Good Morning, Hoos! Ben James and Ben Kohles are headed to the US Open!

What else do we have brewing this morning?

⛳ Sargent earns National Coach of the Year
🏈 Alumni spotlight
​⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼  In The Starting Block! Virginia track and field begins action at the NCAA Championships today at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon!

The Hoos punched 14 total tickets to the NCAA Championships, with nine men set to compete and four women.

👟 PREVIEW: Virginia Track & Field Set for NCAA Outdoor Championships
📸 PHOTOS: Hoos at Hayward Field

🔼  Head Hoo Honored! Virginia men’s golf head coach Bowen Sargent has been named the 2026 Dave Williams National Coach of the Year presented by Golf Pride Grips!

Sargent is a two-time finalist for the prestigious honor (2025 & 2026) and is Virginia’s first ever Dave Williams Award recipient.

⛳ READ MORE: Sargent Garners Nation’s Top Coaching Honor

🔼  Regional Honorees! The Virginia baseball duo of AJ Gracia and Tyler Kapa each earned All-Atlantic Region honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association on Tuesday!

⚾ READ MORE: Cavalier Duo Collects ABCA All-Region Honors

🔼  All-Atlantic! The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its All-Atlantic Regional Awards on Tuesday, with Virginia men’s and women’s tennis earning several spots!

The men earned seven of eight Atlantic Region honors, while the women’s squad earned five honors.

🎾 MEN’S TENNIS: Cavaliers Dominate ITA Atlantic Regional Honors
🎾 WOMEN’S TENNIS: Cavaliers Earn Five ITA Atlantic Regional Honors

🔼  Alumni Spotlight! Former UVA football player Michael Eck has a story to tell, and it might seem like something Hollywood would concoct. But it’s all true.

Eck, who grew up in the Pittsburgh area, graduated from UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce in 1984. Three years later, he received an MBA from Northwestern and went to work as an investment banker on Wall Street. But he never forgot his final football season at Mount Lebanon High School, where Eck and his fellow co-captains took charge of the team amid a teachers’ strike that sidelined the coaching staff in the fall of 1979.

“I always had it in my head," Eck said, "and every now and then I would take writing classes, because I had a bug that at some point I was going to write something. I always said I compared it to Friday Night Lights. I read the book and watched the movie, and I said, I think we have something— if it's told well."

Three years in the making, his memoir, Strike Season, will be published in August.

🏈 KEEP READING: Alumni Spotlight — Michael Eck

Today’s Trivia Question: How many weeks did Virginia men’s golf spend as the No. 1 team in the country this spring?

⏪ 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…

Virginia Football Season Opener Relocated to Charlottesville. Following extensive review with operational partners and international stakeholders, the 2026 NC State at Virginia football game, originally scheduled to be played in Brazil, will be relocated to Charlottesville, Virginia, for this conference matchup.

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👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)

Trivia Answer: 11!

⚔️ Have a great Wednesday, y’all!