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.

Carla Williams, director of athletics at the University of Virginia

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

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Birdwood Golf Course – men’s and women’s golf

Bird forest

Virginia Tennis Facility and the Boar’s Head Resort – men’s and women’s tennis

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Carl Smith Center, home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium – soccer

Scott

Davenport Field in Disharoon Park – Baseball

Davenport

John Paul Jones Arena – basketball for men and women

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Klockner Stadium – men’s and women’s lacrosse and soccer

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Lannigan Field – Athletics

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McArthur Squash Center at Boar’s Head Sports Club – squash for men and women

McArthur

Memorial High School – volleyball and wrestling

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Rivanna Reservoir boathouse – rowing

Rivanna

Palmer Park – softball

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Panorama farms – cross-country skiing

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Grass pitch – field hockey

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Former and current Wahoo student athletes

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UVA swimming
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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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