Sports

 

Photo courtesy of UCFAA

UCF Athletics is proud to announce the establishment of the John & Martha Hitt Athletics Scholarship Fund.

 

Photos courtesy of Florida League

Surrounded by fellow umpires, friends, Florida League representatives and his grandson Kadin, Randy Harvey (top photo) was presented with the inaugural Florida League Umpire of the Year award, which will be named the Randy Harvey Award in his honor, by Florida League founder Sara Whiting during Randy Harvey Night festivities Saturday night at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium. On Monday, the Florida League announced the Week 4 Award Winners _ Jarrod Cande (center photo) of the Sanford River Rats as Player of the Week and Ryan Welsh (above) of the Winter Garden Squeeze as Pitcher of the Week for games played from June 18-through-24.

 

Photos taken by Gary Bassing/Orlando Magic

The three players selected by the Orlando Magic during the 2018 NBA Draft were introduced officially during a Press Conference on Friday (Left-to-Right): Melvin Frasier Jr., President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman, Mohamed Bamba, Head Coach Steve Clifford and Justin Jackson.

 

Photo courtesy of UCFAA

Former Texas Tech associate women’s head coach Dana Boone (top) has been named to take over the cross country and track and field programs at UCF. The only fastpitch softball coach that UCF has ever had, Renee Luers-Gillispie (seated second from left in second photo above and above photo), has resigned after 17 years to become the head softball coach at the University of Iowa, her native home state.