Every columnist seems to have an occasional awards column in which they weigh in with their opinion on the best and worst of whatever subject they choose. Because nobody at The Cavalier Daily seems willing to put in the effort to stop me, I will now launch into my own awards column.
For any basketball team, having an outside shooter provides a resource that can ignite offensive runs, silence opponents or get a crowd on their feet faster than almost anything else.
Every team needs a dynamic, do-whatever-it-takes player. For the Virginia men's basketball team, that player is Gary Forbes.
A total of eight Virginia football players were selected for the three All-ACC teams yesterday. The five Cavaliers picked to start on the first team are the most of any school in the conference. Senior tailback Alvin Pearman compiled 1,844 all-purpose yards this season as a running back, as a receiver and on special teams en route to an All-ACC first team selection at running back.
Former Virginia coach George Welsh joined 13 other football greats last night at the College Football Hall of Fame Annual Awards Dinner induction ceremony last night.
If anyone knows hard work, it's Virginia wrestler Will Durkee. As one of only four seniors on this year's team, Durkee is tailor-made for a leadership role, as it has been through grit and hard work that he has achieved success in collegiate wrestling.
With any team that enjoys a successful regular season record coupled with several postseason victories, falling just short in the end leaves players and fans alike with a bittersweet taste.
After high school, many successful young swimmers sometimes yearn for a chance to excel at a water sport that's more than just racing down pool lanes against other individuals -- maybe a sport that has a pair of nets, a ball and demands plenty of teamwork.
If anyone knows hard work, it's Virginia wrestler Will Durkee. As one of only four seniors on this year's team, Durkee is tailor-made for a leadership role, as it has been through grit and hard work that he has achieved success in collegiate wrestling.
With any team that enjoys a successful regular season record coupled with several postseason victories, falling just short in the end leaves players and fans alike with a bittersweet taste.
Both the Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams continued their undefeated seasons Saturday, rolling past Pittsburgh 129-106 and 126-106 respectively. Junior Fran Crippen took home three individual event titles, winning the 500-yard freestyle, the 1,000-yard freestyle and the 200-yard individual medley.
RICHMOND, Va. -- You could see it in his eyes. Sean Singletary was ready to make something happen. The Cavaliers were struggling against Auburn Friday night, falling behind by six points at the break and trailing for the early part of the second half.
While the successful Cavaliers' season came to a screeching halt Saturday night at the hands of the Duke Blue Devils, one positive thing was abundantly clear.
Knowing full-well the difficulties any team faces in defeating a conference opponent three times in the same year, No.
The Cavaliers finished 1-1 in this weekend's Roger and Mildred L. White Invitational at Northwestern, losing to No.
RICHMOND, Va. -- Elton Brown couldn't believe his eyes. Trip after trip down the court, his blocking-out on defense came with no reward on the boards.
It's no wonder the Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams remain undefeated. It's also no wonder that they have finished in the top 25 at the NCAA championships for 15 of the last 22 years.
The Virginia wrestling team will get a taste of national championship level competition when it heads to the Las Vegas Invitational this weekend. The Cavaliers will send 10 wrestlers, one from each weight class, to Sin City for the meet.
Senior Brandi Teamer and Junior Tiffany Sardin return home this weekend as the Virginia women's basketball team heads to Chicago to play in the Mildred & Roger L.
Virginia's acceptance of a bid to the MPC bowl in Boise, Idaho Wednesday spoiled the plans of the Champs Sports Bowl officials, according to the Orlando Sentinel. After resisting initial urges to bypass the ACC and select a school from another conference, Champs Sports Bowl organizers are apparently planning to invite Georgia Tech for their Dec.
