There are a wide variety of topics in this, the first Ivy Newsletter of 2003. You can read about Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones being honored by the Ivy Football Association. Or catch up on Carl Morris, who will be catching passes from Heisman finalists Brad Banks and Ken Dorsey this week at the East-West Shrine game in San Francisco.
You can read all about Ivy basketball and hockey as players break school records and get off to quick starts. Or former Brown Bear Cory Gibbs making the U.S. National Men's Soccer Squad. You can even take in every NCAA National Champion from the Ivy League -- all 84 teams and 361 individuals who have earned the rare distinction as the NCAA's best.
But this portion of the Ivy Newsletter will focus on stories that should make you smile.
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When former Penn baseballer Doug Glanville signed with the Texas Rangers recently he did something that came as a surprise even to sports reporters. Wrote Trenton Times' staff writer Chris Edwards, "(Glanville) again demonstrated that class and dignity have no price tag. On Friday, he requested cell phone numbers for several of the Phillies' beat writers from the team's public-relations staff. One by one, he called to thank each of them and wish them well. Rest assured, the appreciation was mutual. Glanville is a supreme pleasure to deal with."
Glanville isn't the only Ivy Leaguer in the majors switching clubs in the off-season. Dartmouth graduate and former Atlanta Braves reliever Mike Remlinger is off to the Windy City, joining the Chicago Cubs.
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Yale's Amanda Walton will be presented with the NCAA's Inspiration Award at the NCAA Convention in Anaheim, Calif., on Sunday. The award was designed to be given to an athlete when confronted with a life-altering situation, used perseverance, dedication and determination to overcome the event, and now serves as a role model to give hope and inspiration to others in similar situations.
After her sophomore year at Yale, Walton, who was a field hockey and women's lacrosse star for the Elis and would have graduated last spring, miraculously survived a near fatal automobile accident after a speeding vehicle, whose occupant was fleeing police, demolished her car. Walton suffered brain trauma, massive internal injuries and fractured bones in the accident, and was left in a coma for more than a month.
Despite the accident, Walton returned to the Yale sidelines as a volunteer assistant coach for field hockey. A native of Chestnut Hill, Mass., she serves as a mentor and inspiration to the women's field hockey team and the community around her. Last year, the Yale Athletics Department established the Amanda D. Walton Award, which is presented to an outstanding athlete who has excelled on the field of play and who has shown spirit and courage in transcending unforeseen challenges.
Gibbs Named to U.S. National Men's Soccer Team
Former Brown standout Cory Gibbs '01 is currently playing soccer professionally in Germany and was selected to join the U.S. National Team. The 2000 Ivy League Player of the Year now has Olympic hopes on the horizon.
Entire Story: http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=2016
Yale's Walton Receives NCAA's Inspiration Award
At the NCAA Convention in Anaheim, Calif. on January 12th, the NCAA will honor three people who have remained inspirations despite their life-altering situations. One of those people is 1998 Ivy League Field Hockey Rookie of the Year and 1999 Ivy League Women's Lacrosse Rookie of the Year, Yale's Amanda Walton.
Entire Story: http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=2018
What's Up With Ivy League Hockey?
Did the holidays keep you from checking up on your favorite team? Over the break the Ivies were still putting in work, with the men's teams hitting the road for various tournaments, while 15 women from Brown, Harvard and Princeton attended the U.S. National Team Training Camp in Lake Placid. Click below to get caught up on league happenings.
Entire Story: http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=2019
Morris At East-West Shrine Game
Harvard All-America wide receiver Carl Morris will again be on the national stage, this time as a member of the East squad at the 78th Annual East West Shrine Game to played at Pac Bell Park in San Francisco on Saturday.
Entire Story: http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=2020
Ivy Weekly Men's Hoops Report #4 - 1/6
Brown's Earl Hunt scored more than 100 points in four games since the last full report, including the basket that turned him into the Bears' all-time top scorer. Because of this, he is the latest Ivy Player of the Week.
Entire Story: http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=2021
Ivy NCAA Championships
The Ivy League has a long and proud tradition of athletes and teams claiming NCAA national titles. Please click below for an all-time list of those from the Ancient Eight who have managed the rare and elusive accomplishment.
Entire Story: http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=2022
Ivy Weekly Women's Hoop Report #4 -- 1/6
Brown's Sarah Hayes (pictured) and Penn's Jewel Clark earn the first Rookie and Player of the Week awards of the new year after their all-around performances over the holiday break.
Entire Story: http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=2023
Keys To Success
The Columbia women's basketball team has gotten off to its best start in ages thanks to a strong senior class and the emergence of Edytte Key and Susan Altman.
Entire Story: http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=2024
Ivy Football Association To Honor Eight
Academy Award winning actor Tommy Lee Jones, former Secretary of State George Shultz and Goldman Sachs Chairman Hank Paulson are among eight former Ivy League footballers to be honored by the Ivy Football Association at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on Jan. 22.
Entire Story: http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=2025
