Virginia's Pavin Smith (Aaron Fitt)
GSA Spotlight: UVa.’s Pavin Smith
No matter what else happened in his career, Pavin Smith secured his Virginia legacy in the final game of his freshman year.
That game happened to be the winner-takes-the-title third game of the 2015 CWS Finals against Vanderbilt. The Commodores had beaten the favored Cavs for the championship the year before, and this time around Virginia was a heavy underdog. But after squeaking into the NCAA tournament as a No. 3 seed, UVa. simply refused to lose. A core of battle-tested warriors in the upper classes carried plenty of the load, but a couple precocious freshmen had a[…]
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