Monthly Archives: April 2010

University of Connecticut senior center Tina Charles, a member of the most dominant women’s basketball team in college history, and University of Oregon senior heptathlete Ashton Eaton, who eclipsed one of track and field’s longest-standing records, have been named the United States Sports Academy’s Athletes of the Month for March. Charles enjoyed a record-setting month [...]

Nick Saban, head football coach at the University of Alabama, hoists a crystal ball after the Crimson Tide won the 2009 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national championship with a win over the University of Texas. Nick Saban, the head football coach of the 2009 national champion University of Alabama, will be on the campus of [...]

Casi Callaway, the executive director of the Mobile BayKeeper, will be the guest speaker at the Eastern Shore Exchange Club’s meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, 15 April at the United States Sports Academy. BayKeeper works to protect the beauty, health and heritage of the Mobile Bay watershed. Callaway is responsible for coordinating public education, community [...]

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has renewed the membership of United States Sports Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich for another term on the Commission for Culture and Olympic Education. The Commission for Culture and Olympic Education advises the IOC on the promotion of culture and Olympic education and supports IOC [...]

United States Sports Academy Vice President Dr. T.J. Rosandich will address the Alabama State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (ASAHPERD) at its spring conference in Orange Beach, 8-10 April. Dr. Rosandich will discuss “Connecting Global Communities through Sports,” which will focus on schools transcending the boundaries of the communities in which they [...]

The United States Sports Academy was featured on the website roadsideamerica.com, which highlights offbeat tourist attractions around the country. View the article at: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/24195.

Phil Godfrey, President of the National Senior Games Association and member of the United States Sports Academy’s Board of Visitors (right) stopped by the campus on Thursday, 1 April 2010 and met with Academy President, Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich. The Senior Games Sports Movement boasts over 300,000 members, stages a biennial multisport competition for athletes [...]

The United States Sports Academy is seeking males ages 19-35 who are in good physical condition (moderate to hard cardio more than 30 minutes most days of the week) and endurance trained (preferably on a bicycle) to participate in a study for which they will be compensated upon completion. The study is “The effects of [...]

Chet Simmons, a famed television sports executive and past winner of a Distinguished Service Award from the United States Sports Academy, passed away recently at the age of 81. Simmons was awarded a DSA in 2007. He died of natural causes in Atlanta. Simmons is best known as ESPN’s first president and later was named [...]