Monthly Archives: January 2012

Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich (right) receives the Statute of Liberty Club’s and The Wiegand Foundation’s Liberty Award from Jack Scharr (left) for his efforts to improve the sport profession around the globe. Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas. Rosandich earned the Liberty Medal from the Statue of Liberty Club and The [...]

James Rizzi The United States Sports Academy lost a member of its university family when artist James Rizzi died recently. Rizzi, an Academy Sport Artist of the Year in 1998, died Dec. 26 in his New York studio. He was 61. “Rizzi will be missed by all, especially in the sport art community that he [...]

Drew Brees Record-setting performances by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and American swimmer Jessica Hardy earned them selection as the United States Sports Academy’s December Athletes of the Month. Brees broke the National Football League (NFL) record held since 1984 by Hall of Fame Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino for most total passing yards [...]

Roald Bradstock Roald Bradstock is uniquely qualified to teach youth about the strong connection between sport and art. He’s an Olympian javelin thrower who competed for Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games and for the United States in 1996. Bradstock reverted to his British citizenship in order to make a bid for [...]

Four doctoral students were on the United States Sports Academy campus in Daphne, Ala., to take their comprehensive examinations on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The students pictured from left to right are: Kathryn E. Henschel (Ed.D in Sports Management), Sichan Park (Ed. D in Sports Management). James Danny “J.D.” Hoover (Ed.D in Sports Management with an [...]