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UNF alumna included in ESPN layoff

Ronnie Rodgers • May 23, 2017

ESPN laid off UNF alumna Sara Walsh the day she was set to return from maternity leave, after giving birth to twins. On May 4 Walsh posted this picture to her Twitter. The UNF graduate majored...

Sara Walsh visits her alma mater

Morgan Purvis • Mar 9, 2015

ESPN SportsCenter anchor Sara Walsh stopped by the University of North Florida on March 9 to cover the men’s basketball team’s journey to the NCAA tournament. She seemed to be as excited to return to her alma mater, as the rest of the UNF community was to see her.

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Great White researcher talks ocean conservation

Jake Stofan • Nov 8, 2014

Chris Fischer, from National Geographic's "Shark Men," spoke to an audience at UNF on Nov.6 about the conservation of ocean life and the tracking of Great White sharks.

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ESPN’s Sara Walsh gives industry insight to communications students

Christian Ayers • Sep 20, 2013

“With ESPN, I sent a DVD and they must have put it in the day they got it because I heard from them immediately,” Walsh said. “They got on the phone with me and set up an interview. I was really open with them, and I probably shouldn’t have been.”

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ESPN anchor to Skype into UNF class

Christian Ayers • Sep 16, 2013

Sara Walsh will speak to communications students via Skype in Dr. Peter Casella’s History of Mass Communication course.

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ESPN broadcaster and UNF alumna Sara Walsh returns to UNF

Raleigh Harbin • Nov 8, 2012

Walsh still holds two notable records at UNF, now 16 years later, including the most points in a game from a combination of assists and goals, with a total of nine, and the record for goals in a game, at four.

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Photo Gallery: ESPN’s Sara Walsh lectures at UNF

Connor Spielmaker • Oct 30, 2012

Osprey Productions brought Sara Walsh, a host of ESPN's "SportsCenter" and a UNF alumna, to campus Oct. 22.

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Equal sports, but not equal interest

Jordan Harirchi • Apr 5, 2012

By: Jordan Harirchi, Assistant Sports Editor As a journalism major and Spinnaker writer who is fairly familiar with the news agenda and how it works, I can see the media generally value male sports more...

ESPN sportscaster shares her wisdom

Spinnaker • Jan 26, 2011

Persistence and luck lands alumna ESPN job Take heed and hear the speech from a former UNF soccer star who now enjoys air time at your favorite sports network.

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Heads up, hopeful harvesters

Spinnaker • Jan 12, 2010

Remember last year? 2010's edition of Harvest of Hope sounds even more swingin'.

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The tennis world at its worst

Spinnaker • Jun 3, 2009

If you aren’t aware of the events that went on during the 2009 French Open, then you’re in for a wild ride of drug use and betting that will make you think you were watching baseball. Rafael...

Staff Blog: UNF receives attention from ESPN

Spinnaker • Dec 18, 2008

After visting ESPN’s website on December 17, I was taken aback to see the UNF men's basketball team featured on the website’s homepage. Unfortunately, I quickly realized that the article, which centered around a 76-36 UNF loss to No. 25 Clemson, had little to do with any improvements UNF has made on the court. Rather than focusing on UNF’s attempt to keep up with Clemson Whelliston’s article had a much different objective: explaining the $80,000 paycheck UNF received to get crushed by Clemson. However, the author, Kyle Whelliston, did have a few words of praise to say about UNF’s effort.

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