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Vandy quarterback honored by Associated Press and Manning Award againNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt football’s Diego Pavia added to his 2025 accolades this week with announcements that he has been selected the Associated Press National Player of the Week as well as a Manning Award Star of the Week.It marks the second time this season the graduate quarterback from Albuquerque, New Mexico, has earned the AP’s award and the fifth occasion he has been honored by the Manning Award. Commodore fans now have until 9 a.m. CT Wednesday to vote for Pavia to be recognized as the Manning Award Quarterback of…
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Students react to university’s decision to resume in-person classesVUMC anesthesiologist charged with 15 counts of sexual exploitationUPDATED: Classes canceled, some students left without power, water and heat following winter stormFilm Room: New kid on the blockIN PHOTOS: SnowpocalypseBREAKING: University cancels in-person classes due to inclement weatherBREAKING: All in-person classes canceled for Jan. 29, and Jan. 30Vanderbilt moves forward with full-time undergraduate campus in San Francisco, graduate campus in West Palm BeachMen’s Basketball: Vanderbilt dominates Kentucky, wins 80-55 in Memorial GymnasiumVanderbilt LifeFlight helicopter crash leaves 1 dead, 2 critically injuredTwenty-one members of Vanderbilt Football’s 2026 recruiting class officially signed their letters…
Senior becomes first Commodore to ever win the awardNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt’s Nick Rinaldi has been named the SEC Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year the league office announced on Thursday. He is the first-ever member of the program to earn the honor since its inception in 2003.The senior linebacker from Dover, Massachusetts, joined the program as a walk on in 2022 but has become a key part of the Commodores’ defensive and special teams units.He has played in all 12 contests for the Commodores this fall, posting 42 total tackles including seven stops for loss with 3½ sacks. He leads the squad with nine quarterback hurries and has also been credited with a pass broken up.Rinaldi was named the SEC…
Graduate quarterback is first-ever Dore to win the honorNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia has won the 2025 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award® it was announced Friday by the Golden Arm Educational Foundation and presenting sponsor the A. O. Smith Corporation.He’s the first Commodore to receive the award, presented to the nation’s top upper-class quarterback who excels on the field, in the classroom and in the community, since its inception in 1987. Pavia will be given the award at ceremony in Baltimore on Dec. 12.Pavia—a leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy—is also a finalist for two other national honors, the…
Students react to university’s decision to resume in-person classesVUMC anesthesiologist charged with 15 counts of sexual exploitationUPDATED: Classes canceled, some students left without power, water and heat following winter stormFilm Room: New kid on the blockIN PHOTOS: SnowpocalypseBREAKING: University cancels in-person classes due to inclement weatherBREAKING: All in-person classes canceled for Jan. 29, and Jan. 30Vanderbilt moves forward with full-time undergraduate campus in San Francisco, graduate campus in West Palm BeachMen’s Basketball: Vanderbilt dominates Kentucky, wins 80-55 in Memorial GymnasiumVanderbilt LifeFlight helicopter crash leaves 1 dead, 2 critically injuredVanderbilt Football has been officially selected to play Iowa in the ReliaQuest…
Vandy football will play Iowa on New Year’s Eve in TampaTAMPA, Fla. — Vanderbilt football will be playing in a postseason bowl game in consecutive seasons for only the second time in program history after accepting an invitation to the ReliaQuest Bowl on Sunday. The Commodores will face Iowa at Raymond James Stadium on Dec. 31, with kickoff scheduled for 11 a.m. CT on ESPN.Vandy last played in consecutive bowl games when it accomplished the feat on three straight occasions from 2011-13.“I want to first thank Glenn Fasani and the ReliaQuest Bowl staff for this invitation,” E. Bronson Ingram Chair…
Diego Pavia will go to New York City this weekendNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt football’s Diego Pavia was named a finalist for the 2025 Heisman Trophy it was announced Monday night, making the graduate quarterback the first Commodore ever to be invited to participate in the annual ceremony.The Heisman Trophy winner will be revealed live on ABC during a nationally televised ceremony held at the Lincoln Center in New York City that begins at 6 p.m. CT on Saturday.Pavia has already received the 2025 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award®, and he is also a finalist for the Walter Camp Player of…
Vanderbilt falls short of the CFP but will play in a prestigious post-season game.Something that seemed unbelievable to start the season has happend. A 10-2 Vanderbilt is not in the College Football Playoff because maybe the 3rd best team in the ACC, whose champion is 8-5 Duke, and Alabama, who just got Dawg-walked by Georgia by 28-7 in the SEC championship had to be in or ESPN would have cried for weeks on end. Even worse, Vanderbilt still ended up behind a Notre Dame team that last the only 2 games they played against opponents with a pulse and Texas…
Both Eli Stowers, Diego Pavia earn first-team honorsNASHVILLE, Tenn. — For the first time in over a decade Vanderbilt football has multiple first-team All-SEC selections with the announcement Tuesday that both Diego Pavia and Eli Stowers have been honored on the team selected by the league’s 16 head coaches.The last time Commodores had two first-team honorees in a season was 2013, when both Kenny Ladler and Jordan Matthews were recognized, while it’s the first occasion since the 2005 campaign—when Earl Bennett and Jay Cutler accomplished the feat—that multiple Dores from the offensive side of the ball have earned the honor.This…