Monthly Archives: March 2010

William Brown’s rookie season as the men’s basketball coach at Talladega College in Alabama couldn’t have finished any better. Brown, a master’s student at the United States Sports Academy, led Talladega to its second consecutive national title with a 65-56 victory over Southern Virginia University to win the United States Collegiate Athletic Association Division I [...]

ESPN college football studio analyst Lee Corso accepted the United States Sports Academy’s Ronald Reagan Media Award on Wednesday, 24 March 2010. Dr. Linda Moore, the senior director of business administration for ESPN and an Academy alumna, presented Corso with the award on the ESPN campus in Bristol, Conn. Corso joined ESPN in 1987 after [...]

Opie Otterstad, the 2006 Sport Artist of the Year, visited the United States Sports Academy on Thursday, 25 March. Otterstad has focused primarily on sports for the last 18 years, and most recently captured the New York Yankees’ 2009 World Series championship with a celebration painting. Otterstad’s works are on display at the Academy. His [...]

The Kingdom of Bahrain and the United States Sports Academy have been working together for almost 40 years. Recently, the president of the Bahraini Olympic Committee, His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa met with Academy Vice President Dr. T.J. Rosandich to discuss sport programs in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Academy currently delivers its [...]

UV Shankar, the Director of Sports at Jain College in India, paid a visit to the United States Sports Academy on 19 March 2010. Shankar met with Academy representatives, including President Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich, to discuss online education programs.

Academy Board of Trustees Chairman Robert C. Campbell, left, gives the 2009 Alumnus of the Year medallion to James Vilade. A devotion to charitable causes is one of the many reasons why University of Texas at Tyler baseball coach and athletic director James Vilade was honored as the 2009 United States Sports Academy Alumnus of [...]

Vice President of the United States Sports Academy, Dr. T.J. Rosandich (left), presents a Certificate of Meritorious Achievement to the General Manager of KH Sports World, Mr. Vincent Chin (right), in recognition of service and valuable contributions to Sport Education while Malaysian Minister of Sports for Melaka, Datuk Capt. (Ret.) Hj Abdul Karim bin Sulaiman, [...]

Canada’s Chantal Petitclerc accepted the United States Sports Academy’s Juan Antonio Samaranch IOC Disabled Athlete Award during a presentation at the site of the opening ceremony for the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver. Sir Philip Craven, the president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and a past winner of the Disabled Athlete Award, presented the [...]

Phil Raschker poses with the United States Sports Academy’s Sport Artist of the Year, TAFA, during a gathering at the Academy in January. Phil Raschker was named USA Track & Field Athlete of the Week after winning 10 medals at the recent 2010 World Indoor Masters Athletics Championships in British Columbia, Canada. Raschker, 63, received [...]

Maestro Cristobal Gabarron, standing, left, and son Cris Gabarron look on as Academy Vice President Dr. T.J. Rosandich and Juan Gabarron sign papers. The United States Sports Academy has reached an agreement with the Gabarron Foundation to deliver sport education programs in the city of Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona hosted the 1992 Summer Olympic Games. Spain’s [...]