media Relations Official News Releases

Tanner Scales has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Freshman of the Year, an honor voted on by the league’s four head coaches.

Scales (Denver, Colo.) leads the nation’s freshmen with 25 caused turnovers and only two sophomores in the nation have more than the UVa defenseman. The 25 caused turnovers also rank No. 22 in the nation overall.

Scales becomes the first UVa player to win the award since Steele Stanwick in 2009. He is also the first UVa defensemen to win the award since Mike Schattner in 1988, the first of UVa’s 11 recipients. Goalie Tillman Johnson in 2001 is the only other non-offensive player to win the award for UVa.

Read more about this impressive recognition from Jeff White at VirginiaSports.com.

V-Sabres Worldwide

Have you checked out TheSabre.com's fan zone known as WahooWa!? It includes various interesting areas for the fans by the fans, including Virginia traditions, license plates, and V-Sabres Worldwide.

V-Sabres Worldwide is a cool section where TheSabre.com features a collection of photos sent to us from Hoos as they travel around the globe. There are photos from Mount Rushmore, Kilimanjaro, and Mount Everest for example! For ANY photo to be accepted, the V-Sabres logo must be visible. It can be on any type of merchandise (i.e. sunglasses, hats, shirts, dog collar, etc). Please include some sort of reference to your location in the photo (i.e. standing in front of the Great Wall of China). Also, please include a name that will be visible to all (either your real name or message board username - please specify). It must also fit one or more of the requirements below:

• Any photo taken outside the continental U.S. For example: You're in Japan and you have a photo taken of you with a V-Sabres hat on. Or, you're in Alaska and you have a V-Sabres banner flag hanging on your house.
• Within the United States, but there must be some sort of landmark in view. For example: You're standing in front of the Statue of Liberty, or on top of the Empire State Building with NYC in view.

Check out WahooWa! often for updates!

Around the World of Wahoo Sports ...

• Virginia to Host NCAA Men's and Women's Tennis Regionals: For the fourth consecutive year, both the Virginia men's and women's tennis teams will host NCAA Tournament first and second round play at the Snyder Tennis Center. The men's regional will be Friday-Saturday, May 10-11, while the women's regional is set for Saturday-Sunday, May 11-12. In the men's tournament, Virginia will host Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round for the second consecutive year, while VCU plays Minnesota in the other first round match in Charlottesville. In the women's tournament, the Cavaliers also play Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round for the second straight year, with Texas meeting William & Mary in the other first round match. The first round winners play the following day for a trip to the NCAA Round of 16, hosted this year by Illinois.
• Four Cavaliers Named to All-ACC Men's Tennis Team: Four members of the Virginia men's tennis team were named to the All-ACC Men's Tennis Team, conference officials announced Thursday. The ACC Champion Cavaliers led all schools with four players on the 19-player squad as Alex Domijan, Mitchell Frank, Jarmere Jenkins, and Mac Styslinger were honored. All four players also have been selected to compete in the 2013 NCAA Individual Championships, to be held May 22-27 at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Illinois. The pairs of Jenkins-Styslinger and Domijan-Frank were selected to the 32-team doubles field as well.
• Elbaba to Compete in NCAA Individual Championships: Virginia freshman standout Julia Elbaba and the doubles tandem of senior co-captain Erin Vierra and freshman Maci Epstein have been selected for the 2013 NCAA Individual Championships, held May 22-27 at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Illinois. In addition, the UVa pairing of junior Li Xi and freshman Stephanie Nauta is the third alternate for the doubles championship.
• No. 7 Virginia Baseball Defeats VCU, 11-3: The seventh-ranked Virginia baseball team knocked off VCU, 11-3, Tuesday evening in front of 4,104 fans at The Diamond in Richmond. In a game that was played in a steady mist throughout the night, the Cavaliers (39-8) recorded 14 hits while eight of their nine position starters earned at least one hit. After a nine-day break for final exams, Virginia returns to the field May 10-12 against Duke at Davenport Field.
• Virginia to Face NC State in ACC Softball Championship Quarterfinal: The Virginia softball team is seeded No. 7 for the ACC Softball Championship and will face second-seeded NC State on Thursday at JoAnne Graf Field in Tallahassee, Fla. First pitch is scheduled for a 1:30 p.m. start. The game will be broadcast live on the league's regional sports networks (RSN), including Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic in the Charlottesville area.
• Virginia Earns an At-Large Bid to the NCAA Tournament: The Virginia women's lacrosse team earned its 18th consecutive NCAA Tournament bid, securing an at-large berth in the 26-team Championship field. The Cavaliers (9-9) will open the tournament by taking on Penn (11-5) on Friday, May 10 at 3 p.m. in a first-round game in Washington, D.C. The winner will advance to play sixth-seeded Georgetown (13-5) on Sunday, May 12 at 1 p.m.
• Virginia Women's Soccer Announces 2013 Recruiting Class: The Virginia women's soccer program has announced that six players will join the Cavalier program for the 2013 season. Tori Hanway, Nicole Johnson, Morgan Reuther, Alexis Shaffer, and Morgan Stearns will make up the Cavaliers' first-year class this fall. They are joined by Annie Steinlage, who transferred to Virginia after three seasons at Michigan State.
• Virginia Track and Field/Cross Country Adds To Recruiting Class: The Virginia track and field and cross country programs announced six additions to the programs' 2013 recruiting class Tuesday. Joining the men's incoming class are sprinter Austin Chavez, middle distance runner Nathan Kiley, and distance runner Ronnie Calkins. The women's class adds middle distance runner Alexa Cowne and sprinters Chimere Ezumah and Tori McKenzie.
• FWAA Recognizes UVa's Football Media Relations Efforts in their 'Super 11': The Football Writers Association of America has included Virginia in its fourth annual "Super 11" field of sports information departments deemed the best in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision during the 2012 season. The honor is Virginia's first since the award's inception in 2009.

To read the full stories or gather more information on Virginia athletics, check out Virginiasports.com.

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Issue No. 484 - February 21, 2011

A Post Worth Reading

TheSabre.com basketball message board hummed with excitement this weekend after the Cavaliers swept the rival Hokies. Below is one of the more interesting posts on the future of UVa hoops.

Subject: I wish Tony and the boys could hear all the things being said around Durham/CH
Posted by: Mr Wahoo on Sun Feb 20 2011 8:56:12 AM
Message: Not talking about the general week to week fanbase smacktalk etc. - I am talking about the in depth conversation about programs, coaching, development, and the future.

There is a TREMENDOUS amount of respect coming from long-time Heels and Devil fans. I have a few large donors as clients. To a man, they all think TB is THE MAN. They LOVE what they are seeing, even in the losses. A lifelong Dukie told me yesterday that UVa is his 2nd team now, and he's never had one before. One guy, who played with UNC years ago, and is now mayor, says he thinks if UVa can hold on to TB, that within a short while the discussion won't be whether or not TB is one of the top 4, but whether he is the TOP coach in the ACC. In fact, he says right now, his opinion is TB's "better than Ole' Roy."

Hoozier and BEASTHOO are privy to a lot of talk where they work in Chapel Hill - every day, folks find out they are Hoos and begin spouting off about how much they love Tony Bennett and the kind of players he is bringing in.

Old Woody Durham has seen them all for years and he gushes over Tony. Hoozier talks to him fairly regularly. Sat in a business club meeting in Chap Hill last week, was quiet while they talked of Tarheels, but when I mentioned I was a UVa guy - the focus shifted to me exclusively and it was all praise for UVa - it sure was nice baby.

On Dave Glenn's ACC show last week, some guy calls in and asks if Tony Bennett would be a fit at NCSU - Dave said "WHAT!!?? Tony is already one of the top 4 coaches in the league hands down! He is getting the attention of top recruits. UVa has the best facilities in the nation and is a top destination for many reasons! Why would anyone think he would do that? No folks, Tony Bennett is going to be at UVa FOREVER !! Get used to it! - And if I was a UVa fan I would be extremely excited about the future." He was very animated about this and it sure felt good to hear.

Win or lose yesterday, or next game, Tony has got this thing running the right way. These players, shorthanded, have all bought into a strong, principled system of basketball. They will be singing Tony's praises to recruits.

Something really good is cooking in CVille and all the neighbors can smell it.

Read SabreMail No. 484 here.

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:

• Spring Football: The Hoos played their annual Spring Game this month. Stay tuned for more articles about UVa's spring practice period and what the 2013 season may hold.
• Spring Postseason: The postseason has arrived for several UVa teams. Stay tuned to The Sabre message boards for the latest.
• FanWatch: Another edition of FanWatch appears this month!

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Familiar Names Dot Defense At UVa
When the Virginia football team released its post-spring depth chart, the offensive side of the ball drew the most attention and overshadowed the defense in some ways. A quarterback competition and unforeseen shuffling on the offensive line will do that. Looking at the defense after the spring, however, held no surprises. The Cavaliers need to replace production in some key spots, but they have a lot of talented contributors returning. Let's take a look at the post-spring depth chart for the defense.

O-Line Shuffle Raises Eyebrows
While Virginia's quarterback race holds the top conversation spot this offseason, the offensive line isn't far behind. The UVa football team released a post-spring depth chart last week and an O-Line shuffle caught everyone's attention. After all, the front five struggled through an up-and-down 2012 season and the new depth chart reflects the move of the line's best two players. Simply put, the coaches are looking for cohesion, consistency, and better run blocking ... and they still hadn't found the right mix by the end of 15 spring practices.

Quarterback Race Carries On
The Virginia football team released a post-spring depth chart last week and the offensive side of the ball drew the most attention. Discussion trended that way for two reasons: the quarterback competition and an offensive line shuffle. Both categories left Cavalier fans concerned heading into the summer. First, let's look at the quarterback spot where David Watford, Greyson Lambert, and Phillip Sims are eyeing the top spot for the 2013 season.

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