Before Micah Kiser ever saw meaningful playing time for the Virginia Football team, he had to endure the process of a redshirt year. He hadn’t hoped or planned for this, but it is something he is very thankful for today. Being a player who garnered the attention of prestigious Division I programs throughout [...]

Rising third year Anna Redding fell in love with golf as an 11-year old when her grandparents signed her up for a camp. From then on, she set her sights on becoming a successful professional golfer. “My dream is to make a career on the LPGA tour. Since the first time I held [...]

Jimmy Stanger began golfing at 5 years old, tagging along as his father hit the course. Soon, the young Stanger set his sights on a professional career. “I still have a note that I wrote about age 7 saying that I wanted to play with Tiger Woods in the Masters when I was [...]

Henrik Wiersholm, a rising fourth year UVA tennis player, helped lead the Cavaliers to a third consecutive NCAA team title and the fourth in the last five years. "He's a really intelligent young man that exudes a tremendous amount of composure in the biggest moments," says former UVA head coach Brian Boland. Henrik [...]

University of Virginia student-athlete Micah Brickhill grew up in rural Buckingham County. Whenever she or a family member had a doctor’s appointment, they had to travel an hour and a half to Charlottesville along mostly two-lane, winding, hilly roads. If there was a medical emergency, the nearest urgent care clinic was 40 miles [...]

In the sport of rowing, student-athletes spend hours training on land in order to go fast on the water. As a first year, Ali Zwicker similarly realized that in order to be successful in the classroom, there was a lot of work to be done outside of class time. Ali, now a fourth [...]

When Wil Wahee arrived at the University of Virginia, one of his priorities was to challenge himself in the classroom. He was successful and named to the ACC All-Academic Football Team and the ACC and UVA Athletics Honor Rolls. He completed his undergraduate Sociology degree in less than four years and earned his [...]

For third year lacrosse player Rachel Vander Kolk, being a student-athlete at Virginia is all about finding balance. A standout goalkeeper from Severna Park, Maryland, Rachel decided to come to UVA due to the high caliber combination of academics and athletics. And, of course, the Lawn and the layout of the Grounds were [...]

For third year swimmer Luke Georgiadis, the opportunity to be a student-athlete at Virginia has given him an appreciation of what is important both in sports and in life. A freestyler from Jacksonville, Florida, Luke chose to come to UVA due to the ideal combination of high-caliber athletics and a world-class education. For [...]

For Aliyah Huland El, a rising fourth year guard on the Virginia Women’s Basketball team, a new year means a new outlook on the court and in the classroom. A Kinesiology major from New Jersey, Aliyah has used her third year to push her limits athletically and academically. She explained, “It is easy [...]