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From Guidance Office - Mid-Year Transcripts
Seniors and postgraduates - - mid-year transcripts should be requested beginning January 20th. These need to be sent to each college to which you have applied.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Wednesday, December 31, 2008 09:32 AM
Announcements
Laue Provides Inspiration to Whitescarver's Granddaughter
The old cliche "It's a small world." definitely rings true with this story of hope and inspiration for the granddaughter of Col. Whitescarver. In a recent article in The New York Times Kelli Whitescarver describes how she sustained injuries to her left arm during a car accident in November 2008 that resulted in having her left hand amputated. She was travelling on Interstate 95 when she lost control of her vehicle. She spent three weeks at the Medical College of Virginia and was thinking she would never resume a normal life until she heard about Kevin Laue, a basketball player at FUMA. She found clips of him playing basketball on YouTube and quoted in the article, "Seeing Kevin game me hope."
To read the story go to The New York Times.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Monday, December 29, 2008 02:02 PM
Athletics
Holiday Hours at FUMA
In observance of the Christmas holiday, FUMA will be closed on Wednesday, December 24th through Sunday, December 28th. Regular hours in the admissions office and administrative offices will resume on Monday, December 29th. Merry Christmas to all.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Monday, December 22, 2008 02:51 PM
General News
Picture Retakes on January 21st
Lifetouch Portrait Studios will be on campus Wednesday, January 21st for picture retakes. They will be taking pictures of new incoming cadets, as well as any cadet that would like to have their picture redone for the yearbook.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Friday, December 19, 2008 10:37 AM
Announcements
FUMA alumni playing in college bowl games this season
A number of former FUMA cadets from our prep and PG football teams can be found on college football teams playing in this season's Bowl Games, including the BCS National Championship game. As you follow college football this bowl season, keep an eye out for these FUMA alumni:
New Mexico Bowl - Dec. 20th - 4:30pm - ESPN
Colorado State vx. Fresno State
Norman Gee #19 - Colorado State
Motor City Bowl - Dec 26th - 7:30pm - ESPN
Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan
Tredale Kennedy #79 - Central Michigan
Meineke Car Care Bowl - Dec 27th - 1pm - ESPN
West Virginia vs. North Carolina
Gino Crump #81 - West Virginia
PapaJohns.com Bowl - Dec 29th - 3pm - ESPN
NC State vs. Rutgers
Keith Stroud #83 - Rutgers
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl - Dec 31st - 3:30pm - ESPN
Boston College vs. Vanderbilt
Anthony Castonzo #74 - Boston College
Brent Trice #11 - Vanderbilt
Insight Bowl - Dec 31st - 5:30pm - NFL Network
Kansas vs. Minnesota
J D Hill #64 - Kansas
Chick-Fil-A Bowl - Dec 31st - 7:30pm - ESPN
LSU vs. Georgia Tech
Ian Harding - LSU
Outback Bowl - Jan 1st - 11am - ESPN
South Carolina vs. Iowa
Antonio Allen #26 - South Carolina
Akeem Auguste #3 - South Carolina
Eric Baker #28 - South Carolina
Capital One Bowl - Jan 1st - 1pm - ABC
Georgia vs. Michigan State
Marcus Dowtin #38 - Georgia
Konica Minolta Gator Bowl - Jan 1st - 1pm - CBS
Nebraska vs. Clemson
Durrell Barry #82 - Clemson
Jacoby Ford #6 - Clemson
FedEx Orange Bowl - Jan 1st - 8:30pm - FOX
Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech
Devin Perez #44 - Virginia Tech
Ryan Shuman #58 - Virginia Tech
AutoZone Liberty Bowl - Jan 2nd - 5pm - ESPN
Kentucky vs. East Carolina
Moncell Allen #30 - Kentucky
Gabe Correll - Kentucky
Allstate Sugar Bowl - Jan 2nd - 8pm - FOX
Utah vs. Alabama
Kareem Jackson #3 - Alabama
GMAC Bowl - Jan 6th - 8pm - ESPN
Ball State vs. Tulsa
BJ Hill #3 - Ball State
Trey Lewis #12 - Ball State
FedEx BCS National Championship Game - Jan 8th - 8pm - FOX
Florida vs. Oklahoma
Brandon Caleb #8 - Oklahoma
Posted by CPT Dan Thompson, Wednesday, December 17, 2008 02:33 PM
Alumni
Debaters Win First, Second & Sweepstakes Trophy
On December 13, 2008 the Debate Team travelled to Charlottesville High School and competed in a Virginia Catholic Forensic League tournament. Three Public Forum teams and four Student Congress "senators" competed. The "senators" were Jonathan Blair, Jake Hargrove, Kelly Haskins, and Ben Wood. Blair won first place, Wood won second place, and Hargrove was named a State qualifier. All three have been invited to compete at the State Finals tournament in February. Because of their rankings, they enabled FUMA to tie for the second place sweepstakes trophy in debate.
The Public Forum debaters argued the resolution: Resolved: That, on balance, social networking websites have a positive impact on the United States. Cadets who competed in Public Forum debate were: Justin Gootee, Gunnar Knudson, Andrew Patterson, Robert Rich, Van Trainor, and Ben Villamora.
On February 7, 2009 FUMA debaters will have one more opportunity to compete and qualify to participate in the State Finals tournament.
Courtesy of Ginger Welch
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Wednesday, December 17, 2008 02:03 PM
Debate Team
FUMA players selected to VISAA All-State football team
Congratulations go out to the following Prep football players who were selected for the VISAA Division 1 All-State team for 2008:
OFFENSE:
1st Team:
Skyler Allen - Offensive Line
Mark Shuman - Offensive Line
Russell Bodine - Offensive Line
2nd Team:
Ethan Taylor - Running Back
Honorable Mention:
Joe Branch - Tight End
DEFENSE:
2nd Team:
Jamal Hunter - Inside Linebacker
Wooten Zervos - Outside Linebacker
Russell Bodine - Defensive Line
Ryan Sims - Defensive Line
Honorable Mention:
Ryan Tawpash - Defensive Back
Jamil Shaw - Defensive Back
Posted by CPT Dan Thompson, Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:05 PM
Athletics
FUMA Wrestling for December 17th is Still On Today
The Varsity wrestling match scheduled for Wednesday, December 17th against Cumberland is still being held as planned.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:09 AM
General News
Basketball Games vs. Cumberland moved to Wed., December 17th
The Basketball games scheduled for Thursday, December 18th have been moved to Wednesday, December 17th due to a scheduling conflict. JV Basketball will play at 4:00 p.m. and Prep Basketball will play at 5:45 p.m.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Monday, December 15, 2008 12:29 PM
Athletics
MS Wrestling Match Cancelled
The MS Wrestling match against Fluvanna MS has been cancelled for Thursday, December 18th.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Monday, December 15, 2008 12:28 PM
Athletics
Wrestling Match at Rappahannock County High School
Please note that the Quad wrestling match on Saturday, December 13 will be held at Rappahannock County High School in Washington, VA. The address is 12576 Lee Hwy., Washington, VA 22747. The time is at 10:00 a.m.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:04 AM
Athletics
Swim Meet at St. Catherine's
FUMA Swimming and Diving opened the 2008-09 dual meet season with a quad-meet and big wins over rival school STC, along with NSA, TCS, and FCS. When the dust settled FUMA came out on top, besting all including St. Christopher's School, the #2 team in the state of Virginia the past two years. Our cadets won every individual event, the relays, and finished 1st, 2nd, and 4th in diving. According to Coach Bocci after the meet, "The men are on a mission. Through faith, hard work, and dedication they've positioned themselves to achieve great things this year…it's what FUMA is all about. I very proud of these young men." He went on to say, "This meet was only one small part of the story. We have a tough schedule in front of us, including some of the best teams in the country. They have also set extremely high academic goals, including maintaining an overall team GPA above 3.5. I know they can do it!"
The final results with FUMA winning:
against St. Christopher's - 138-44
against Nansemond-Suffolk - 141-38
against Covenant - 141-31
against Fredericksburg Christian
Courtesy of Coach Bocci
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Monday, December 8, 2008 10:10 AM
Athletics
Ryan Shuman (FUMA '04) honored by ACC
Ryan Shuman (FUMA '04) was honored as ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week following his performance as center for the Virginia Tech Hokies. Shuman played all 80 offensive snaps in this past Saturday's victory over in-state rival, the University of Virginia Cavaliers. Shuman's performance graded out at 88% according to the stats and he had a team-high five knockdown blocks as the offense put up almost 400 yards in their 17-14 victory.
Shuman was just one of several FUMA alums on the field for this major televised contest. Also playing in this rivalry game were FUMA alums Devin Perez at fullback for Virginia Tech, Jon Copper at linebacker for UVa, Austin Pasztor on the Virginia offensive line, and Danny Aiken at long snapper for Virginia.
Posted by CPT Dan Thompson, Monday, December 1, 2008 02:48 PM
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