Monthly Archives: November 2009

Bruce Larsen’s sculpture will be dedicated in Michael Jordan’s name. Earvin “Magic” Johnson, a basketball legend in his own right, leaves little doubt about his selection for the best player of all time. “There’s Michael Jordan, and then there are the rest of us,” Johnson once said. “Mr. Basketball” voters in the United States Sports [...]

College Football Game of the Year chairman Jack Lengyel, left of painting, and 2005 Sport Artist of the Year Daniel Moore present Moore’s painting to Texas Tech representative Steve Uryasz at the Red Raiders’ game against Oklahoma on 21 November. Texas Tech University was presented with a painting by United States Sports Academy representatives that [...]

DeLoss Dodds, left, the University of Texas director of athletics presents world champion decathlete Trey Hardee with the Academy’s Jim Thorpe All-Around Award. World champion decathlete Trey Hardee of the United States has been named the winner of the Jim Thorpe All-Around Award by the United States Sports Academy. Hardee was presented with the award [...]

Dr. Donn C. Renwick, a Distance Learning Faculty member and former Dean at the Academy, left, presents Don Hooton with a Distinguished Service Award. Don Hooton of Frisco, Texas, received a 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the United States Sports Academy for his work to raise awareness of high school students’ willingness to use anabolic [...]

The United States Sports Academy and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) have joined forces to offer continuing education credits (CEUs) to coaches attending the 2010 NSCAA convention in Philadelphia from 14-17 January 2010.

Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Arthur Nuzman, left, is presented the Academy’s Eagle Award by Board of Visitors member Peter Tichansky. Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Arthur Nuzman was presented with the United States Sports Academy’s Eagle Award on 19 November 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Mr. Peter Tichansky, a member of the [...]

Mississippi’s 25-23 victory over LSU on 21 November was selected as the United States Sports Academy’s College Football Game of the Week by a panel of experts. Ole Miss running back Dexter McCluster ran for 148 yards as the Rebels gained the inside track on second place behind Alabama in the West Division of the [...]

Gordie Gillespie The winningest coach in college baseball history, Gordie Gillespie of the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Ill., has been awarded a Distinguished Service Award (DSA) by the United States Sports Academy. Gillespie, who turns 84 in April 2010, will begin his 58th season of coaching baseball next year. He has compiled a [...]

Kevin Carroll Kevin Carroll, the vice-president of Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics and an individual disabled athletes can turn to for prosthetic innovations that meet the challenges of elite competition or extreme sports, has been awarded a Distinguished Service Award (DSA) by the United States Sports Academy. Carroll supported numerous Paralympians who participated in the Beijing [...]

L-R: Bob Harper, Jillian Michaels Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper, the trainers on the NBC hit show “The Biggest Loser,” have been named the United States Sports Academy’s Dwight David Eisenhower Fitness Award winners for 2010. Since debuting in 2004, The Biggest Loser has become a worldwide phenomenon. It is shown in over 90 countries [...]