Things UVA fans are grateful for on Thanksgiving
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Happy Thanksgiving, UVA fans!
In case you’re looking for extra things to be thankful for today, here is our (incomplete) list of things Virginia fans to be thankful for:
29 NCAA National Championships
The University of Virginia sports teams have won 29 national championships, the second most in the ACC, the 20th of any school in the state, and the most (by far) the most in the state of Virginia:
1938: Boxing
1972: men’s lacrosse
1981: Women’s Cross Country
1982: Women’s Cross Country
1989: men’s football
1991: men’s football
1991: women’s lacrosse
1992: men’s soccer
1993: men’s soccer
1993: women’s lacrosse
1994: men’s soccer
1999: men’s lacrosse
2003: men’s lacrosse
2004: women’s lacrosse
2006: men’s lacrosse
2009: men’s soccer
2010: women’s rowing
2011: men’s lacrosse
2012: women’s rowing
2013: Men’s tennis
2014: men’s soccer
2015: baseball
2015: men’s tennis
2016: Men’s tennis
2017: Men’s tennis
2019: men’s basketball
2019: men’s lacrosse
2021: Swimming & diving for women
2021: men’s lacrosse
Outstanding coaches and their coaching staff
UVA is pampered with a collection of top-notch coaches and coaching staff who not only lead Virginia’s student athletes to incredible athletic success, but also mentor them and help them grow as people:
Brian O’Connor (baseball)
Tony Bennett (men’s basketball)
Tina Thompson (women’s basketball)
Michele Madison (field hockey)
Bronco Mendenhall (soccer)
Bowen Sargent (men’s golf)
Ria Scott (women’s golf)
Lars Tiffany (Men’s Lacrosse)
Julie Myers (women’s lacrosse)
Kevin Sauer (women’s rowing)
George Gelnovatch (men’s soccer)
Steve Swanson (women’s football)
Joanna Hardin (softball)
Mark Allen (pumpkin)
Todd DeSorbo (swimming & diving)
Andres Pedroso (men’s tennis)
Sara O’Leary (women’s tennis)
Vin Lananna (athletics / cross country)
Shannon Wells (volleyball)
Steve Garland (wrestling)
Hardworking athletics administrators
All of this would of course not be possible without the tireless and extraordinary work of the administrators in the athletics department, led by one of the best sports directors in the country, Carla Williams.
14 beautiful and historic sports venues
The University of Virginia is home to some amazing venues where the UVA sports practice and compete:
Water and fitness center – swimming & diving
Birdwood Golf Course – men’s and women’s golf
Virginia Tennis Facility and the Boar’s Head Resort – men’s and women’s tennis
Carl Smith Center, home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium – soccer
Davenport Field in Disharoon Park – Baseball
John Paul Jones Arena – basketball for men and women
Klockner Stadium – men’s and women’s lacrosse and soccer
Lannigan Field – Athletics
McArthur Squash Center at Boar’s Head Sports Club – squash for men and women
Memorial High School – volleyball and wrestling
Rivanna Reservoir boathouse – rowing
Palmer Park – softball
Panorama farms – cross-country skiing
Grass pitch – field hockey
Former and current Wahoo student athletes
Last but not least, we are grateful for the remarkable UVA student athletes, past and present, whose achievements in the field and in class continue to make the University of Virginia proud.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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