Monthly Archives: June 2011

With rolling enrollment, the Academy’s students start their courses as soon as they are accepted without having to wait for the next semester to begin. The Academy is proud to announce its latest monthly graduates: Bachelor’s Degree Jack E. Proctor (Dilley, TX) – B.S.S. Sports Management Sarah Lee Simonetti (Oceanside, Calif.) – B.S.S. Sports Studies [...]

Michael Cleary (center), who is stepping down as National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics after 46 years, was honored by the United States Sports Academy on Thursday, June 16 at the NACDA annual convention in Orlando. Pictured with Cleary are Bob Vecchione (right), the new NACDA executive director, and Academy Vice President T.J. Rosandich [...]

Ohio State University Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Gene Smith (center) accepted the United States Sports Academy’s 2010 Carl Maddox Sports Management Award Thursday, June 16 at the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics annual convention in Orlando. Dr. Gary Cunningham (left), an Academy Board of Trustees member and 2005 winner of [...]

The United States Sports Academy is joining NFL Hall of Fame cornerback Michael Haynes in urging officials, coaches and parents involved in professional, college and youth sports to use the King-Devick Test to identify concussions and prevent more serious brain injuries. The test is an easy and rapid sideline screening test for concussions that can [...]

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Tracy S. Lahr recommends Academy’s online courses to military members who serve overseas. U.S. troops protect our country from threats around the world, yet they face many other concerns of their own in and outside of combat. One thing they will not have to worry about anymore at the United States [...]

The Fédération Internationale Cinéma Télévision Sportifs (FICTS) appointed United States Sports Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich to its Culture, Education and Youth Commission. FICTS is dedicated to promoting sport culture and Olympic values to the world’s youth through sport cinema, television, culture and communication in 108 countries and five continents. FICTS President, [...]

Raold Bradstock in his colorful, hand-painted uniform at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials. Only three things, according to Roald Bradstock, will keep him from his goal of advancing beyond qualifying rounds for the 2012 London Olympic Games: “I’m short, slow and old.” Never one to shirk a challenge, though, the United States Sports Academy 2003 [...]

Dallas Maverick Forward Dirk Nowitzki, who led his team in the NBA playoffs, and Oregon sprinter English Gardner, who set a U.S. junior record in the 100 meters, have earned the United States Sports Academy’s Male and Female May Athlete of the Month Awards. Nowitzki, who team ended up winning the NBA Championship, led his [...]

The Academy’s Sports Diploma program in Bahrain done in collaboration with the Bahrain Olympic Committee and its Chief Executive Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa opened Saturday, May 21, with 29 students at the National Stadium in Riffa in Bahrain. A three-week trip through Greece, the Middle East and Malaysia by Academy Vice President Dr. [...]

For the past year, the United States Sports Academy has been working with his Holiness Abbot Shi Yongxin and the Shaolin Temple to develop a course that introduces Shaolin philosophy and history to people online across the globe. Now anyone interested in learning more about the unique and respected practices and philosophy of this ancient [...]