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AUGUST 2022 11 after working the previous 11 seasons at Clemson. ■ Amaka "Mox" Agugua-Hamilton was named head coach of the Cavaliers' women's bas- ketball program, serving as the head coach at Missouri State the past three seasons. ■ Men's basketball (21-14) advanced to the NIT quarterfinals and won 21 or more games for the 10th time under Dean and Markel Families Men's Head Basketball Coach Tony Bennett. ■ In December, UVA announced a Gradu- ation Success Rate of 95 percent for its stufent-athletes, matching its highest in the 15-year history of the NCAA report. ■ Four Cavalier programs — women's cross country, women's golf, women's lacrosse and women's track and field — posted perfect multi-year rates of 1,000. A total of 18 (of 23) teams had a perfect APR for the 2020-21 academic year. ■ Jake Gelof (first team), Owayne Owens (first team) and Natasha Subhash (second team) were named 2021-22 Division I Academic All-Americans by the College Sports Information Directors of America. ■ UVA had 127 student-athletes receive ACC All-Academic Honors. ■ Kate Douglass (women's swimming) and Nicola Lawless (rowing) were named ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. ■ Matt Moore was selected as the 2022 Senior CLASS Award winner in NCAA Divi- sion I men's lacrosse. The award is given annually to the most outstanding senior or graduate-level student-athlete in Division I men's lacrosse. ■ Courtlynne Caskin (women's lacrosse), Rebecca Jarrett (women's soccer) and Owayne Owens (men's track and field) earned 2022 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship awards. ■ Women's lacrosse student-athlete Alex Burtnett received the T. Rodney Crowley Jr. Memorial Scholarship, which recognizes a student who demonstrates leadership, sportsmanship, character and integrity. ■ Volleyball student-athlete Milla Ciprian was presented the Louis A. Onesty Memo- rial Scholar-Athlete Award from the Seven Society during Valedictory Exercises. ■ The Virginia men's lacrosse team had a program-best six student-athletes — Jeff Conner, Payton Cormier, Petey LaSalla, Jack Peele, Grayson Sallade and Cade Saustad — on the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association's Scholar All-American list. ■ Twelve rowers — Cameron Bentley, Ab- bie Bird, Emma Bradish, Janet Conklin, Nora Grabcheski, Nicola Lawless, Ailbhe O'Grady, Lauren Orr, Sonja Schlosser, Katie Stephens, Zoe Tekeian and Leia Till — were named Collegiate Rowing Coaches Asso- ciation National Scholar-Athletes. ■ Virginia's men's and women's swimming and diving teams were named Scholar All-America Teams by the College Swim- ming and Diving Coaches Association of America, and 18 student-athletes earned 2021-22 Scholar All-America honors. ■ Four members of the Virginia women's golf team — Beth Lillie, Riley Smyth, Celeste Valinho and Jennifer Cleary — were named 2022 Women's Golf Coaches Association Scholars. ■ UVA dedicated the show court at the Vir- ginia Tennis Facility at Boar's Head Resort in the name of former athletics head coach Gordon Burris. ■ Virginia broke ground on its new Football Operations Center on June 2. ■ John Freeman, a 2009 UVA graduate, took over as the Voice of the Cavaliers for the Virginia Sports Radio Network. ■ In April UVA announced a $40 million be- quest to the Virginia Athletics Foundation, the largest gift in the athletic department's history. ■ George King III and Sharlene Brightly were UVA's inaugural recipients of the ACC UNITE Award. They were recognized as being the first male and female student- athletes of color at the University. King wrestled and played lacrosse in 1964-65 and Brightly was a member of UVA's first women's basketball team in 1973-74. ■ The UVA baseball program retired Ryan Zim- merman's No. 11 jersey. He became the first former player to have his jersey retired. 2021-22 LEARFIELD DIRECTORS' CUP FINAL STANDINGS Rk. School Points 1. Texas 1,449.50 2. Stanford 1,252.25 3. Michigan 1,245.25 4. Ohio State 1,184.50 5. Florida 1,180.75 6. North Carolina* 1,087.25 7. Arkansas 1,050.75 8. Notre Dame* 1,021.00 9. Kentucky 979.75 10. Oklahoma 968.50 11. Virginia* 942.50 *ACC schools The Virginia women's swimming and diving team was crowned as the national champion for the second consecutive season. (Photo by Matt Riley/courtesy UVA) HOOS CHOICE AWARDS WINA Award (Top Male Athlete) — Brennan Armstrong (football) IMP Award (Top Female Athlete) — Kate Douglass (women's swimming and diving) Male Rookie of the Year — Jay Woolfolk (football and baseball) Female Rookie of the Year — Gretchen Walsh (women's swimming and diving) Wahoowa Award — Owayne Owens (men's track and field) Comeback of the Year — Ethan Dabbs (men's track and field) Sportsmanship Award — Jay Aiello (wrestling) Men's Play of the Year — Alex Rode (men's lacrosse) Women's Play of the Year — Michaela Meyer (women's track and field)