Cavalier Corner

getting to know FOURTH-YEAR LINE- BACKER STEVE GREER lottesville with much fanfare, tabbed as a three-star prospect by Rivals.com in 2008. However, his contributions to the Cavaliers the past four years can be given five stars. Last year, Greer started all 12 regular-season games and Fourth-year linebacker Steve Greer did not arrive in Char- After posting a team-high 103 stops in 2011, Greer has now led the Cavaliers in tackles two of the past three seasons. PHOTO BY JIM DAVES/ COURTESY UVA ing him the first UVa linebacker to earn first- or second- team all-conference accolades in three years. He also was voted the Linebacker of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Richmond. As a result of last year's strong season, Greer was named a led Virginia with 103 tackles. In fact, he has led Virginia in tackles in two of his three seasons on the field (2009 was the other). Overall, he has a career total of 254 tackles. Greer received second-team All-ACC honors in 2011, mak- team captain for 2012, and is on the watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy (given to the nation's top defensive player) and the Lott IMPACT Trophy (which is presented to a defen- sive college player, while giving equal weight to personal character and athletic performance). WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE … … TV show? "King of Queens" … Movie? "The Patriot" … actor and actress? Mel Gibson and Megan Fox … Charlottesville hangout/restaurant? The Italian Villa … musician/band? AC/DC … pro sports team? Cleveland Browns … person in history? Ronald Reagan … food? A good set of barbecue ribs … UVa class? Political Advertising … sport (other than football): Golf … pre-game ritual: Listening to music. I play the song "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC. come during his senior year at Solon (Ohio) High. He led the team in tackles (150) and earned first-team all-state and first-team all-district honors. In retrospect, Greer delivered a premonition of things to above and beyond what's expected. The best advice ever given to me and by whom: My dad My advice to student-athletes is: Be uncommon. Go (Jim Greer) raised me to be uncommon, and said to be great you must push past your limits. The best thing about UVa is: Its combination of athletics and academics. Not too many schools around the country that can say this. Why I chose UVa: The people within the program are good people. They have your best interests in mind and you want to be a part of it. What I like the most about football: The opportunity to when we went to Florida State and beat them. We were the underdog. It was a great feeling to walk out of there with a win. That game put us in the running for the ACC championship. My dream vacation would be: Hawaii. My post-college ambition is: Definitely to play in the NFL and, hopefully after that, I would like to get into coaching. — Mike Scandura CAVALIER CORNER ◆ AUGUST 2012 ◆ 19 compete. There isn't another sport where you have to rely on your teammates. Also, football mirrors life. There's so much that goes on in life that mirrors some of the same situations you face on the football field. The highlight of my UVa athletic career: Last season

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