Moses, McGee Recognized

From UVa Athletics Media Relations Official Releases

Virginia senior offensive tackle Morgan Moses has been named to two preseason watch lists. He earned recognition from the 2013 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List and the Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List.

The Rotary Lombardi Award is given to the nation's top college lineman or linebacker each year. Moses makes the watch list for the second season in a row. Moses is one of nine players from the ACC that is represented on the preseason watch list of 108 players and is one of three offensive tackles from the ACC. James Hurst (North Carolina) and Brandon Thomas (Clemson) are offensive tackles that join Moses on the list.

Moses is also an honoree on the prestigious 2013 Outland Trophy Watch List, an award that goes to the best interior lineman in college football, as selected by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA). Moses makes the watch list for the second season in a row. Moses is one of 11 players from the ACC that is represented on the preseason watch list of 75 players and is one of four offensive tackles from the ACC. Cameron Erving (Florida State), James Hurst (North Carolina), and Brandon Thomas (Clemson) are offensive tackles that join Moses on the list.

Moses enters 2013 as a preseason All-American (fourth team) courtesy of the Phil Steele Preseason list. The senior offensive tackle has started 31 games for the Cavaliers on the offensive line and is one of 70 active FBS football players entering 2013 with at least 30 career starts.

Virginia junior tight end Jake McGee also has been recognized this month, earning a spot on the John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List. The honor is given to the most outstanding collegiate tight end. McGee was an All-ACC performer in 2012 with 28 receptions for 374 yards and five touchdowns. The five touchdowns were the fifth-most all-time by a UVa tight end in a season. McGee grabbed game-winning touchdown scores in the closing minutes against Penn State (1:28) and Miami (0:06).

UVa has a history with the Mackey Award as Virginia alum and two-time Super Bowl Champion Heath Miller (Steelers) won the award in 2004 as a Cavalier.

McGee joins Eric Ebron (North Carolina), Nick O'Leary (Florida State), Beckett Wales (Syracuse), Clive Walford (Miami), and Asa Watson (NC State) as representatives from the ACC on the watch list.

This Week In Recruiting With Chris Horne

This week's football recruiting coverage will begin with a "Strategy Session." The latest edition of this feature will focus on those top targets still remaining on the board. I'll also provide the latest scholarship breakdown and project how many available scholarships there may be in the 2014 Class.

Prospects we will focus on this week include ...

Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, VA) defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi, who is No. 5 on TheSabre.com's Preseason Top 40 list. Nnadi took an unofficial visit to Virginia Tech this past weekend, and I was able to catch up with him for the latest on his recruitment. The 6'2", 305-pound rising senior is seriously considering about six schools at this point. He wants to make official visits before making a commitment.

DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, MD) wide receiver Cam Phillips. The speedy rising senior has narrowed his list of schools to five: Rutgers, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. He visits Virginia Tech on Monday, and following the visit I plan to catch up with him for the latest. The 6'0", 180-pound prospect took a visit to Virginia in late June.

Class of 2015 target Austin Clark. Rockbridge County High School's (VA) rising junior offensive tackle has been offered Duke, North Carolina, Penn State, Tennessee, and Virginia. UVa was the first school to offer. The 6'6", 285-pound prospect discusses UVa and more in this article.

Basketball recruiting is in full swing and we will have the latest news and notes on the University of Virginia's class of 2014 recruiting targets. Last week, the Hoos extended an offer to Benedictine (Richmond, VA) rising senior combo guard Robert Johnson, who has seen his stock blow up this spring and summer. He has subsequently added offers from Indiana and Memphis to go along with previous offers from Alabama, Villanova, Wake Forest, and more.

Also, 2014 post target Martin Geben (St. Maria Goretti/Hagerstown, MD) has named Virginia one of his four finalists, according to this Washington Post update. Geben won a bronze medal with Lithuania at the just completed FIBA U19 World Championships. The USA team, which included UVa center Mike Tobey, won gold at that event.

We hope to have the latest on Johnson and more on the basketball front as well this week.

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 ...

TheSabre Preseason Top 40
Consensus 5-star prospects Da'Shawn Hand (DE, Woodbridge), Quin Blanding (S, Virginia Beach Bayside), and Andrew Brown (DL, Chesapeake Oscar Smith) headline this preseason edition of my in-state top 40 for the class of 2014.

Blanding Talks "The Opening," Andrew Brown
UVa-bound 5-star safety Quin Blanding didn't disappoint at last week's The Opening, earning high praise for his performance at the Nike-sponsored elite combine event in Oregon. ESPN.com ranked the Bayside (Virginia Beach, VA) rising senior as the fourth best player at the event.

More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...

• California Athlete Interested In UVa

Sabre Day With The Flying Squirrels

TheSabre.com salutes Jarrett Parker through Sabre Day With The Flying Squirrels! Former UVa baseball star Jarrett Parker plays for the Richmond Flying Squirrels so the site thought it would be a great idea to pull together Virginia fans for a trip to The Diamond. Sabre Day With The Flying Squirrels has been set for Sunday afternoon, July 21 against Bowie (former Hoo Tyler Wilson plays for Bowie!). The game is scheduled to begin at 2:05 p.m. and pre-game festivities for Sabre attendees start at 12:30 p.m. The details:

• Admission is $22 per ticket
• This includes The Pre-Game Tailgate Party at The Diamond:
• Hour and a Half All-You-Can-Eat Pre-Game Buffet with hamburgers, hot dogs, pulled pork, mac & cheese, cole slaw, garden salad, cookies, and Coca-Cola products
• Public Address announcement during the game to recognize the group
• A visit from Jarrett Parker
• Exclusive kids games
• Chance to win Sabre EDGE subscriptions and UVa baseball gear from UVA Bookstores!
• Silver Level Reserved Seating

If you're interested in joining the site for Sabre Day With The Flying Squirrels, please contact Camp Peery at [email protected] or (804)-359-3866, ext. 339. You can also download this order form and email/mail it in to buy your spot. You can also check out the Flying Squirrels all summer long - click here for ticket options.

Barnette Leaving Virginia Basketball Program

UVa Athletics Media Relations Official Release

Virginia men's basketball head coach Tony Bennett announced Wednesday that sophomore guard Taylor Barnette (Lexington, Ky.) is leaving the Cavaliers' program.

"Taylor has informed me that he has decided to transfer from our program," Bennett said. "His main reason is that he wants a bigger role as a player at another school. His release will be granted and we wish him well."

The 6-3 Barnette averaged 2.6 points and shot 43.2 percent (19-of-44) from 3-point range in 26 games during his freshman season at UVa in 2012-13. Barnette, who started two games for the Cavaliers, tallied a career-high 13 points in a 68-50 win over St. John's in the NIT second round.

"I am grateful for the opportunity given to me by Coach Bennett and his staff," Barnette said. "I will miss all of the great people I have had the opportunity to live life with this past year, especially all of my awesome teammates."

For the full news release, click here.

Dex Selected For Virginia HOF

Virginia High School League Official Release

Seven individuals who have made outstanding contributions to high school athletic and activity programs have been selected to the 2013 Virginia High School Hall of Fame. Members of the Class of 2013,the 24th to be inducted, will bring total membership to 241. The Class of 2013 includes two athletes (Mike Milchin, J.R. Tucker HS and Anthony Poindexter, Jefferson Forest HS), three coaches(Chip Berry, E.C. Glass HS, George Lancaster, Jr., Highland Springs HS and Jim Woodson, Powhatan HS) and two contributors(Cindy Bomboske, Monacan HS and John Williams,Ocean Lakes HS).

Poindexter, a star safety and current assistant coach at the University of Virginia, became a three-sport standout in football, baseball and basketball at Jefferson Forest from 1991-94. He earned the 1993 Associated Press Group AA Player of the Year Award as a senior and earned first-team all-state selections as a junior and senior while guiding JFHS to back-to-back Division 3 football championships as a quarterback and safety. A four-year starter in baseball as a center fielder, he earned first-team all-district, all-region, and all-state honors while leading Forest to the state semifinals in 1993. As a three-year starter on the basketball team, he earned first-team all-district and honorable mention all-region honors as well.

At Virginia, Poindexter twice earned first-team All-America honors as a safety and was the ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 1998 despite a severe knee injury that ended his season. UVa retired his No. 3 jersey in 2009. He played three seasons in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns.

To read more about the rest of the class of inductees, click here (PDF).

Around the World of Wahoo Sports ...

• Augie Busch Named Virginia's Head Swimming and Diving Coach: Virginia announced Wednesday that Augie Busch, head coach of Houston’s women’s squad for the past two seasons, has been named the head coach of the Cavalier men's and women's swimming and diving teams.
• Madison to be Inducted into NFHCA Hall of Fame: The National Field Hockey Coaches Association announced that Virginia field hockey head coach Michele Madison is one of three individuals selected as a member of the Zag Field Hockey / NFHCA Hall of Fame - Class of 2013.
• Jarmere Jenkins Named ITA National Player of the Year: Virginia senior Jarmere Jenkins was named the 2013 Intercollegiate Tennis Association National College Player of the Year, the organization announced Wednesday. Jenkins becomes the second Cavalier to win the award, joining Somdev Devvarman who was honored in 2007 and 2008.
• McCarthy Sweeps Top Maryland Golf Championships: Before the golf season began, Denny McCarthy, from Argyle Country Club, set a goal of winning the Maryland State Amateur and the Maryland Open during the year, something that had never been done before. McCarthy completed the task when he birdied the last hole for a 54-hole total of 200, turning back Rick Schuller by a single stroke in the 92nd Maryland Open. Last month, McCarthy, a rising junior at Virginia, made the goal seem possible when he defeated Andrew Rice, 5 and 4, in the final of the 92nd MSGA Amateur. In his last three Open appearances, he has now won twice (2010 and 2013) and finished second once (2012).
• Lauren Coughlin Wins the VSGA Women's Amateur Championship: Virginia sophomore women's golfer Lauren Coughlin scored a 3-and-2 victory in the 36-hole match play final to win the 88th Virginia State Golf Association Women's Amateur Championship at The Country Club of Virginia's Tuckahoe Creek Course. Coughlin became the third player in just less than 15 years to win back-to-back titles in the event.
• Virginia Athletics Announces Staff Responsibility Changes: Virginia Director of Athletics Craig Littlepage announced Thursday changes in responsibilities for four staff members within the Cavaliers' athletics department: Dirk Katstra, Valerie Richardson, Todd Goodale, and Luke Goldstein. Katstra, the executive director of the Virginia Athletics Foundation (VAF), has added the title of senior associate athletics director. Richardson, the associate athletics director for sports programs and a member of the senior administrative team at UVa for the last five years, will take on the responsibility of supervising the sport of men's soccer. Goodale will take on the title of associate athletics director for external affairs. Goldstein has been named the assistant athletics director for video services and will oversee that unit.

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

Goodnight Cavaliers Book

Written by two alumni, Catherine Jennings Davis and Traci Shirley Thompson, this charming bedtime story is a tribute to all of the remarkable people, landmarks, and traditions of the University of Virginia. Captivating illustrations by Charlottesville native, Madeline Mae Bowden, accompany this heartfelt ode to Mr. Jefferson's University. Goodnight Cavaliers (Officially licensed by the University of Virginia) hopes to bring back fond memories of the University and inspire future Wahoo fans everywhere.

Issue No. 129 - March 12, 2004

Reynolds makes ACC All-Freshmen Team
Official UVa Media Relations Release University of Virginia guard J.R. Reynolds is a member of the 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference All-Freshmen Team. He is the first Virginia player to earn the honor since Travis Watson in 2000. Reynolds is averaging 8.4 points, 2.0 assists and 1.6 rebounds a game in the 25 games he's played in this season. He is shooting 43.3 percent (71-164) from the field, including 36.9 percent (38-103) from three-point range, and 75.6 percent (31-41) from the free throw line. He has scored in double figures nine times, including eight times in the last 12 games.

Read SabreMail No. 129 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:

• Strategy Session: Sabre Recruiting Analyst Chris Horne gives you a big picture look at UVa football recruiting.
• Summer Reading: Sabre Editor Kris Wright provides position by position analysis of the football team.

In Case You Missed It

Recent Sabre articles ...

Summer Reading 2013: Quarterbacks
If you were writing about the Virginia football team's quarterback situation shortly after the 2012 season in November, the article would have included Michael Rocco. If you were talking about the position shortly after the New Year, the conversation would have included QB coach Bill Lazor. If you were pondering the position shortly after the Cavaliers wrapped up spring practice in April, the thoughts would have included Phillip Sims. For July's Summer Reading series, however, none of those names are included as an offseason of change defined the quarterback position.

Summer Reading 2013: Running Backs/Fullbacks
Virginia lost two running backs since the end of last season - one expected, one not - so a seemingly crowded situation became considerably less dense over the past several months. The good news is that two of the top three producers remain for the Cavaliers, while a highly coveted high school recruit joins the fold as well. The Sabre's "Summer Reading" series continues with a look at the backfield.

No Need For Alarm In Transfer Discussion
With guard Taylor Barnette announcing his transfer out of the Virginia men's basketball program this week, it sparked conversations throughout the fan base. The general topic: attrition under Tony Bennett. The Cavaliers have had nine players transfer during Bennett's four-year tenure to date.

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