Monthly Archives: August 2011

Al Buehler, the 2011 Jackie Robinson Humanitarian Award winner. For 56 years the positive impact of Duke University Track and Field Coach Al Buehler has been felt at the college and internationally on and off the track, earning him the 2011 Jackie Robinson Humanitarian Award from the United States Sports Academy. Buehler joined Duke in [...]

The United States Sports Academy, also known as America’s Sports University, is privileged to operate its fourth Olympic art contest. Academy leaders have long recognized the cultural connectivity of athletic competition and artistic expression and in 1984 established the American Sport Art Museum & Archives (ASAMA). It is arguably the largest collection of sport art [...]

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 Students Christopher Ryan Cook (Forest City, N.C.) – B.S.S. Sports Management Beau W Mulholland (Richardson, Texas) – B.S.S. Sports [...]

Pictured left to right are the new doctoral teaching assistants: Patrick Brennan, Amber Magner, John Petty, Kristy Crowley and Brandon Spradley. Their three-year residential program kicks off on Sept. 6. For the first time in more than a decade, the United States Sports Academy has a residential doctoral program on campus. The Academy’s five new [...]

Academy alumnus Dato’ Sarjit Singh Sekhon, a project consultant for Taylor’s University, receives Malaysia’s top honor for service to the country during the Royal Investiture Ceremony. Malaysia recently bestowed its top national honor for service to the country to United States Sports Academy alumnus Dato’ Sarjit Singh Sekhon, a project consultant for Taylor’s University. Dato’ [...]

The Distance Learning Faculty Orientation that took place included many former faculty members. Pictured are: Mr. Donn Renwick, Dallas, a former Dean and Chair of Sports Management; Dr. Arthur Ogden, Demopolis, Ala., a former Dean of Academic Affairs; Dr. Lawrence Bestmann, Laguna Hills, Calif., a 34-year distance learning and international faculty member; Dr. Brian Wallace, [...]

Academy Board of Trustee Chairman Robert Campbell, Esq., presents the 2011 Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award to Auburn University head football coach Gene Chizik, whose team won the BCS National Championship over Oregon University in January. Auburn University head football coach Gene Chizik joined a prestigious group of college and professional coaches when he received [...]

Ryan Lochte United States Swimmer Ryan Lochte, who won five gold medals and set a world record at the men’s World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, and Yani Tseng, the youngest professional golfer, man or woman, to claim five major championships, have earned the United States Sports Academy’s Male and Female July Athlete of the Month [...]

Dr. Thomas. Rosandich attended the inaugural soccer game staged in part by the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) in the Miami Dolphins’ Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Aug. 3. The event between Barcelona and Guadalajara sold out the nearly 75,000-seat stadium. Dr. Jordan Moon, Department Head of Sports Fitness and Health, [...]

Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich (left) discusses the Academy’s collection of sport art with new residential doctoral teaching assistants (left to right) Patrick Brennan, John Petty, Brandon Spradley and Amber Magner, who arrived on campus Aug. 1 to begin their three-year program. Working in the Human Performance Lab. Learning how to become [...]