Four members of the Blue Ridge Volleyball Association combined to win three out of the four girls’ open championships at the USA Volleyball Beach National Championship held July 16-21 at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront Boardwalk. Breeze Johnson won in the 18-and-under division with Emma White and at 16U with Elle Sossong of Pennsylvania. Johnson’s sister Skylar and Allie Grace Allison won the 12U division.
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Twins Daily Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Month
Twins Video Before we get to the list, let me quickly explain how I like to analyze starters. My balancing has shifted: previously, I emphasized innings, but I think that led me to overvalue older pitchers and downplay efficiency. You’ll see that has changed in this list. I’ve rewarded pure dominance, as I questioned how […]

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Before we get to the list, let me quickly explain how I like to analyze starters. My balancing has shifted: previously, I emphasized innings, but I think that led me to overvalue older pitchers and downplay efficiency. You’ll see that has changed in this list. I’ve rewarded pure dominance, as I questioned how much I should value extra innings if the tradeoff is much worse run prevention.
Finally, defining a “starting pitcher” in the minors is somewhat nebulous, as bulk hurlers will often get time in as a starter, and reliever depending on what the team needs. My line is this: a relief outing isn’t completely thrown out, but it weighs less than a start. Let’s get to the honorable mentions.
Honorable Mentions:
Dasan Hill, A Fort Myers – 1.93 ERA, 9 ⅓ IP, 5.14 FIP, 31.6 K%
Dasan Hill survived an injury scare early in the month to continue baffling A-ball hitters as a teenager. That innings total is far too low, though, so he will have to settle for an honorable mention. Also, cut down on the walks, please.
Andrew Morris, AAA St. Paul – 3.81 ERA, 26 IP, 4.93 FIP, 19.1 K%
I don’t know if Andrew Morris deserves to be here given that he allowed a .349 batting average in May, but his run prevention was mostly solid, and he was legitimately nasty on the 18th, so here he sits.
Eli Jones, A Fort Myers – 3.74 ERA, 21 ⅔ IP, 3.52 FIP, 23.3 K%
An 8th-rounder out of the University of South Carolina in 2024, Eli Jones augured mild April success with a respectable May, totaling a pair of five-frame, one-earned run starts in the month.
Chase Chaney, A+ Cedar Rapids – 3.52 ERA, 23 IP, 4.79 FIP, 17.3 K%
Chase Chaney was a Cedar Rapids workhorse in May, pitching at least five innings in every start, with a trio of outings going six. There’s a dearth of Twitter videos from him this year, but his former team has a deep supply of cinematic shots of him pitching, so please enjoy.
5. Jeremy Lee, A+ Cedar Rapids – 3.12 ERA, 17 ⅓ IP, 2.26 FIP, 19.2 K%
Our first member of the list proper, Jeremy Lee rebounded from a dreadful April—one that saw three games with an ERA over 13—to post a truly impressive May. He tossed five innings of one-run ball on the 4th, stumbled a little on the 10th, and returned for an outing on the 16th shockingly similar to his one to start the month. He concluded May with a pair of solid relief outings. Add it all up and you get one of the best starting pitcher performances in the system. He only walked one batter all month!
Lee joined the Twins 13th-round pick out of South Alabama in 2023 (somehow he’s not the only Alabamanian who made the list). You may remember the school as the alma mater of Twins’ 70’s catching stalwart Glenn Borgmann. Lee crushed his competition at Fort Myers in 2024, yet found Midwest league hitters uninviting. Repeating the level might be the catalyst needed to jumpstart for success for the righty.
4. Trent Baker, AA Wichita – 3.18 ERA, 22 ⅔ IP, 2.32 FIP, 28.9 K%
Trent Baker might be the story of the minors so far. A Rule 5 pick from the Cardinals organization—on the minor league side, that is—Baker slid gracefully into the Wind Surge rotation, where he holds a season ERA of 2.84 across 44 ⅓ innings with peripherals that support his performance.
The turning point for Baker appears to be refined command. He walked 12% of batters in 2024 with the Cardinals’ AA team. So far, that total has been halved—he sits at 6% as of the beginning of June.
And he was tantalizingly close to ending May with an even stronger bid for starter of the month. His first four starts were excellent, but a four-run four-inning appearance on the month’s final day knocked his stats to merely great, not transcending. Still, his play so far has been inspiring. He looks to be a rock in the Wichita rotation.
3. Aaron Rozek, AA Wichita – 2.52 ERA, 25 IP, 2.95 FIP, 21.0 K%
Finally, a Minnesotan. The Burnsville lefty has been a regular in the Twins organization since being plucked from indy ball in 2021. Wherever the team needs him, he’s there: Rozek has at least 50 innings at three separate levels, with the bulk of his work coming as a Wichita Wind Surge. Shoot, he might even qualify for a pension with them at this point.
Rozek’s calling card has been length. Few in the system can gobble frames like he can. May was no different: he totaled the second-most innings of all pitchers mentioned in this article, accruing at least 13 outs in every outing. He topped out with a six-inning start on the 9th.
He’s also one to consistently tweet baseball thoughts if you’re interested in reading what a ballplayer has to say about the game.
Rozek was close to taking one of the top two spots. The question asked is this: how valuable is 6 ⅔ innings with about a 5.45 ERA, or 10 ⅔ innings with about a 4.36 ERA? Those are the totals that separate him from the players ahead. It’s an interesting debate, and I fell on the side of efficiency.
2. Christian MacLeod, AA Wichita – 1.47 ERA, 18 ⅓ IP, 3.09 FIP, 24.7 K%
It appears that Christian MacLeod decided allowing runs is for suckers, and MacLeod is no sucker. His season ERA is a miniscule 0.95, albeit across just 28 ⅓ innings as he started 2025 injured. Still, his numbers cannot be denied, and May was a deeply impressive month for the lefty.
A champion with the Mississippi State Bulldogs, MacLeod joined the Twins as a 5th-round pick in the 2021 draft. His pitching quality is evident; yet, injuries limited him to enter the season with just 164 ⅔ minor league innings. The lack of workload is the main factor that kept him on the outskirts of major prospect conversations. He was a tertiary mention at best.
He’s clearly healthy now. MacLeod started the month with a relative stinker before rattling off three straight scoreless starts, allowing just five hits in 11 ⅔ innings. Control was the only bugaboo in his game: the 25-year-old walked 13% of hitters in the month, as it seemed like the best strategy a batter could employ against him was to wait out a possible free pass. It hardly mattered; just three runners scored against him. He was so good that I’m still not entirely sure I made the correct decision in anointing him only the second-best starter of the month.
1. David Festa, AAA St. Paul – 1.26 ERA, 14 ⅓ IP, 1.35 FIP, 36.6 K%
Given his status at the beginning of the month, I’m sure David Festa himself wouldn’t have predicted that he’d win this award. The righty dominated 5 ⅔ frames with one earned run on May 6th, then missed his next start due to ominous “arm fatigue.” Fans groaned and prepared for the worst. Yet, the malaise subsided after two weeks, and Festa returned for 3 ⅔ successful innings, again allowing a lone earned run.
A phenomenal five-shutout inning start on the 29th concluded what eventually became a tremendous month for the youngster—one that saw a critical adjustment integrate flawlessly into his game.
Festa’s four-seam fastball had proven irresistible to major league hitters, who battered the offering with Ted Williams-like vigor. The pitch clearly wasn’t going to cut it, so Festa and the Twins worked to add a sinker into his mix. Evidently, he felt uncomfortable with the pitch early on, as he threw it just 10 times in the bigs, but recently he’s let the new weapon rip; Festa threw 22 of them in his last start—a third of all his pitches that day—as opposed to just 11 four-seamers. We will see what the pitch will do in the majors. Minor leaguers, however, have spoken through Festa’s stats, and they tell us this: they would rather see the New Jerseyian practice his craft in the big leagues.
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Keydets named to SoCon Spring All-Academic Team, Honor Roll
Story Links SPARTANBURG, S.C. – VMI was well-represented by the Southern Conference Wednesday as the league announced its Spring 2025 All-Academic Team and 2024-25 Academic Honor Roll. SoCon Press Release In order to achieve SoCon All-Academic honors, an athlete must hold a 3.20 cumulative GPA, be a sophomore or above in […]

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – VMI was well-represented by the Southern Conference Wednesday as the league announced its Spring 2025 All-Academic Team and 2024-25 Academic Honor Roll.
SoCon Press Release
In order to achieve SoCon All-Academic honors, an athlete must hold a 3.20 cumulative GPA, be a sophomore or above in class standing and participate in at least 50 percent of the team’s contests.
The Academic Honor Roll recognizes the student-athletes who attained a minimum 3.0 GPA or higher for the 2024-25 academic year but does not require an athletic participation level.
A total of 2,734 student-athletes across the league were named to the Honor Roll, a new record number since the program began in 1989. In addition, a total of 288 student-athletes achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA and 846 received the Commissioner’s Medal given to those who attain a 3.80 GPA or higher during the academic year.
A total of 180 VMI cadet-athletes were named to the 2024-25 Academic Honor Roll led by the lacrosse and women’s soccer teams with 23 entries apiece.
VMI registered 24 cadet-athletes on the Spring 2025 SoCon All-Academic Team led by Indoor Track and Field with 10 team members listed.
Five Keydets achieved a perfect 4.0 for the 2024-25 academic year including Dayton Bagwell and James Boynewicz from lacrosse, Cameron Jones from women’s soccer, Jack Joyce (football) and Samantha Layton from cross country/track and field.
A total of 36 VMI cadet-athletes earned the SoCon Commissioner’s Medal for achieving at least a 3.80 GPA for the 2024-25 academic year.
A full listing of VMI’s cadet-athletes named to either the Spring 2025 SoCon All-Academic Team or SoCon Academic Honor Roll is found below.
VMI Cadet-Athletes named to Spring 2025 SoCon All-Academic Team (24):
Marcus | Van Alstine | VMI | Junior | Mechanicsville, VA | Baseball | International Studies |
Caden | Plummer | VMI | Senior | Mechanicsville, VA | Baseball | Civil Engineering |
Ryan | Peterson | VMI | Senior | VA Beach, VA | Baseball | International Studies |
Kevin | Shank | VMI | Sophomore | Mt. Holy Springs, PA | Indoor Track & Field | Mechanical Engineering |
Jack | Webb | VMI | Sophomore | Fort Wayne, IN | Indoor Track & Field | History/International Studies |
Colin | Crenshaw | VMI | Sophomore | Richmond, VA | Indoor Track & Field | Chemisty |
Patrick | Kiernan | VMI | Senior | Fairfax, VA | Indoor Track & Field | History |
Hunter | Davis | VMI | Senior | Chesapeake, VA | Indoor Track & Field | English |
Gretal | Shank | VMI | Senior | Mt. Holy Springs, PA | Indoor Track & Field | English |
Caroline | Fiorillo | VMI | Senior | St. Petersburg, FL | Indoor Track & Field | Psychology |
Jillian | Sisk | VMI | Sophomore | Henrico, VA | Indoor Track & Field | Civil Engineering |
Evelyn | Anderson | VMI | Sophomore | Locust Grove, VA | Indoor Track & Field | International Studies |
Reece | Guillet | VMI | Sophomore | Old Lyme, CT | Mixed Rifle | International Studies |
Kevin | Shank | VMI | Sophomore | Mt. Holy Springs, PA | Outdoor Track & Field | Mechanical Engineering |
Colin | Crenshaw | VMI | Sophomore | Richmond, VA | Outdoor Track & Field | Chemisty |
Zachary | Denton | VMI | Sophomore | Arlington, VA | Outdoor Track & Field | Psychology |
Hunter | Davis | VMI | Senior | Chesapeake, VA | Outdoor Track & Field | English |
Gretal | Shank | VMI | Senior | Mt. Holy Springs, PA | Outdoor Track & Field | English |
Caroline | Fiorillo | VMI | Senior | St. Petersburg, FL | Outdoor Track & Field | Psychology |
Jillian | Sisk | VMI | Sophomore | Henrico, VA | Outdoor Track & Field | Civil Engineering |
Evelyn | Anderson | VMI | Sophomore | Locust Grove, VA | Outdoor Track & Field | International Studies |
Patrick | Jordon | VMI | Sophomore | Providence Forge, VA | Wrestling | Civil Engineering |
Darian | Tweedell | VMI | Sophomore | Dulles, VA | Women’s Rifle | International Studies |
VMI Cadet-Athletes named to 2024-25 SoCon Academic Honor Roll (180):
Samuel | Bennett | VMI | Baseball | Biology |
Seth | Buchanan | VMI | Baseball | Computer Science |
James | Douthat | VMI | Baseball | Economics & Business |
Nathan | Hawley | VMI | Baseball | Civil Engineering |
Kennen | Lewis | VMI | Baseball | Economics & Business |
Ryan | Peterson | VMI | Baseball | International Studies |
Caden | Plummer | VMI | Baseball | Civil Engineering |
Owen | Riley | VMI | Baseball | Civil Engineering |
William | Slater | VMI | Baseball | History |
Boston | Torres | VMI | Baseball | Economics & Business |
Marcus | Van Alstine | VMI | Baseball | International Studies |
Rickey | Bradley, Jr. | VMI | Men’s Basketball | Economics & Business |
TJ | Johnson | VMI | Men’s Basketball | Economics & Business |
Cooper | Sisco | VMI | Men’s Basketball | Economics & Business |
Bryce | Burnett | VMI | Football | Economics & Business |
Camden | Clinton | VMI | Football | Civil Engineering |
Joseph | Comello | VMI | Football | Economics & Business |
John | Covert | VMI | Football | Economics & Business |
Kouri | Crump | VMI | Football | Biology |
Robert | Dunn | VMI | Football | Civil Engineering |
Owen | Ham | VMI | Football | Psychology |
Jonathan Hunter | Horton | VMI | Football | Economics & Business |
Tommy | Inge | VMI | Football | Civil Engineering |
Jack | Joyce | VMI | Football | Mechanical Engineering |
Thaddeus | Krush | VMI | Football | Economics & Business |
Ryan | McCarthy | VMI | Football | Economics & Business |
Omar | Miller | VMI | Football | Psychology |
Jakari | Nicely | VMI | Football | Biology |
Dylan | Poley | VMI | Football | International Studies |
Steven | Riveros | VMI | Football | Civil Engineering |
Luke | Schalow | VMI | Football | Economics & Business |
Collin | Shannon | VMI | Football | Psychology |
Cody | Shelton | VMI | Football | Economics & Business |
Ben | Shrewsbury | VMI | Football | Economics & Business |
Chandler | Wilson | VMI | Football | Economics & Business |
Zion | Woody | VMI | Football | Economics & Business |
Dayton | Bagwell | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | International Studies |
Sean | Berzins | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Biology |
James | Boynewicz | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Biology |
Sebastien | Chicas | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Biology |
Zachary | Connerty | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Economics & Business |
Charles | Faul | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Civil Engineering |
Thomas | Finta | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Computer Science |
Christopher | Golini | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Economics & Business |
Charles | Gormsen | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Economics & Business |
Erik | Gottmann | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Civil Engineering |
Mason | Gustafson | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Economics & Business |
Joshua | Hallam | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | International Studies |
Charles | Hunt | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Economics & Business |
Damian | Levin | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Civil Engineering |
Warner | Lewis | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Economics & Business |
Jacob | McClure | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Luca | Minniti | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Economics & Business |
Simon | Moore | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Psychology |
Luke | Mryncza | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Civil Engineering |
Jack | Myhre | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Computer Science |
Matthew | Nichols | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Economics & Business |
Alexander | Riley | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Economics & Business |
Scott | Streff | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | International Studies |
Miller | Tatum | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Economics & Business |
Rex | Wyrick | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Economics & Business |
Ty | Yonas | VMI | Men’s Lacrosse | Mechanical Engineering |
Amari | Benjamin | VMI | Men’s Soccer | Economics & Business |
Zacharia | Bouchachia | VMI | Men’s Soccer | Civil Engineering |
Timofey | Dovgalyuk | VMI | Men’s Soccer | Economics & Business |
Ian | Joya | VMI | Men’s Soccer | Economics & Business |
Grant | Martin | VMI | Men’s Soccer | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Conor | McGovern | VMI | Men’s Soccer | Biology |
Andrew | Menges | VMI | Men’s Soccer | Mechanical Engineering |
Cole | Mooney | VMI | Men’s Soccer | Mechanical Engineering |
Woongchan | Oh | VMI | Men’s Soccer | Civil Engineering |
Viktor | Petrusevski | VMI | Men’s Soccer | International Studies |
Conner | Reid | VMI | Men’s Soccer | Economics & Business |
Santiago | Rocha | VMI | Men’s Soccer | Computer Science |
Alexei | Royar | VMI | Men’s Soccer | International Studies |
Colin | Crenshaw | VMI | Men’s Cross Country / Track & Field | Chemisty |
Peter | Fiorillo | VMI | Men’s Cross Country / Track & Field | Psychology |
James | Gao | VMI | Men’s Cross Country / Track & Field | International Studies |
Jackson | Geisendaffer | VMI | Men’s Cross Country / Track & Field | English |
Benjamin | Hagerich | VMI | Men’s Cross Country / Track & Field | Computer Science |
Patrick | Kiernan | VMI | Men’s Cross Country / Track & Field | History |
Patrick | Lowry | VMI | Men’s Cross Country / Track & Field | International Studies |
Kevin | Shank | VMI | Men’s Cross Country / Track & Field | Mechanical Engineering |
Brian | Tavenner | VMI | Men’s Cross Country / Track & Field | International Studies |
Jack | Webb | VMI | Men’s Cross Country / Track & Field | History/International Studies |
Reece | Guillet | VMI | Rifle | International Studies |
Alexander | Pohlman | VMI | Rifle | Civil Engineering |
Wuyue | Xie | VMI | Rifle / Women’s Rifle | Applied Mathematics |
Morgan | Burd | VMI | Men’s Swimming | Biology |
Samuel | Calder | VMI | Men’s Swimming | Biology |
Samuel | Castle | VMI | Men’s Swimming | Mechanical Engineering |
Nathan | Gilley | VMI | Men’s Swimming | International Studies |
Ethan | Griffith | VMI | Men’s Swimming | Economics & Business |
Will | Loftin | VMI | Men’s Swimming | Economics & Business |
Jack | Mills | VMI | Men’s Swimming | Mechanical Engineering |
Aadil | Pattada | VMI | Men’s Swimming | Computer Science |
Matthew | Picard | VMI | Men’s Swimming | Mechanical Engineering |
Austin | Reeder | VMI | Men’s Swimming | Modern Languages & Cultures/International Studies |
Zachary | Richardson | VMI | Men’s Swimming | History |
Pedro | Robertson | VMI | Men’s Swimming | Civil Engineering |
Grady | Roman | VMI | Men’s Swimming | International Studies |
Hampton | Wohlford | VMI | Men’s Swimming | Mechanical Engineering/Psychology |
Joshua | Wolf | VMI | Men’s Swimming | International Studies |
Caleb | Wolf | VMI | Men’s Swimming | History |
Hunter | Davis | VMI | Men’s Track & Field | English |
Zachary | Denton | VMI | Men’s Track & Field | Psychology |
Thomas | Gannon | VMI | Men’s Track & Field | International Studies |
Christian | Larvie | VMI | Men’s Track & Field | English |
Isaac | Osouna | VMI | Men’s Track & Field | Economics & Business |
Tazewell | Rae | VMI | Men’s Track & Field | Civil Engineering |
Cameron | Thomas | VMI | Men’s Track & Field | Economics & Business |
Dimethus | Thompson | VMI | Men’s Track & Field | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Jesse | Vaughn | VMI | Men’s Track & Field | Psychology |
Anthony | Wilkerson | VMI | Men’s Track & Field | Chemisty |
Madeline | Albert-Day | VMI | Water Polo | Civil Engineering |
Sarah | Fitzsimmons | VMI | Water Polo | Computer Science |
Taylor | Hammond | VMI | Water Polo | Computer Science |
Sadie | Smith | VMI | Water Polo | International Studies |
Sydney | Smith | VMI | Water Polo | Biology |
Anthony | Burke | VMI | Wrestling | Economics & Business |
Alexander | Chirdo | VMI | Wrestling | Computer Science |
Raymond | Cmil | VMI | Wrestling | English |
Elijah | Cramer | VMI | Wrestling | Biology |
Samuel | Dickey | VMI | Wrestling | Civil Engineering |
Dyson | Dunham | VMI | Wrestling | Civil Engineering |
Joshua | Evans | VMI | Wrestling | International Studies |
Luke | Hart | VMI | Wrestling | Civil Engineering |
Patrick | Jordon | VMI | Wrestling | Civil Engineering |
Evan | Mason | VMI | Wrestling | Mechanical Engineering |
Waylon | Rogers | VMI | Wrestling | Civil Engineering |
Wayne | Rold | VMI | Wrestling | Civil Engineering |
Laura | Canaday | VMI | Women’s Rifle | Psychology |
Alexis | Gonzalez | VMI | Women’s Rifle | History |
Elizabeth | Stann | VMI | Women’s Rifle | English |
Darian | Tweedell | VMI | Women’s Rifle | International Studies |
Alexa | Avery | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Computer Science |
Rachel | Baez | VMI | Women’s Soccer | International Studies |
Paige | Becker | VMI | Women’s Soccer | International Studies |
Isabella | Bruzonic | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Civil Engineering |
Barrett | Callejo | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Biology |
Sedona | Dancu | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Psychology |
Audrey | Davis | VMI | Women’s Soccer | International Studies |
Gianna | De Cicco | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Civil Engineering |
Lauren | Fyfe | VMI | Women’s Soccer | International Studies |
Yasmin | Heinisch | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Economics & Business |
Cameron | Jones | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Psychology |
Madeline | Karsonovich | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Mechanical Engineering |
Katy | Layman | VMI | Women’s Soccer | International Studies |
Caroline | Marini | VMI | Women’s Soccer | International Studies |
Delilah | Martindale | VMI | Women’s Soccer | International Studies |
Daniela | Monastero | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Psychology |
Cameron | Owens | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Biology |
Abigail | Plageman | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Biology |
Katelyn | Redlinger | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Civil Engineering |
Courtney | Smith | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Applied Mathematics |
Whitney | Tracy | VMI | Women’s Soccer | Biology |
Samantha | Uschold | VMI | Women’s Soccer | International Studies |
Emily | Ward | VMI | Women’s Soccer | International Studies |
Isabelle | Haer | VMI | Women’s Swimming | International Studies |
Ollie | Hobbs | VMI | Women’s Swimming | Computer Science |
Kimiya | Sabahi-Miab | VMI | Women’s Swimming | Computer Science |
Noelle | Tong | VMI | Women’s Swimming | International Studies |
Valerie | Tonnu | VMI | Women’s Swimming | Civil Engineering |
Courtney | Novotny | VMI | Women’s Swimming / Water Polo | Biology |
Meagan | Riding | VMI | Women’s Swimming / Water Polo | Biology |
Makynna | Smith | VMI | Women’s Swimming / Water Polo | International Studies |
Julia | Ward | VMI | Women’s Swimming / Water Polo | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Evelyn | Anderson | VMI | Women’s Track & Field | International Studies |
Ruth | Dickersheid | VMI | Women’s Track & Field | Economics & Business |
Naturale | Faison | VMI | Women’s Track & Field | Psychology |
Julie | Freitas | VMI | Women’s Track & Field | International Studies |
Semore | Green | VMI | Women’s Track & Field | Psychology |
E’yana | Watson-Basnight | VMI | Women’s Track & Field | Computer Science |
JeNiya | White | VMI | Women’s Track & Field | Economics & Business |
Caroline | Fiorillo | VMI | Women’s Cross Country / Track & Field | Psychology |
Reagan | Gilman | VMI | Women’s Cross Country / Track & Field | Biology |
Zoffia | Gonzalez | VMI | Women’s Cross Country / Track & Field | International Studies |
Olivia | Hurd | VMI | Women’s Cross Country / Track & Field | Psychology |
Samantha | Layton | VMI | Women’s Cross Country / Track & Field | Civil Engineering |
Gretal | Shank | VMI | Women’s Cross Country / Track & Field | English |
Jillian | Sisk | VMI | Women’s Cross Country / Track & Field | Civil Engineering |
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CUNYAC Announces 2024-25 Winter/Spring Sports Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
Story Links CUNYAC – NEW YORK – The City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) has announced its Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll for the 2025 Spring semester, handing out 445 citations for academic excellence. The CUNYAC Winter/Spring Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll is constructed with student-athletes across eight member campuses who participate in a […]

CUNYAC – NEW YORK – The City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) has announced its Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll for the 2025 Spring semester, handing out 445 citations for academic excellence.
The CUNYAC Winter/Spring Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll is constructed with student-athletes across eight member campuses who participate in a varsity-level sport and own a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better on a 4.0 scale.
The list includes sports that conducted their championship in the winter or spring (men’s tennis, men’s & women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track & field, men’s volleyball, baseball, and softball) as well as varsity athletes competing in non-CUNYAC sports.
Hunter produced a conference-leading 104 honorees among the eight institutions, followed by Baruch (81) and John Jay (80).
16 student-athletes have compiled a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA to date.
For the complete 2025 Winter/Spring Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll, please click here.
NEWS: 2024-25 CUNYAC Winter/Spring Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll Releasedhttps://t.co/GFw6gHBP0p#whyd3 #TheCityPlaysHere pic.twitter.com/y3FbvJaeAe
— CUNY Athletic Conference (@CUNYAC) July 30, 2025
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UT Dallas cuts track and field programs due to budget cuts
DALLAS — The University of Texas at Dallas announced Monday that due to budget cuts, the university’s track and field and cross country programs will be cut in the upcoming semester. The program cuts will include both men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, and men’s and women’s cross country. Student athletes received […]

DALLAS — The University of Texas at Dallas announced Monday that due to budget cuts, the university’s track and field and cross country programs will be cut in the upcoming semester.
The program cuts will include both men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, and men’s and women’s cross country.
Student athletes received the news via an email from the university.
The university cited the lack of on-campus facilities in addition to budget cuts for the program cuts. The announcement comes just weeks before the start of the academic school year.
Athletic scholarships for the cut programs will still be honored for the 2025-2026 school year, according to UTD. The school also said they assist students who wish to transfer.
UT Dallas currently competes at the NCAA Division II level.
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Beach Volleyball National Champions | Winchester Star
Four members of the Blue Ridge Volleyball Association combined to win three out of the four girls’ open championships at the USA Volleyball Beach National Championship held July 16-21 at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront Boardwalk. Breeze Johnson won in the 18-and-under division with Emma White and at 16U with Elle Sossong of Pennsylvania. Johnson’s sister […]
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Bicentennial moments: Hawks create college soccer dynasty unmatched by any other program
This is the second in a series of five stories highlighting the greatest sports moments in Adams County history as it celebrates its bicentennial. QUINCY — The definition of a dynasty, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time.” Here’s what it could say. […]



This is the second in a series of five stories highlighting the greatest sports moments in Adams County history as it celebrates its bicentennial.
QUINCY — The definition of a dynasty, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time.”
Here’s what it could say.
“See Quincy College soccer.”
From 1971 through 1981, the Hawks won nine NAIA men’s soccer national championships and lost in the national semifinals the other two years. Their five consecutive championships from 1977-81 are an NAIA men’s soccer record and the nine titles in 11 seasons is outdone by only two programs across all NAIA sports.
The Grand View men’s wrestling program won nine consecutive titles from 2012-20 and has won 13 of the last 14 national crowns. The Azusa Pacific men’s outdoor track and field team won seven straight titles from 1983-89 and 11 in a 13-year span.
Quincy’s 11 national titles — the Hawks won in 1966 and 1967 — are the most in NAIA men’s soccer history with Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) second on the list with nine titles. And the Hawks haven’t been an NAIA program since 1986.
The championships aren’t the mentions of Quincy found in the NAIA record book.
The 1976 national semifinal matchup with Simon Fraser remains the longest game played in NAIA postseason history. The Hawks had their string of three consecutive nationals end with a 2-1 loss to Simon Fraser in 14 overtimes. The game lasted 221 minutes 43 seconds.
Imagine if the Hawks had won that game. It could have been nine national titles in a row.
That’s unprecedented in Adams County.
None of the six high schools have won three or more consecutive state titles in any sport, and only the 1981 Quincy High School boys basketball team was tabbed as the national champion. The Quincy Jets qualified for three Amateur Softball Association national tournaments and dominated play on the state and regional level.
The South Side Boat Club rowing team won national championships in the eight-man event in 1904 and the four-man event in 1905.
But only one Adams County program can be called a dynasty.
The QC program — the school’s name was officially changed to Quincy University in 1993 — won its first NAIA national title in 1966, going 13-0-0 in Roger Francour’s second season as head coach. The Hawks repeated as national champions in 1967, and Francour stepped aside the following year.
Jack Mackenzie, a St. Louis native, was hired in 1969 and the program became synonymous with winning. The Hawks won a national championship in 1971 in Mackzenie’s third season, finishing 17-2-0 after beating Davis & Elkins 1-0 in the title game.
For the next 12 seasons, Quincy was at the forefront of the soccer boom.
The Hawks won three consecutive titles from 1973-75, losing only seven matches in that span and finishing the 1975 season with a 19-1-0 record. After the 14-overtime loss to Simon Fraser in 1976, the Hawks roared back in 1977 to go 19-3-0 and beat Keene State 3-0 for the national title.
The championship didn’t leave Quincy for four more years.
By the end of the 1981 season, the Hawks had made history with five consecutive titles. The 1981 team finished 21-3-1, setting the program’s single-season record for victories that has been matched only by the 2014 team that reached the NCAA Division II final four, and beat Alderson Broaddus 4-1 in the title game.
In 1982, Quincy lost to Belhaven in the national quarterfinals, effectively ending the dynasty.
All told, from 1970 when the Hawks finished as the national runner-up to 1982, they went 218-43-15. That’s an .817 winning percentage.
Mackenzie continued coaching the Hawks through the 2011 season, retiring with a 516-258-76 overall record. He was named the NAIA Coach of the Year four times and was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame, the United Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame, the St. Louis Players Hall of Fame and the QU Hall of Fame.
Mackenzie passed away in 2018 at the age of 77, but he left a legacy unmatched.
So did his teams.
They became the epitome of a college soccer dynasty.


Below is a look at the longest championship streaks in NAIA history:
Baseball — Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), 6, 1987-92
Men’s basketball — Tennessee State, 3, 1957-59; Kentucky State, 3, 1970-72
Women’s basketball — Southern Nazarene 4, 1994-97; Oklahoma City, 4, 1999-2002
Football — Carroll, 4, 2002-05
Men’s golf — Sam Houston State, 4, 1978-81; Huntingdon, 4, 1985-88; Oklahoma City, 4, 2001-04
Women’s golf — Oklahoma City, 5, 2005-09
Men’s outdoor track and field — Azusa Pacific, 7, 1983-89
Women’s outdoor track and field — Prairie View A&M, 9, 1982-90
Men’s soccer — Quincy, 5, 1977-81
Women’s soccer — Lee, 4, 2008-11
Softball — Oklahoma City, 4, 1994-97
Men’s swimming and diving — Simon Fraser, 9, 1972-80
Women’s swimming and diving — Simon Fraser, 5, 2000-04
Women’s volleyball — Hawaii-Hilo, 4, 1981-84; BYU-Hawaii, 4, 1994-97; Fresno Pacific, 4, 2007-10
Wrestling — Grandview, 9, 2012-20
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Bay Area teen recounts hotel room break-in scare – NBC Bay Area
A second Bay Area teen who along with two other girls was in a Southern California hotel room when they say someone tried to break in using a wire spoke out Wednesday, saying it was “probably the most terrifying experience of my life.” The teen, 18-year-old Julia, was in the room with two other athletes […]

A second Bay Area teen who along with two other girls was in a Southern California hotel room when they say someone tried to break in using a wire spoke out Wednesday, saying it was “probably the most terrifying experience of my life.”
The teen, 18-year-old Julia, was in the room with two other athletes from a South Bay water polo club when someone in the hallway, later identified as a hotel employee, attempted to use a wire to grab onto their door handle from the inside. Julia’s teammate recorded a video of the incident and even grabbed the wire at one point. Julia said they immediately called their coaches after the scare.
“I think calling our coaches was the best plan of action just because they were in the hotel, they were all in two floors difference of us,” she said. “It was the first thing that came into our head – quite literally who can get there the fastest.”
The incident happened at the Delta by Marriott hotel in Garden Grove, which is owned and operated by Khanna Enterprises.
The coaches and girls’ parents filed a police report. Garden Grove police said they are investigating a hotel employee, but they said at this point they don’t believe the incident is criminal.
“There is the maintenance records and things like that, so whatever form of communication the hotel has with their staff for work orders or things like that, our detectives want to go and investigate that a little bit more,” Garden Grove police Sgt. Nick Jensen said.
Khanna released the following statement about the incident Wednesday:
“Under a license granted to us by Marriott International, we own and operate the Delta Garden
Grove. We have been in the market with this hotel for over 7 years and have never had an incident like the one that occurred on July 25, 2025.
While we regret the events that transpired, we have taken steps to ensure that similar incidents like this will not happen in the future. The employee responsible for attempting to enter the room with his own makeshift device is no longer with the company. Additionally, disciplinary action has been exercised towards other employees that were involved.
We appreciate the efforts of the Garden Grove Police Department who determined that this was not a criminal act of any kind. Above Property Leadership was fully aware of the incident shortly after it occurred. We provided guidance to our hotel team and will continue to be available to them if more needs to be discussed regarding this matter.”
After the scare, Julia said she and her teammates barricaded themselves in their room using a chair, desk and ironing board.
She added their concerns only grew when they returned from their tournament and found a soccer ball sticker placed over the peephole outside their hotel door.
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