The Tennessee Vols summer enrollees receiving their jersey numbers and Jordan Bone at another workout lead our Volunteers news for Friday, June 7, 2019.
Welcome to the first Friday in June. The Tennessee Vols have tons of news surrounding the program right now to get you ready for the weekend despite the fact that only one official sport is still going on.
However, our morning update on Rocky Top leads with new developments surrounding the summer enrollees in football. We also have new surrounding NBA pre-draft workouts for a Vol basketball player.
On top of that, All-American honors in baseball and track and field, the latter of which is related to ongoing postseason play, is on the slate. The same is true for scheduling in another sport. So there’s a lot to get to. Let’s start with the football enrollees.
Summer enrollees receiver jersey numbers – Patrick Brown, GoVols247
The Tennessee Vols football summer enrollees have now received their jersey numbers, with Darnell Wright wearing No. 72 and Henry To’oto’o wearing No. 11 leading the way. With this development, Anthony Harris is now the only member of the 2019 class without a number, and that’s because it’s unclear when he will arrive.
"Also on the offensive line, Jackson Lampley will wear No. 50 and Melvin McBride will wear No. 71. Wide receiver Jerrod Means was assigned No. 88. Tight end Sean Brown has No. 83. Defensive lineman Savion Williams will share No. 50 with Lampley, while fellow junior college transfer Darel Middleton is No. 97 and Elijah Simmons, the third member of the incoming defensive line class, will wear No. 51. Outside linebacker Roman Harrison will wear No. 30, and defensive backs Aaron Beasley and Kenney Solomon will wear Nos. 24 and 31, respectively."
Jordan Bone speaks at Kings pre-draft workout – KXTV
Former Tennessee Vols basketball guard Jordan Bone worked out with the Sacramento Kings Thursday and then spoke with the media. Here’s a bit of what he said about his pre-draft workout.
"“It went well, man. In here with some guys I’m familiar with, some familiar faces. All these guys are good players, man, so I’m blessed for another opportunity to be able to showcase what I can do.”"
Evan Russell earns Academic All-American honors – AcademicAllAmerica.com
Tennessee Vols baseball sophomore Evan Russell earned a spot on the Google Cloud Academic All-American third team. The DH is a finance major with a 3.64 GPA.
"The 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Baseball Teams feature 15 members with a 4.0 GPA or higher and 26 members with at least a 3.90 GPA as either undergraduate or graduate student-athletes. The 12 members on the first team have an average GPA of 3.98."
Six Lady Vols earn track and field All-American honors – NCAA.com
The Tennessee track and field program saw numerous Lady Vols take home honors Thursday. Stamatia Scarvelis finished eighth place in the hammer throw competition, Alexis Duncan finished ninth place in the women’s 100m hurdles semifinal, and the women’s 4×400-meter relay team of Layla White, Brooklynn Broadwater, Martina Weil and Lenysse Dyer finished ninth place as well.
"Day 3 at the 2019 NCAA Division I outdoor track and field championships will continue on Friday in Austin, Texas. The winner of the men’s title will be crowned tonight after the conclusion of all events. The women’s champion will be crowned on Saturday."
2019 volleyball schedule released – UTSports
The Tennessee Lady Vols 2019 volleyball schedule was announced by head coach Eve Rackham Thursday. They have 13 home games and 10 non-conference matchups.
"After winning 26 games in her first season on Rocky Top, Rackham will lead the Lady Vols through a challenging 28-game slate against some of the top competition in the country. This includes 10 matches against teams who were selected to the NCAA Tournament and six matches against teams who finished the season in the AVCA Top 25."