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There was some terrific baseball played on the Atlanta Braves farm system on Saturday night. David McCabe had another awesome couple of games with plenty of hard hit balls, JR Ritchie gave up no earned runs and very few hard hit balls, and Hayden Harris and Elison Joseph had insanely dominant relief outings. John Gil also returned from the injured list with a first inning triple, and, oh, the DSL Braves scored 15 runs in the first inning.

(40-61) Gwinnett Stripers 3, (53-46) Memphis Redbirds 4

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Statcast

  • Nacho Alvarez Jr., 2B: 1-4, BB, .350/.519/.500
  • Luke Waddell, SS: 2-4, BB, RBI, .288/.407/.349
  • JR Ritchie, SP: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2.38 ERA
  • Hayden Harris, RP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 0.71 ERA

JR Ritchie seems to be settling into Gwinnett nicely, and despite only managing two strikeouts in this outing he had a solid game at missing bats and was able to control the game until the very end of his start. Like his last outing Ritchie was able to do a great job of hitting the strike zone, but in this one he had particular success locating his fastball and changeup well and those proved pivotal in the outcome for him. While he wasn’t getting many whiffs with his changeup he was keeping them on the edge of the strike zone, and Redbirds hitters could not square the pitch up throughout the game. None of the seven batted balls against his changeup were hard hit, which is a great sign given how much emphasis the Braves have put on Ritchie developing his changeup this season. His pitch count was limited to 73, and the Braves seem to be at a point with some of their pitchers recovering from injury that they’re starting to limit pitch and inning counts, but he was able to maintain his velocity to the final pitch in the sixth inning. In that sixth inning he gave out a one out double on a cutter that he left over the plate, then pulled a fastball and hit the next batter, which was the only time in the outing that two straight batters reached. Nathan Wiles couldn’t protect the shutout and issued a walk to load the bases, then on a tapper back to the mound that should have been an easy play at the plate he booted it to allow the only run charged to Ritchie to score.

Nacho Alvarez contributed to Gwinnett with a walk and a hit in his first game back with the Stripers, but it was still a rough showing at the plate. The medium hit line drive single in the sixth inning accounted for his only hit, but in none of his at bats did he make solid contact even though he had pitches out over the plate to hit. Jarred Kelenic on the other hand had a couple of well-struck balls, but only came up with one hard-hit single. In the fourth Kelenic smoked a slider to straight away center field that chased the defender all the way back to the wall, but Kelenic came up just short of a big fly and didn’t do much the rest of the game. Hayden Harris had a dominant showing out of the bullpen, getting seven whiffs on just ten swings, with four of those coming on his sweeper. The sweeper was a major reason Harris was left down in Double-A to start the season, and it’s been a focus for him all season, and so far he has had mixed but improved success with it in 2025. This was a great game for him commanding that pitch on the glove side and he kept his fastball off of bats to put out a dominant outing.

Swing and Misses

JR Ritchie – 9

Hayden Harris – 7

Nathan Wiles – 1

(37-54) Columbus Clingstones 3, (51-39) Chattanooga Lookouts 4

Box Score

  • Geraldo Quintero, LF: 1-3, 2B, BB, .233/.345/.422
  • David McCabe, 3B: 1-3, BB, RBI, .283/.373/.398
  • Ian Mejia, SP: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2.37 ERA

(38-54) Columbus Clingstones 5, (51-40) Chattanooga Lookouts 3

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  • Geraldo Quintero, LF: 2-3, 3B, .233/.345/.422
  • David McCabe, 3B: 2-3, RBI, .283/.373/.398
  • Drue Hackenberg, SP: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 7.07 ERA
  • Elison Joseph, RP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 2.83 ERA

Columbus finally got back into the win column with a victory in game two of the double header, but first they fell painfully short of an impressive comeback win in the opener. Ian Mejia struggled and was left in just a bit too long, and Chattanooga put up two runs in the sixth inning to double their lead and put the quiet Clingstones lineup in a 4-0 hole. This would typically spell doom for this team, but they suddenly awoke with quiet fury in the bottom of the sixth. Kevin Kilpatrick Jr. led off the inning with a hard hit single and Geraldo Quintero followed with a double, bringing up the exact man they would want in that spot with David McCabe. McCabe rocketed a ball over to the right side, but a fantastic pick at first base robbed him off a two RBI single, yet the Clingstones weren’t done fighting. Ethan Workinger broke up the shutout with a base hit and Drew Compton cut the deficit to two runs with a sacrifice fly, and in the bottom of the seventh inning opportunity knocked again. A walk and another hit from Kilpatrick put the tying run on base with one out, bringing up Quintero and the top of the lineup with two opportunities to tie the game. Quintero flew out weakly to left field, and the game came down to McCabe, who immediately cracked another hard line drive this time clearing the infield for a single. This scored a run and put the tying run over at third base, the winning run on first, and brought Ethan Workinger to the plate in a clutch spot. Workinger worked back from 0-2 to run the count full, threatening to draw a walk to load the bases, but got out in front of a slider and hit it off of the end of the bat, hitting a weak pop to right field that the defender tracked down to end the game.

With the frustration of game one fresh in their minds the Clingstones were not playing around in game two, immediately putting up a first inning rally. Yet again it was David McCabe who hit a laser for a single, and after advancing on a balk he was able to score the first run of the game on a single from Drew Compton. Chattanooga managed a run to tie the game up, but the Clingstones put the pedal to the metal in the second. A two run home run from Cade Bunnell broke the game open and gave Columbus a multi-run lead, and the Quintero-McCabe duo got right back into action later on. Quintero kept the inning alive with a two-out triple, and McCabe once again put out terrific contact. On a fading change that hung up just in the zone he was able to stay on it and drive a sinking liner into right field, his fourth hard-hit ball in a row, third hit in four at bats, and an RBI to extend the lead to 4-1. The game stayed solidly in control of Columbus until the top of the sixth inning, when Amos Willingham coughed up a two-run home run that made the game a save situation in a hurry. This awoke Elison Joseph, who dispatched the Lookouts without breaking a sweat. Joseph struck out all four batters he faced, all swinging, and got seven whiffs on ten swings with three foul balls. Joseph has seemingly immediately turned it around with the calendar flipping to January. He has 12 strikeouts, no hits or runs allowed, and only two walks allowed in six innings. If he is throwing strikes again the rest of the Southern League is in trouble.

Swing and Misses

Ian Mejia – 13

Amos Willingham – 10

Zach Thompson – 9

Elison Joseph – 7

Blayne Abeyta – 2

(39-53) Rome Emperors 1, (56-36) Hudson Valley Renegades 5

Box Score

  • Patrick Clohisy, LF-CF: 3-4, 3B, RBI, .244/.337/.329
  • Justin Janas, RF: 1-4, .266/.333/.367
  • Cedric De Grandpre, SP: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 2.43 ERA

If you love good baseball you’ll love Patrick Clohisy’s performance on Saturday evening, and you probably won’t like much else that the Emperors did this game. Clohisy struck out in his first plate appearance, then was the only player the rest of the game who seemed like he had showed up. He tripled and was stranded his next time up, then in the sixth and ninth innings had base hits to run his evening up to three hits. He has four games this month of three or more hits, though he has been notably inconsistent with not much production outside of those four games. The biggest news from this game for the offense was bad news, in the form of a scary injury. Lizandro Espinoza was clotheslined on a collision between him and Justin Janas in shallow right field and had to be removed from the game. Fortunately he walked off fully under his own power, so it doesn’t seem to be a significant injury and he can hopefully get back on the field soon.

Cedric De Grandpre has been terrific for Rome this season, but this was not a great outing for him. Throughout this season since coming back from Tommy John surgery he has been prone to bouts of wildness, and for the second straight outing he didn’t really have a great feel of any of his pitches. De Grandpre also allowed his first home run of the season, but all things considered got away with pretty limited damage only allowing two runs. De Grandpre has done a great job avoiding barrels this season and had six ground ball outs this game, and even with his control problems he has been effective at finishing at bats and making quality two strike pitches. He was able to finish off hitters efficiently to run up seven strikeouts despite mediocre whiff numbers, and his walk rates really aren’t a major long term concern and seem to be more indicative of a guy still trying to find his feel after returning from a long absence.

Swing and Misses

Cedric De Grandpre – 8

Logan Samuels – 5

(47-46) Augusta GreenJackets 1, (52-42) Hickory Crawdads 4

Box Score

  • John Gil, SS: 2-4, 3B, .229/.323/.300
  • Isaiah Drake, LF: 3-4, 2B, .256/.340/.354
  • Rayven Antonio, SP: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 3.39 ERA

John Gil is back from the injured list, and he had an immediate impact on this GreenJackets lineup. He liked the first pitch he saw and jumped on it, driving one to the base of the wall in right center field where he used his speed to motor in for a triple. He then made an astounding baserunning mistake and got back-picked at third base for the second out of the inning. Gil at least made up for it in the fourth inning, slicing a single over to right field for a base hit and coming around to score after stealing a base, advancing on an error, and then scoring on a wild pitch. That first inning pickoff was made all the more painful when Isaiah Drake followed with a base hit, and Drake would finish the day with a team-leading three hits. The best of these came in the sixth inning when he ripped a ball into the gap in right center field and hustled into second base with a double, though Augusta would fail to score him. Gil hit a bit of a power slump in late June, but has slowly been inching his isolated power back towards .100 on the season and is currently sitting at .098. This isn’t a particularly impressive number, but given how slow he started the season from a power perspective, how bad his production was last season (.085 ISO), the fact that Augusta’s home park is tough on lefties, and the league-median ISO is .092, he is doing fairly well. His swing changes have been the most notable of any Braves prospect this season, and him making wholesale changes to his swing and approach and putting up a 108 wRC+ as a 19 year old is impressive.

Rayven Antonio has had two bad games in a row now after not struggling at all for the first three and a half months, and this was the first time all season he has had more walks than strikeouts in an outing. Antonio’s command these past two outings has been far short of the expectations he set for himself coming into this month, but it may be the point in the season where regardless of his results down the stretch it is hard to find fault in him. He is nearly 30 innings past his career high already and his status as a breakout prospect is solidified for us going into next year even if he does hit some late season slumps. Antonio held it together until the fifth inning and Hickory wasn’t hitting him hard, but he was replaced by Seth Keller who hit a batter and then allowed a home run to score an inherited runner (who reached on an infield single) and give Hickory a three run lead.

Swing and Misses

Rayven Antonio – 7

Seth Keller – 6

(16-21) DSL Braves 17, (20-17) DSL Pirates Black 3

Box Score

  • Angel Carmona, SS: 1-5, 3B, BB, RBI .167/.259/.444
  • Yassel Garcia, 3B: 2-5, 2B, 2 BB, RBI, .213/.426/.287
  • Juan Espinal, CF: 2-5, HR, BB, 4 RBI, .237/.431/.433

Yassel Garcia drew two walks and a had a double for the DSL Braves in the first inning. That sentence is basically everything you need to know about this game. They put a 15 spot on the Pirates in the top of the first inning, including a triple from Angel Carmona, a two run home run from Juan Espinal, and seven walks. I would pay good money to see the insanity of this first inning, and if you want to go check out the box score to see the play-by-play I encourage it. Every single Brave scored at least once in the inning, every single Brave had at least one hit, and eight of the nine had at least one RBI.

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Texas A&M tops Kentucky for first NCAA volleyball championship: ‘We sent a warning shot out to the world’

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With Texas A&M up 24-20 in the third set of the NCAA women’s volleyball title match, Maddie Waak set the ball for Ifenna Cos-Okpalla. Though Logan Lednicky and Kyndal Stowers had played bigger games for the Aggies, it was Cos-Okpalla who got the call for the championship point.

She elevated and slammed the ball in between Kentucky’s defenders at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. With that kill, Texas A&M won an improbable national title, 3-0 (26-24, 25-15, 25-20).

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“They’re putting on t-shirts behind me. I can’t believe it. I’m still a little bit in disbelief,” Aggies coach Jamie Morrison said to ABC after the game. “We sent a warning shot out to the world about what we’re about.”

Kentucky, the No. 1 seed, started out strong in the first set. They built a lead as big as six points before Texas A&M started chipping away, eventually winning the set, 26-24. With that momentum, the Aggies owned the next two sets. Lednicky was the star of the match with 7 kills, 11 digs and 2 blocks. With every point won, Texas A&M’s confidence grew.

Kentucky was the third No. 1 seed that Texas A&M — a third seed — beat on the way to the national title, and every win from the Sweet 16 on was shocking. First, the Aggies came back from 2-0 to pull the reverse sweep against Louisville. Next, Texas A&M had to face undefeated, No. 1 overall seed Nebraska in Lincoln. In what was the best game of the tournament, the Aggies beat Nebraska in five sets.

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But their magic didn’t stop once the Aggies got to Kansas City. In the national semifinal, they swept No. 1 seed Pittsburgh, the first time the Panthers had been swept all season. And then in the first-ever All-SEC final, the Aggies came out victorious.

Unlike Kentucky, which won the national title in 2020 and has been one of the top teams in women’s volleyball for years, Texas A&M is a newcomer to volleyball’s elite. Though it had some good teams over the years that made it to the Elite Eight, this was the program’s first Final Four and their first national title.

Morrison took over the program in 2023, and held onto Lednicky and Cos-Okpalla. The Aggies turned the program around quickly, earning a bid to the tournament in 2023 and then making it to the Sweet 16 in 2024. This year, the Aggies went 29-4 and looked like a team on the brink. But with so many seniors, they had no time to waste and adopted the mentality of “Why not us?”

Lednicky, who played with the U.S. national team over the summer, was the heart of this team’s championship run, and the player who kept asking “Why not us?” Stowers’ comeback might be one of the best sports stories of the year. While playing for Baylor, she suffered concussions and medically retired from the sport. But after being medically cleared and deciding she had more to give to the sport, Stowers signed with Texas A&M and is now a national champion.

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Morrison has built a program that is not only a national champion, but is in a great position to continue to grow volleyball in Texas. While he will lose seniors like Lednicky and Waak, he can now show off a championship ring while on the recruiting trail.

But figuring out who will play for the Aggies next season is tomorrow’s problem. Today, Texas A&M gets to celebrate how it defied the odds to win the school’s first-ever national title in women’s volleyball.



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Kentucky vs. Texas A&M NCAA Volleyball Championship: How to watch, preview

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Kentucky volleyball will look to win its second national title in five years on Sunday when it takes on Texas A&M in Kansas City.How to watchSunday’s game tips off at 3:30 p.m. at the T-Mobile Center. It will air on ABC.PreviewKentucky comes to the game on Sunday with the edge. The Cats are No. 2 overall in the NCAA ranking, and they have previously beaten the No. 6 Aggies 3-1 in October. That game, an A&M home game, saw then No. 3 Kentucky face off against No. 9 Texas A&M, but since that meet-up, the Cats have not lost a single game, and the Aggies are right behind them with a single loss to home state rival Texas. The Wildcats have won 27 straight games, 30-2 overall, with their last loss in September to Pittsburgh. Texas A&M comes in 28-4 overall, with a five-game win streak, after their loss to Texas destroyed their 11-game win streak.Kentucky is no stranger to the NCAA championship. The Cats snagged their first title in 2020 after they beat Texas 3-1 in Omaha. Texas A&M has not made an appearance at the NCAA championship but has finished in the top ten four times in the last five years, finishing in fifth place in 2024.

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Kentucky volleyball will look to win its second national title in five years on Sunday when it takes on Texas A&M in Kansas City.

How to watch

Sunday’s game tips off at 3:30 p.m. at the T-Mobile Center. It will air on ABC.

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Kentucky comes to the game on Sunday with the edge. The Cats are No. 2 overall in the NCAA ranking, and they have previously beaten the No. 6 Aggies 3-1 in October. That game, an A&M home game, saw then No. 3 Kentucky face off against No. 9 Texas A&M, but since that meet-up, the Cats have not lost a single game, and the Aggies are right behind them with a single loss to home state rival Texas.

The Wildcats have won 27 straight games, 30-2 overall, with their last loss in September to Pittsburgh. Texas A&M comes in 28-4 overall, with a five-game win streak, after their loss to Texas destroyed their 11-game win streak.

Kentucky is no stranger to the NCAA championship. The Cats snagged their first title in 2020 after they beat Texas 3-1 in Omaha.

Texas A&M has not made an appearance at the NCAA championship but has finished in the top ten four times in the last five years, finishing in fifth place in 2024.



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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! – Texas A&M Athletics

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Texas A&M Aggies overwhelmed the Kentucky Wildcats in the final two sets of a 3-0 (26-24, 25-15, 25-18) victory to claim the school’s first-ever NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship Sunday evening inside the T-Mobile Center.

 

Entering the tournament as the No. 3 seed in the Lincoln Regional, Texas A&M (29-4) completed a postseason sweep of three of the tournament’s No. 1 seeds, beating Nebraska (3-2) and Pitt (3-0) before dispatching of Kentucky (30-3). The last three teams the Maroon & White beat were a combined 93-6 before their respective seasons were ended.

 

The Aggies became the ninth team in the 45-year history of the NCAA Championship to sweep both of their Final Four matches.

 

The Maroon & White never trailed in the last two sets. The opportunistic Aggies took advantage of the Wildcats’ nine service errors and 16 attack errors.

 

Kyndal Stowers was named the NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player. She capped off the tournament with a .304 attack percentage, 10 kills, six digs, two service aces and one block in the triumph over Kentucky. Ifenna Cos-Okpalla, Logan Lednicky and Ava Underwood joined Stowers on the All-Tournament Team.

 

Texas A&M claimed the first set despite not leading until 25-24. The Wildcats pounced on the Aggies in the first set for a 9-3 advantage. Kentucky led by six on eight more occasions, before the Maroon & White clawed back into the contest. An 8-2 run, featuring two kills each by Cos-Okpalla and Lednicky, tied the contest at 20-20. With the set seesawing, the Wildcats had its first set point at 24-23, but Stowers sandwiched two kills around a block assist by Cos-Okpalla and Maddie Waak for the smash and grab.

 

The second set was tied twice early before the Aggies broke away. Back-to-back kills by Lednicky and a service ace by Cos-Okpalla allowed Texas A&M to open a 5-2 lead. The Maroon & White suffocated the Wildcats with a 13-3 run to open its biggest lead of the set at 19-8. Kentucky would draw no closer than seven the remainder of the set.

 

After Kentucky opened the third set with a service error, Cos-Okpalla put aways two kills to start a 6-1 surge out of the gate. The Wildcats cut the deficit to 10-8, but 9-3 charge by Texas A&M widened the lead to 19-11. Big Blue was closed the gap to four at 24-20, but it was too little, too late as Cos-Okpalla uncorked a booming kill for the final point.

 

STAT LEADERS

Kills – Logan Lednicky – 11

Hitting Percentage (Min. 10 kills) – Kyndal Stowers – .304

Assists – Maddie Waak – 29

Aces – Ifenna Cos-Okpalla; Maddie Waak – 2 

Digs – Ava Underwood – 10

Blocks – Ifenna Cos-Okpalla – 4

 

GAME NOTES

  • Logan Lednicky recorded her 23nd-consecutive game with 10 or more kills.
  • Ifenna Cos-Okpalla set the Texas A&M career record for blocks, wrapping up with 566. She also inflated her single-season school record to 199.
  • Jamie Morrison joined John Dunning (first year) and Michael Sealy (second year) as one of three coaches two win an NCAA Division I Volleyball tournament in their first three years as a head coach.
  • The Aggies beat all four of the No. 1 seeds of the NCAA Championship, beating Texas (3-2) in the regular season and Nebraska (3-2), Pitt (3-0) and Kentucky (3-0).

 

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Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M volleyball. Fans can keep up to date with the A&M volleyball team on Facebook, Instagram and on Twitter by following @AggieVolleyball.





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Alumni Spotlight: Aviana “Avi” Goode ’20

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Aviana K. Goode ’20
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Aviana, also known as Avi, is no stranger to success on the track. Before turning 18, Avi had already won three state championships and earned multiple bronze medals, along with a silver, while competing for her high school track team — and even added a school record in the process. Her winning nature carried over to Syracuse where she balanced being a student and an athlete, studying Communication and Rhetorical Studies at VPA and Sports Revenue Management & Operations at Falk College. This balance paid off as she earned top-six finishes at the 2019 ACC Indoor and Outdoor Championships in the high jump. She continued to add to her long list of track achievements during her graduate transfer year when she competed for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) where she previously held the indoor program record for 60m hurdles and the outdoor record for the 100m hurdles and heptathlon. Although she no longer competes on the track, she has found a new way to stay involved with the sport she loves.

It was always Aviana’s dream to earn a trip to TrackTown USA in Eugene, Oregon. For those who may not know, TrackTown is a world-class track and field facility organizing events such as the 2015, 2022, 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships and the 2016, 2020, and 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Aviana’s dream to make it to TrackTown USA, also known as Hayward Field, came true when she was selected as one of four photographers to cover the 2024 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials as park of the Black Women Photographers and TrackTown USA creative team.

Noah Lyles coming out of the blocks at U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Credit: Aviana Goode/@goode.flicks
Noah Lyles coming out of the blocks at U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Credit: Aviana Goode/@goode.flicks

“It was surreal,” Aviana said. “My goal in life, in track and field specifically, was always to make it to Hayward Field. It was supposed to be as an athlete, but I guess God had different plans for me. I ended up there with a whole new lens, literally and figuratively.”

Aviana spent over a week at TrackTown shooting world-class athletes like Olympic champion and eight-time World Champion, Noah Lyles, Olympic long jump champion, Tara Davis-Woodhall, and even Olympian and World Record breaker, Sydney McLaughlin.


 

Tara Davis-Woodhall competing in long jump at U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Credit: Aviana Goode/@goode.flicks
Tara Davis-Woodhall competing in long jump at U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Credit: Aviana Goode/@goode.flicks

The unique part about the entire situation is that Aviana was just a newbie in the sports photography world at this point. She had started sports photography just two years prior to shooting on this world-class stage and had only shot one outdoor track meet before. Despite the lack of experience, Polly Irungu, founder of Black Women Photographers, loved her photos and style.

The opportunity to shoot the Olympic Trials allowed Aviana to grow tremendously as a person but also as a photographer. While covering the Olympic Trials, she noticed that not many women of color were working as creatives although the sport is predominately black. There were only five other creatives that were black women that she saw capturing the events at TrackTown. This realization inspired Avi to be a role model and a representation for young black women and women of color who want to step into the creative world. As a freelance photographer based in NYC, she continues to refine her craft, working with athletes, brands, and events to create high-impact imagery that resonates.

“Being a photographer allows me to go out there and still feel like an athlete. I can feel the emotion. I’m capturing everything to remember the moment and to show the love and passion for the sport that I think is the hardest sport in the world, Aviana said.

 

Stay connected with Aviana on Linkedin: Aviana Goode | LinkedIn & Instagram: @goode.flicks

Raven Saunders with her medal at U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Credit: Aviana Goode/@goode.flicks
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Kentucky volleyball results, recap vs Texas A&M in championship match

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Updated Dec. 21, 2025, 5:16 p.m. ET

The Kentucky Wildcats volleyball team needed one more win to bring home a national championship, but the Texas A&M Aggies were the better team on Sunday afternoon, and it’s they who took home the trophy after winning the match 3-0 (26-24, 25-15, 25-20).

It looked like the Wildcats were going to take control early. They jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the first set, and led big as play progressed. However, some good Texas A&M serves, and some bad Kentucky passing led to an Aggies comeback.

After that first set, it seemed as if the life drained out of the Wildcats. The Aggies dominated the second set. They blocked nearly every Kentucky kill attempt, and dug out the rest. The Cats had no answers, and they fell behind 2-0.



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