Monthly Archives: April 2010

Chair of Sports Studies, Dr. Pam Wojnar, and Chair of Sports Coaching, Dr. Scott Johnson, took members of the United States Sports Academy’s Taiwanese cohorts to a Mobile BayBears baseball game on Friday, 16 April 2010. The cohorts are studying on the Academy campus in Daphne this semester.

From left, Cristobal Gabarron, the 1992 Sport Artist of the Year; former longtime International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch; and Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich at The Atlanta Star. The United States Sports Academy mourns the passing of former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Juan Antonio Samaranch, who passed away on [...]

TAFA, left, the 2010 Sport Artist of the Year, holds hands with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib as First Lady Rosmah sings “We are the World.” TAFA, the current American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA) Sport Artist of the Year, shared the stage with the Prime Minister and First Lady of Malaysia during a gala [...]

Author Evan Weiner wrote a story for examiner.com about the United States Sports Academy and the Malaysian Prime Minister, the Honorable Dato Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak, who was in New York on Friday, 16 April 2010 to attend an event honoring the prime minister and the First Lady, Her Excellency Datin Paduka [...]

The United States Sports Academy is proud to announce its latest collection of graduates. The Academy considers its alumni its greatest resource. They are renowned as coaches, athletic administrators, college professors, fitness trainers, sports medicine specialists and others who continue to make significant contributions in the field of sport. Congratulations to the following students, who [...]

Nancy Raia, the community outreach director for the Eastern Shore Art Center, has been named Chairperson of the United States Sports Academy’s Art Committee. The Art Committee evaluates artwork and portfolios for the American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA) Sport Artist of the Year Award, which the Academy has awarded to artists from around [...]

Roald Bradstock, 2003 Sport Artist of the Year Roald Bradstock may be approaching 50 years old, but he’s still chasing the Olympic dream. Bradstock, winner of the American Sport Art Museum and Archives’ 2003 Sport Artist of the Year award, represented Great Britain in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics in the javelin throw. When he [...]

Academy Vice President Dr. T.J. Rosandich, left, and 2009 Sport Artist of the Year Bruce Larsen show Larsen’s latest piece, a dancer, which will be presented to First Lady Rosmah of Malaysia during a dinner honoring the First Lady and Prime Minister Najib on Friday, 16 April 2010. The United States Sports Academy joins the [...]

Republic of Gabon President Ali Ben Bongo and United States Sports Academy Vice President Dr. T.J. Rosandich signed an agreement to bring the Academy’s sport education programs to the country located in west central Africa. The Academy will do a master sport plan for the country. Dr. Rosandich and President Bongo signed the agreement in [...]

Dr. Susan Blackwood The United States Sports Academy has added Dr. Susan Blackwood, executive director of the San Antonio Sports Foundation, and Dr. Timothy Broughton, the director of teaching and learning center/athletics director at Bishop State Community College in Mobile, Ala., to its Board of Trustees. Dr. Blackwood has been with the San Antonio Sports [...]