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  • Catchings Hosts Knoxville Basketball Camp

    by Cassandra Sproles October 19, 2018

    Tamika Catchings (’00, ’05), Lady Vol basketball and retired WNBA player and four-time Olympic gold medalist, came back to Knoxville to host a free basketball clinic in April in partnership …

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  • Pat Summitt (1952–2016)

    by Cassandra Sproles October 7, 2016

    Lady Vols Head Coach Emeritus Pat Summitt passed away at age 64 on June 28, 2016, after a battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s. She coached for 38 years, won eight NCAA …

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  • Learning in Silence

    by Cassandra Sproles October 21, 2014

    Kimberly Wolbers was close to getting a degree in accounting when she took time off to work with disabled individuals at Camp Courageous. There she encountered a three-year-old deaf boy …

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  • Teachers of the Year

    by Cassandra Sproles March 3, 2014

    The Today show named Billie Yardley (’77; MS ’82) its Teacher of the Year during a televised broadcast in November. The Jefferson County High School drama teacher and cheerleading coach …

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  • From the Schoolhouse to the Smokehouse

    by Cassandra Sproles May 29, 2013

    Allan Benton’s bacon and country hams have become the stuff of legend. And not only in the foodie world—it has seeped into pop culture, as well. Stories about Benton (’69) …

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  • Bringing Rocky Top to the Fans

    by Cassandra Sproles July 13, 2012

    By Lola Alapo “Rocky Top, you’ll always be, home sweet home to me…” On any given game day in Neyland Stadium there could be 100,000 people belting out Rocky Top—pretty …

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