Jerome Meyinsse To Represent UVa At NCAA Conference

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CHARLOTTESVILLE—Jerome Meyinsse, a member of the Virginia men’s basketball team, is scheduled to represent UVa at the 2009 NCAA National Student-Athlete Development Conference in Orlando, Fla., May 24-27.

The conference is open to student-athletes at NCAA member institutions. Each division has the opportunity to send 233 student-athletes to the national conference.

Meyinsse, who is from Baton Rouge, La., just finished his junior year at Virginia and has lettered three times for the Cavaliers. He has been named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men’s Basketball Team each of the last two years.

Meyinsse was also one of six recipients of Virginia’s ACC Top VI Award this spring. The awards are presented to student-athletes who have given the most in terms of service to the University and Charlottesville communities.

The NCAA National Student-Athlete Development Conference will be held at the Walt Disney World Coronado Spring Resort.