Thursday, November 15, 2018

Ancient Mysteries

UVA art professor John Dobbins and #UVAWrestling head coach Steve Garland and assistant coach Trent Paulson have collaborated in a unique way. Their objective: to try and solve a mystery surrounding an ancient Greek vase residing in the Louvre museum in Paris. For Dobbins, the mystery was years in the making. While in graduate school, and for the better part of a 40-year teaching career at UVA, Dobbins had wondered about a mythological wrestling scene painted by the renowned vase painter Euphronios that dated back to 510 BCE. Click here to read this interesting story by Whitelaw Reid in UVA Today about the unique collaboration.
 

National Pride

Former #UVAMSOC player Pablo Aguilar was called up to the Guatemalan National Team last week. Guatemala will play an exhibition against Israel in Jerusalem on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 1:15 ET. Aguilar played in 27 matches for Rio Grande Valley FC of the United Soccer League (USL) this past season and scored two goals and recorded one assist. Aguilar was a two-time All-ACC performer for the Cavaliers, tallying 16 goals in his four-year UVA career.
 

#JoeyHoops

Fun fact of the day: former #UVAMBB standout Joe Harris is currently the hottest three-point shooter in the NBA.

#VAMBB

Ron Counts of the Daily Progress takes a look at former prep stars from the Commonwealth who have chosen to stay close to home and be part of the Virginia basketball program, in any way possible.