Good morning, Spiders. Women’s basketball coach Aaron Roussell has been selected as a court coach for the 2025 USA Basketball Women’s U19 National Team trials! The event will be on June 18. Learn more about his role at the trials here.

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

⚾️ Academic All-District Team
🏑 2025 schedule
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Academic Honor. The College Sports Communicators named baseball player Brady O’Brien to the Academic All-District Team. The award recognizes student-athletes for their combined excellence on the field and in the classroom. O’Brien finished the season ninth in the nation with a .777 slugging percentage and 11th in the country in both home runs (20) and RBIs (72). He reached base in 22 straight games and had 25 multi-hit games. ⚾️ Read more about his performance.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

True or False.

This is coach Roussell’s first time being assigned to the USA Basketball trials.

Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

Mark Your Calendars. The field hockey team announced the 2025 schedule. Head coach Martu Loncarica and the Spiders will host 10 games at Crenshaw Field as part of an 18-contest regular season. Richmond will face non-conference foes from six different conferences, including three of the four 2024 NCAA Championship semifinalists, and have six Atlantic 10 Conference match-ups. The first game is at home on Friday, August 29. 🏑 Check out the full schedule.

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: True!

🕷️ Have a great Friday!

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