The works of American painter Steven Lester will be featured at an Olympic-themed exhibition at the RobertKent Galleries in Marietta, Ga., on Friday, July 23. Known for his paintings that depict action sports themes that resonate with vibrant life and elicit a visceral and emotional response, Lester was the United States Sports Academy’s 2019 Sport Artist of the Year. The show includes 13 narrative paintings of untold or under told Olympic stories. Lester’s particular style of ‘narrative’ art lends itself well to telling the unique stories of Olympic Athletes. “I see with my heart and I paint with my hands, but I always desire to provoke fascination, imagination and wonder,” Lester said. Lester was invited to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo to present an exhibition of his Olympic-themed paintings [...]

A baseball player having a historic season and a dominant swimmer were voted the United States Sports Academy’s Athletes of the Month after their performances on the world stage in the month of June. Baseball rising star Shohei Ohtani of Japan and American swimmer Katie Ledecky took home the honors for the month. Los Angeles Angels two-way player Ohtani earned American League Player of the Month honors for June 2021 after batting .309/.423/.889 with 13 homeruns and winning two games as a pitcher with three quality starts. Ohtani’s 13 homers led the AL in the month and his .889 slugging percentage and 1.312 OPS led the majors. Ledecky won the women’s 800-meter freestyle race with a time of 8:14.62, the second fastest time in the world this year, and qualified [...]

In a move recognizing the profound nature of the global economic disruption brought forth by the continued hardships related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Sports Academy will not raise tuition for its undergraduate and graduate degree programs for the second consecutive academic year. The institution is also temporarily waiving application fees at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree levels as the nation continues to recover from the economic impact of social distancing, business shutdowns, and hardship across the United States due to the pandemic. Please contact the Academy’s admissions team at 1-800-223-2668 or email admissions@ussa.edu for registration information. Find out more about the Academy’s tuition here: https://ussa.edu/admissions/cost/ The Academy’s degree programs feature a low and reasonable tuition rate, and the institution also pays for student textbooks and examination [...]

A pair of legendary American athletes were voted the United States Sports Academy’s Athletes of the Month after their performances on the world stage in the month of May. Golfer Phil Mickelson and gymnast Simone Biles earned the honors after both athletes made history at their respective events. Mickelson, 50, shot a 6-under 282 to win the PGA Championship in South Carolina on 23 May 2021 and became the oldest major tournament champion of all time. It was Mickelson’s sixth major victory which moved him to 12th all time. Biles made history as the first woman to perform a Yurchenko double pike vault in competition at the U.S. Classic event in Indianapolis on 22 May 2021. The Yurchenko double pike – a high-difficulty skill historically only done by men – [...]