Brandi Teamer and Joanna Kemp, previously the two tallest members of the Virginia women's basketball freshman class, will not play this season, The Daily Progress reported yesterday.
Teamer, a 6-foot-2 power forward from Joliet, Ill., has been declared academically ineligible to attend Virginia. Currently, she is enrolled at the Miller School in Crozet and is working to become NCAA eligible. Virginia coach Debbie Ryan confirmed that she is recruiting Teamer for next year's class.
Teamer, rated among the nation's top 50 recruits, was expected to contend for the starting power forward position vacated by Lisa Hosac, who graduated.
Kemp, a 6-foot-3 center from Krum, Texas, is pregnant with a due date in December. She was considered more of a long-term project and will play in the 2001-02 season as a redshirt freshman.
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The remainder of the Virginia freshman class consists of two shooting guards, 5-11 Kristin Ambrose and 6-0 Anna Prillaman, and two point guards, 5-9 Chelsea Whitaker and 5-6 Safiya Grant.
Playing in perfect harmony
Junior utility player Jenny Harmon led the Virginia volleyball team to a come-from-behind victory over Liberty Tuesday. Harmon recorded her first career triple-double with 21 kills, 12 digs and 10 blocks in the Cavaliers' 3-2 (15-12, 10-15, 8-15, 15-8, 15-10) victory.
Freshman setter Abby Whittenburg tallied 64 assists and a school-record 12 block assists. Freshman outside hitter Paige Davis had 27 kills and 13 digs.
Movin' on up
Michael J. Thomas, formerly Virginia's associate director of athletics for programs, facilities and operations, was named the athletic director at the University of Akron Tuesday.
Thomas, a native of Pueblo, Co. and a graduate of Colorado State University and Western Illinois University, was with Virginia for eight years. His duties included supervising eight varsity athletic programs and the day-to-day supervision of Virginia's athletic facilities.
Candid Camara
Kentucky basketball player Jules Camara was found guilty by a jury of drunken driving Tuesday. The verdict will cause Camara to lose his scholarship for the year and sit out this basketball season.
Camara, a 6-11 native of Senegal, had entertained Virginia as a possible transfer destination following his arrest, but chose to remain at Kentucky.
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