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Resetting the Virginia Basketball Recruiting Class of 2023
This weekend introduced two huge bulletins on the basketball recruiting entrance, as two of Virginia’s targets within the class of 2023 introduced their school choices. Considerably unsurprisingly, the Hoos have been left empty-handed on the finish of the weekend as each Trey Inexperienced (Xavier) and Jamie Kaiser (Maryland) dedicated to different colleges. With these two names off the board, let’s reset the place issues stand for UVA’s remaining targets within the recruiting class of 2023.
Earlier than discussing what’s subsequent, let’s recap what’s occurred to this point on this recruiting cycle.
The Cavaliers thought that they had secured their first commit again within the spring with London Johnson (Norcross, Georgia), however the four-star level guard delayed his dedication announcement on a number of events and now seems to be headed to the NBA G League Ignite crew, though he stays uncommitted at this level.
Blake Buchanan (Coeur D’Alene, Idaho) turned Virginia’s first verbal commit within the class when he selected the Cavaliers over Gonzaga on July third. The 6’10” ahead’s dedication to UVA has regarded higher and higher as he has continued to shine on the ground this summer season.
Since then, Virginia has not earned any extra commitments however the Hoos have made the reduce lists for a number of prospects on this class. 4-star ahead Milan Momcilovic (Pewaukee, Wisconsin) included UVA in his high six, however finally selected Iowa State over Virginia, Michigan State, UCLA, Minnesota, and Louisville. UVA additionally made the ultimate reduce for four-star level guard Trey Inexperienced (Mooresville, North Carolina) and four-star wing Jamie Kaiser (Burke, Virginia). Inexperienced by no means visited Virginia and dedicated to Xavier, whereas Kaiser ended his recruiting saga by selecting Maryland over UVA and Indiana.
Virginia additionally provided Cameron Christie (Rolling Meadows, Illinois), who completed a uncommon feat by retaining his recruitment non-public and never making any bulletins about reducing his record. As a substitute, the three-star capturing guard introduced on July twenty ninth that he was committing to Minnesota.
With these affords off the desk, UVA has energetic affords out to seven remaining gamers within the class of 2023 – 5 of whom have included the Cavaliers on their most up-to-date reduce lists.
4-star guard Taison Chatman (Minneapolis, Minnesota) included UVA in his high 5 when he reduce his record again on July sixteenth. Freddie Dilione (Raleigh, North Carolina), a four-star guard and 247Sports’ No. 1-ranked participant in North Carolina, nonetheless has 10 colleges on his newest reduce record, together with Virginia. 4-star wing Andrej Stojakovic (Carmichael, California), the son of former NBA star Peja Stojakovic, introduced his high six on July twenty ninth and included Virginia together with Duke, Stanford, Oregon, Texas and UCLA. As introduced on Saturday, Virginia made the highest 5 for Elijah Gertrude (Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey), ranked a four-star combo guard by On3.
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Most not too long ago and maybe most importantly, four-star TJ Energy (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) introduced his high 5 on Monday and Virginia made the reduce for the highly-coveted ahead together with Duke, North Carolina, Boston Faculty and Iowa. The consensus No. 1 prospect in Massachusetts, Energy has established himself as among the best total gamers on this recruiting class and maybe the very best shooter within the nation this summer season. He reduce out a number of big-name applications along with his last 5, together with Kansas, UCLA, and Indiana. Energy has an amazing relationship with Tony Bennett and has been a fan of the UVA basketball program for a very long time. Virginia continues to be within the operating however the battle for Energy’s dedication will solely get extra intense as he seems to announce his determination someday in September.
Moreover, Tony Bennett and firm are nonetheless in pursuit of two different prospects. Davin Cosby (Richmond, Virginia), a high 5 prospect from the state of Virginia, picked up a suggestion from UVA on July twenty sixth. Cosby has scheduled a go to to Charlottesville for August twenty sixth. UVA can be pursuing guard Elmarko Jackson (Richland, New Jersey) as a solution to this system’s ‘level guard of the longer term’ query. Jackson has affords from greater than 20 main applications and has plans to announce a reduce record very quickly.
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UVA Health’s Dr. Neeral Shah Earns Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award
UVA Health’s Neeral Shah, MD, is one of 12 recipients of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia’s 2025 Outstanding Faculty Awards for faculty “who exemplify the highest standards of teaching, scholarship and service.”
Shah’s passion for learning and teaching came from his parents, who immigrated to the United States from India with just two suitcases and $8.
“Their philosophy was, ‘Knowledge is something that nobody can ever take from you,’ a belief they deeply instilled in me,” he said.
During his 15 years at the University of Virginia, where he serves as a professor of medicine in the gastrointestinal/hepatology division, Shah has used his knowledge and skills to care for patients, research ways to improve care and educate thousands of future physicians and healthcare providers.
As a gastroenterologist and digestive health specialist, Shah has performed thousands of colonoscopies and now specializes in liver disease, caring for patients with chronic liver disease and those in need of a liver transplant.
As a researcher, Shah helped develop a better way to care for patients with liver disease who experience bleeding problems. The innovative work by Shah and collaboration with biomedical engineers led to a National Institutes of Health grant and the eventual creation of the Quantra Hemosonics machine, widely adopted by anesthesiologists to best use blood products during patient care.
As an educator, Shah played a key role in creating the UVA School of Medicine’s NxGen pre-clerkship medical education curriculum, which prepares students to be lifelong learners who provide patient-centered, evidence-based medical care. He has won every major teaching award at UVA while also developing a series of medical education infographics now used in 98% of American medical schools and 70 countries around the world.
UVA School of Medicine graduate Katie Webb, MD, described Shah in a letter of recommendation as a teacher who was committed not only to providing excellent medical education but to connecting with his students and his patients.
“In a room of over 100 people, he took the time to make each of us feel valued. He asked us our names, inquired about our weekend activities, and got to know not only our academic interests but our interests outside of school as well,” Webb wrote. “During the final week of the [gastrointestinal coursework], we had the opportunity to see Dr. Shah interview one of his patients. … The patient praised Dr. Shah for the time he devoted to their care, explaining the disease process in terms they could understand, exploring treatment options in the broader context of the patient’s lifestyle and wishes and being compassionate yet straightforward in discussing outcome and prognosis. That patient interaction highlighted to me that Dr. Shah is not only an educator that would do anything for his students, he is also a clinician who would do anything for his patients.”
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Eastern Michigan WR Oran Singleton Jr. Commits to West Virginia
West Virginia has landed its second commitment out of the transfer portal, and its first on the offensive side of the ball.
Sunday evening, Eastern Michigan wide receiver transfer Oran Singleton Jr. announced his pledge to the Mountaineers.
This past season for the Eagles, Singleton caught a team-high 64 passes for 639 yards and two touchdowns. Prior to arriving at Eastern Michigan, Singleton played one year at Akron and then made the move to the junior college level to play for Hutchinson CC. There, he led the team in receptions (31) and was second in yards (419).
West Virginia will continue to add to the wide receiver room in the coming days and weeks as they look to replace the departure of Justin Robinson along with the potential departures of Traylon Ray Ric’Darious Farmer and Hudson Clement.
Singleton will have one year of eligibility remaining.
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WVU loses Hansberry, beats Mercyhurst in non-conference finale
Still without Tucker DeVries, Sunday’s game against Mercyhurst would be West Virginia’s final opportunity to figure things out ahead of their holiday break, followed by the gauntlet that is the Big 12.
While the Mountaineers would ease past the Lakers, they couldn’t do it without suffering another injury. Starting center Amani Hansberry was injured in the opening minute and did not return as West Virginia beat Mercyhurst 67-46 at the WVU Coliseum to close non-conference play.
The Mountaineers persevered the early departure of Hansberry by getting inside on the Lakers. After a Jonathan Powell 3-pointer, eight of WVU’s next 13 points came at the rim as they took a 16-7 lead in the opening eight minutes of action.
While the Lakers would be able to keep the West Virginia lead in single digits, a late 11-3 run helped West Virginia into halftime with a 35-22 lead.
While West Virginia shot 50 percent from the field in the first half, the second half would have a much different feel to it.
West Virginia made only one basket, and that came on a score from Eduardo Andre just a minute into the second half. After that, though, West Virginia’s offense went silent, and it allowed the Lakers to get back into the game.
Mercyhurst went on an 8-0 run from the 17:23 mark until the 14:46 mark of the second half, as West Virginia’s lead was cut to 38-30. The Mountaineers would respond appropriately, though, going on a 16-0 run themselves, pushing the lead to 24 with 8:13 to play.
During the run, it was a plethora of players who got involved for the Mountaineers. Five different players scored during the run, including Javon Small, who scored on a fastbreak dunk after a steal from Joe Yesufu. The dunk would be Small’s 1,000th career point.
Mercyhurst countered with a 5-0 run, but that didn’t faze the Mountaineers in the slightest. West Virginia scored the next nine points as they continued to lock down on defense.
Mercyhurst would score only 11 points in the final 14:45 of the game, shooting 22 percent from the field in the second half and 28 percent from the field on the afternoon. West Virginia held Mercyhurst to shoot only 5-for-17 from beyond the arc.
The Mountaineers shot 48 percent from the field despite struggling mightly from three as they shot 5-for-19 from beyond the arc. Small led West Virginia with 19 points on the afternoon.
West Virginia now will be off until Dec. 31, when they open Big 12 play on the road against No. 8 Kansas.
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