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Thursday, March 3, 2016
#ReadAcrossAmerica
On Tuesday, Henrik Wiersholm, Harrison Richmond and Aswin Lizen of the #UVAMTennis team helped the students at Greer Elementary celebrate #ReadAcrossAmerica Day. The March 2 date for this national celebration was chosen because it is Dr. Seuss’ birthday.
Elder Statesmen
#UVAMBB standout Malcolm Brogdon and other key seniors around the country were asked what would be their advice to the freshman version of themselves in this ESPN piece.
#Emmy Winner
Former #UVAMBB standout @CoryAlexanderVA, an announcer for Raycom Sports and the ACC Network, was honored last week with a Midsouth Regional Emmy Award for his work on the documentary “The Charles Scott Story.” Also receiving the award in the Documentary/Historical category were Raycom’s Jeremy Williams, Richard Brooke, Max Brooke and David Daly. Scott was the first African American scholarship student-athlete at North Carolina where he was a two-time All-American.
Future Emmy Winner?
For the second year in a row, former #UVAWBB forward @ShineTime50 is part of the RSN broadcasting team at the #ACCWBB Tournament. After spending the season working as an analyst for the ACC Regional Sports Network broadcasts, Chelsea Shine Wilson is doing the on-court interviews, providing halftime and between game analysis
#JoeyHoops
Former #UVAWBB All-American @joeharrisuva, the 2014 first-round draft pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers, is recovering from foot surgery, as he can tell you himself in his new blog he is writing for SportsBlog.com.
@APSE_sportsmedia
Two members of the UVA press corp were honored this week with top-10 awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for their coverage of the Cavaliers. @WhiteysWorld365 earned the honor for his coverage of #UVAMBB and @ARamspacher was honored for this recap from the College World Series. The latter also took a moment to acknowledge two members of the Virginia media relations staff who assisted him along the way.