UM to honor 2001 football and baseball national title teams

CORAL GABLES – The Hurricanes’ 2001 national championship football and baseball teams will be honored at next Thursday’s game against Virginia at Sun Life Stadium.

Individual UM champions from other sports will also be honored at halftime.

Kickoff for the game, which will be shown on ESPN, ESPN HD and ESPN3D, will be 8 p.m.

UM’s 2001 football team won the program’s fifth national championship with the school’s third undefeated season.

NFL Pro Bowlers Andre Johnson, Ed Reed, Jeremy Shockey, Jonathan Vilma, and Bryant McKinnie, and other former Hurricanes and current NFL players have been invited for the celebration.

UM’s 2001 baseball team, which entered the College World Series, scored 49 runs in four games to win the school’s fourth national championship.

Tom Farmer, Kevin Brown and Charlton Jimerson, as well as Coach Jim Morris will be among the team members at Sun Life.

Also, 2011 400-Meter Hurdles National Champion Ti’erra Brown, 2011 10-Meter Platform Diving National Champion Brittany Viola, 2006 Triple Jump National Champion Tabia Charles and 1986 Tennis Doubles National Champions Lise Gregory and Ronni Reis will also be honored.

In the coming years, UM plans to honor individual and team national champions the year after their feat, as well as recognizing their five, 10 and 25-year anniversaries.



(sun-sentinel.com)