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What else do we have brewing this morning?

🥍 Millon earns POTW
⚾️ Holding steady
​⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼  Together Again! After her tenure at the University of Florida ended in March, Kelly Rae Finley was unsure what her next step would be. Taking a year off from coaching was an option, and that held some appeal for Finley.

Then her friend Aaron Roussell called.

The University of Virginia was searching for a new head women’s basketball coach, and the position intrigued Roussell, who in 2025-26 had led the Richmond Spiders to their third straight NCAA tournament appearance.

🏀 KEEP READING: Longtime Friends Join Forces at JPJ

🔼  Teammates Forever. Taylor French saw them first. The door to a private room at Timberlake Church in Lynchburg cracked open, revealing a large group of young women in navy T-shirts.

These were familiar faces.

“Oh my gosh,” French told his wife, Katie. “The whole team is here.”

It was Aug. 23, 2025, the day Taylor and Katie, alongside their children Kora, Addison and Eli, laid their oldest child, Rylan, to rest. She was only 12, having died 16 days earlier from an aggressive brain cancer known as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG.

Symbols of support came in many forms during the funeral service, most notably through the University of Virginia softball team’s coordinated effort. 

📰 FROM UVA TODAY: In their brief time together, she became UVA softball’s ‘teammate forever’

🔼  Leading The Charge! Virginia men’s lacrosse’s McCabe Millon is the TLN Player of the Week after his monstrous performance in the ACC Championships!

🎥 WATCH: Jon Gruden loves the Millon brothers
🎥 WATCH: Hoist it high!

🔼  In The Rankings. Virginia baseball remains in this week’s rankings after sweeping its doubleheader against Radford on Sunday!

Today’s Trivia Question: How many home runs does Harrison Didawick have in his Virginia career?

⏪ ICYMI

We like our Brew hot ‘n’ fresh, but we’re not opposed to you reheating your cup. Here’s some news you may have missed recently…

Gretchen Walsh Breaks World Record at the Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open. Her time sliced 0.27 seconds from her previous world record of 54.60, set at the same meet in the same pool 12 months ago. It was her fourth time breaking the 100 Fly LCM record. She owns the top 13 times in the event.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Tuesday, May 5
No scheduled events

Wednesday, May 6
🥎 Softball vs. Pittsburgh @ 7:30 p.m. (ACC Championships — Charlottesville, Va.)
👟 Track & Field at Liberty Twilight Qualifier (Lynchburg, Va.)

Thursday, May 7
🥎 Softball — ACC Championships Day 2 (Charlottesville, Va.)

Trivia Answer: 41 — seven behind Jake Gelof for the most in program history!

⚔️ Have a great Tuesday, y’all!