Brooks works out for NFL scouts Last Thursday, former Virginia football player Ahmad Brooks worked out for a large group of NFL scouts in Charlottesville. Brooks, a linebacker, would have been a senior this season if he had not been dismissed from the team this past spring for off-the-field incidents. He is currently attempting to raise his stock for the NFL Supplemental Draft, scheduled for July 13.
According to profootballtalk.com, all NFL teams except the Chicago Bears sent a representative to witness the workout. A league source said that Brooks weighed in at 260 pounds and ran 40-yard dash times of 4.68 and 4.72 seconds. Brooks has slimmed down significantly since his weight ballooned last year due to the effects of a knee injury. He started only six games in 2006 during which he recorded 27 tackles. In 2005, he led the Cavaliers with 90 tackles and also notched 6.5 sacks.
Wallace commits to Virginia
According to several news sources, 6'7" swingman Eric Wallace, of Kernersville, N.C., verbally committed last Wednesday to the men's basketball program. Virginia beat out a formidable group of competitors for Wallace's services, including Connecticut, Florida, North Carolina and Wake Forest. Wallace is the second high school player to commit to Virginia's 2007 recruiting class. He joins Sam Zeglinski, a point guard from Philadelphia.
"They [Virginia coach Dave Leitao and his staff] recruited me for about four months -- not very long at all -- but they did all the right things," he told thesabre.com.
This season, Wallace will play for Hargrave Military Academy.
Duncan hired as assistant softball coach
Virginia head softball coach Karen Johns announced Monday that Brandon Duncan has been hired as an assistant coach to replace Iyhia McMichael, who resigned in May.
Duncan has spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in history and a minor in English.
Horn invited to play for Russian national team
Erin Horn, a former Virginia softball player, has been invited to play for the Russian national softball team this summer. Horn left for Russia June 18 and will play for three months on the Carrousel Club, which has been Russia's national team for the past 12 years.Horn was a standout pitcher during her career at Virginia. She holds school records in pitching appearances (145) and saves (9). Her career record was 61-44 with a 2.35 ERA. She also struck out 676 batters and registered 54 complete games, 11 shut-outs and two no-hitters.
-- compiled by Barney Breen-Portnoyco
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