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Hoos Brew 7/24: After The Whistle
Today, Felicia Aiyeotan is winning off the basketball court.
What’s steeping in today's Brew?
🏀 Adversity is no match for Aiyeotan
🥍 Bringing home bronze
⚔️ And much, much more!
📈 STOCK UP
🔼 Adversity In Action. Felicia Aiyeotan grew up in poverty in Nigeria.
With a push from her mom, she attended a basketball camp called Hope For Girls, which aims to inspire and empower impoverished girls in Africa. It did just that, and Aiyeotan earned an athletic scholarship to play at Virginia.
A medical diagnosis ended her career early, but it hasn’t stopped Aiyeotan from having a very successful career.
🔼 Bringing Home Bronze. Gable Porter, an incoming freshman on the Virginia wrestling squad, took home third place at 132 pounds in the Junior Greco-Roman division at the U.S. Marine Corps USAW Junior National Championships this past weekend.
Porter dropped his semifinal match to eventual champion Otto Black.
🔼 Soccer Supplement. Virginia women’s soccer has a new defender on the team, with quite the pedigree.
Kathryn Kelly, who spent her redshirt season at UCLA last year, will switch coasts this year and join the Cavalier program. Kelly was the No. 7 overall recruit on the IMG Top 150 coming out of high school, and has U.S. Youth National Team experience.
Welcome to Charlottesville, Kathryn!
🔼 Hoo Earns Hardware. Eva Frohnhofer has some bronze to add to her trophy case!
🤔 HOOS TRIVIA
Assistant Coach With Accolades. Virginia women’s lacrosse head coach Sonia LaMonica announced the hiring of Kerrigan Miller to her staff last week.
Where did Miller finish her college career in 2021?
Think you got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!
⏪ 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…
⚔️ Kyle Teel Signs With The Boston Red Sox Organization. Teel was selected 14th overall in this summer’s MLB Draft.
⚔️ Eight Women’s Rowing Hoos Earn CRCA National Scholar-Athlete Honors. Congratulations to Janet Conklin, Nora Grabcheski, Paige Loh, Addison Luce, Lauren Orr, Nel Straub, Zoe Tekeian and Leia Till.
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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE
FOOTBALL SEASON OPENER
📅 Saturday, Sept. 2
⚔️ Virginia vs. Tennessee
📍 Nashville, Tennessee
🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: North Carolina!
⚔️ Have a great start to your week, y’all!