
1 overall draft pick by the Rochester Knighthawks in the 2022 NLL Draft, joins former Cavalier Ryan Conrad with the 2022 PLL-champion Waterdogs. The Cavaliers also have the most first round picks among any collegiate program in PLL history with six since the league’s inaugural draft in 2019. Virginia is the only school in the nation with at least one first round selection in each of the first five PLL Drafts. Separated by just six picks Thomas McConvey (Waterdogs/ RD 1, PK 8), Xander Dickson (Atlas/RD 2, PK 3) and Petey LaSalla (Whipsnakes/ RD 2, PK 6) were all selected in the first half of Tuesday’s draft. – Three Virginia men’s lacrosse players were selected in the 2023 Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) College Draft Tuesday night (May 9). Virginia Sports Radio Network - Listen LiveĬHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.Virginia Sports Properties- Sponsorship.Academics and Student-Athlete Development.Supported by groundbreaking, original research and many recently declassified documents, Sputnik offers a fascinating profile of the early American and Soviet space programs and a strikingly revised picture of the politics and personalities behind the facade of America's fledgling efforts to get into space.īy shedding new light on a pivotal era, Paul Dickson expands our knowledge of the world we now inhabit, and reminds us that the story of Sputnik goes far beyond technology and the beginning of the space age, and that its implications are still being felt today.Show schedule list Open search Open Mobile Menu Washington journalist Paul Dickson chronicles the dramatic events and developments leading up to and emanating from Sputnik's launch. While it immediately shocked the world, its long-term impact was even greater, for it profoundly changed the shape of the 20th century. Sputnik, all of 184 pounds with only a radio transmitter inside its highly polished shell, became the first man-made object in space. On October 4, 1957, as Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launched the space age.
