COLLEGE TENNIS
Roy Horovitz, who is ranked the No. 1 recruit in the country by TennisRecruiting.net, has signed a letter of intent to play for the University of Virginia this fall.
He has been ranked as high as 17th in the ITF Junior world rankings and has played in all four of the Junior Grand Slams. He reached the round of 16 at the Junior Australian Open this year and made the semifinals at Junior Wimbledon last year.
Horovitz will join Rafael Jodar (Madrid, Spain), Keegan Rice (Regina, Canada) and Stiles Brockett (Fairfax) in UVA’s incoming freshman class, which was already ranked No. 1 in the nation by TennisRecruiting.net prior to Horovitz’s announcement.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
South County High defensive lineman/tight end Hunter Malecki has committed to Old Dominion, he announced on social media.
Malecki (6-3, 250) made the All-Occoquan Region 6C first team last season after collecting 100 tackles, including 20 for losses, and nine sacks.
TRACK AND FIELD
Norfolk State track and field athlete Premier Wynn has qualified for the World Athletics U20 Championships by finishing second in the 400-meter hurdles at the USATF U20 Championships earlier this month in Eugene, Oregon.
The freshman from Pennsauken, New Jersey, posted a personal-record time of 50.58 seconds.
The World Athletics U20 Championships will be held Aug. 26-31 in Lima, Peru.
HIGH SCHOOLS
Kellam’s Evan Djunaedi has made the VHSL Class 5 all-state boys lacrosse first team.
Six Knights players are on the second team: Colt Goodwin, Elijah Lamb, Kieran Auld, Matt Rogers, Jake Lyons and Gavin Sinram.
Cox’s Liam Waldron and Jeff Mitchell also made the second team.
GOLF
Virginia Tech’s David Stanford and former Hokie Drew Brockwell each advanced to match play quarterfinals at the VSGA Amateur Championship on Wednesday at Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria.
Stanford edged James Madison’s Garrett Kuhla 1-up in 19 holes and then Christopher Newport’s Michael Thomas 2 and 1 on Wednesday. Brockwell topped former Virginia Tech player Joey Jordan 3 and 2 and Williamsburg’s Bobby Dudeck III 1-up in 21 holes.
Stanford will face Centreville’s Rylan Shim in a quarterfinal Thursday, while Brockwell will take on Roanoke’s Jason Spaar.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Virginia Tech will be part of an eight-team field in the 2024 Women’s Fort Myers Tip-Off on Nov. 29-30 in Fort Myers, Florida.
The field includes defending national champion South Carolina.
The tournament will have two divisions. The Hokies will be in the Shell Division along with Michigan, Belmont and Davidson. Iowa State, Purdue and Middle Tennessee will join South Carolina in the Island Division.
The Hokies will open play against Davidson on Nov. 29.
MORE COLLEGES
The University of Virginia finished fifth in the final 2023-24 Learfield Directors’ Cup competition, marking its second straight top-five finish.
Points are awarded for a school’s NCAA postseason finish in 19 sports. Four sports — men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and volleyball — must be included.
The Cavaliers won their fourth straight NCAA title in women’s swimming and diving, went to the Final Four in men’s lacrosse and field hockey and advanced to the College World Series in baseball. The men’s golf team also finished fifth at the NCAA Championships.
Texas won the competition, followed by Stanford, Tennessee and Florida. Virginia Tech finished 50th.