College Corner: Loudoun County Grad Brittany Batts Leads Gannon Women Hoops to D2 Elite 8

College Corner with Dan Sousa

(March 20, 2013) - Loudoun County High School grad Brittany Batts, leading the nation in three-point field goal percentage, helped the Gannon women's basketball team capture the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region championship with a 50-47 win over California (PA). Gannon now advances to the Elite 8.

Batts, one of the greatest outside shooters in Loudoun history, now has 99 three's on the season, a single season Gannon record. The Knights will play Ashland on March 26 in San Antonio at 9:30 p.m.

Olympics: Middleburg Academy Grad Azania Stewart Playing for Host Great Britain in Olympics

photo courtesy University of Florida

Middleburg (July 30, 2012) - Azania Stewart, who graduated from Middleburg Academy (then Notre Dame Academy) in 2008, is playing for Great Britain's 12-member Olympic basketball squad, a team making its first-ever appearance in the international games.

London, her hometown, had been announced as the venue for the 2012 games just as Stewart arrived in Middleburg, at age 15, to begin her U.S. high school career.

Basketball: Loco Ladies Basketball League Summer/Fall Registration

(April 16, 2012) - Women basketball players, age 18 and up, are invited to play in the Loco Ladies Basketball League this summer and fall at Lifetime Fitness in Ashburn. Sign up as an individual or team. Play is on full size courts with referees. www.loudounbasketball.com/locoladies or contact us at locoladies@nvasports.org.

Girls Basketball: Loudoun County Grad Kerry Sarver Makes Virginia Tech Squad as Walk-On

(Sept. 15, 2011) - Loudoun County High School Class of 2009 grad Kerry Sarver, who guided the Raiders to a Division 4 state title her senior year and was part of two County AA volleyball state titles, has made the Virginia Tech women's basketball team as a walk-on.

Raider athletic director Ken Wright announced Wednesday that "Kerry Sarver, LCHS Class of 2009, has been offered and accepted a walk on placement for the girl's basketball team at Virginia Tech. Kerry, the 2008-2009 LCHS Female Athlete of the Year, earned 11 varsity letters during her
high school career and was the starting point guard on the 2008-2009 AA Girl's Division 4 state basketball champions. She also won two other state championships in volleyball (2007 and 2008)."

Sarver holds the Raiders basketball records for season assists (184) and career assists (399).

Wright: "Kerry decided to attend Virginia Tech upon completion of high school, where she joined the VT women's basketball club team and has competed at that level during her time in Blacksburg. The Hokies staff, led by new Coach Dennis Wolff, extended the offer to walk on after watching Kerry and her team in a club tryout this fall. After discussing the offer with her parents, Dave and Jane Sarver, Kerry accepted and will be a Hokie Basketball Player for 2011-2012."

More from Wright on Sarver: "LCHS is thrilled with the opportunity for Kerry ... someone who
personified the term Student-Athlete in her days as a Raider. She continues to make us proud."