Former VSAF executive director passes away
Thomas Davenport, who was the executive director of the Virginia Student Aid Foundation from 1958 to 1988, suffered a heart attack and died Monday. He was 73.
Davenport oversaw scholarship fund-raising in the athletics department as the executive director of the VSAF. He also served as the chief operating officer of the Virginia Auxiliary Services Foundation from 1988 to 1992.
Davenport also worked as Virginia's baseball coach in 1960 and 1961 and as Virginia's golf coach from 1979 to 1981. He played baseball at Virginia until he graduated in 1953 and earned two all-state honors.
In 1988, the University established the Ted Davenport Endowed Baseball Fund to provide baseball scholarships and support the Cavaliers' baseball program.
Davenport is survived by his wife, Virginia Davenport, his sister, Mary Lunsford, his brother, John Davenport, and a few nieces and nephews.
Stocking up Maryland's Fridge with accolades
The ACC named Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen its coach of the year after he guided the Terrapins to a 10-1 overall record, a 7-1 league mark and their first conference championship since 1985.
He was a unanimous choice, earning all 69 ballots cast by the Atlantic Coast Sportswriters Association.
No. 7 Maryland is the first team other than Florida State to win the ACC title outright since the Seminoles joined the league in 1992. The Terrapins' 10-1 mark is their best since 1976.
Friedgen joins Jim Tatum (1953, 1955), Jerry Claiborne (1973, 1975, 1976) and Bobby Ross (1982) as Maryland coaches to earn ACC coach of the year honors.
-Compiled by Chris Yeung
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