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Monarch Brew 10/20: He Is A Real (All) American

Henderson Earns Multiple Mid-Season All-American Accolades

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Monarch Brew Crew
October 20, 2023

TGIF Monarchs! It’s him! It’s really hime! Cue the music!

No, no, it’s not the Hulkster, its our own Jason Henderson and he’s running wild on the opposition again this year!

What all do we have stirring in today’s edition of the Brew? Check it out!

🇺🇸 He is Real (All) American
🏈 Saturday Night Fever
⚽️ WSOC Update
👑 And much, much more!

🏈 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

We got all the Saturday night entertainment you need at Ballard Stadium and the NFL Network.

For the first-time ever, the Monarchs will be playing on NFL Network when they host perennial Sun Belt power Appalachian State in a huge East Division contest.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 He Is A Real (All) American. It appears last season was just a preview.

This year? He’s doing it again.

Junior linebacker Jason Henderson continues to turn heads and gain eyeballs from across the country as he was named a midseason All-American by The Sporting News, the Associated Press and ESPN, this week.

A two-year starter and team captain, Henderson leads the country with 92 tackles and is tied for the nation's lead with 13 tackles for loss. He has secured double-digit tackles in all six games this season and 21 times in his ODU career.

Last season, Henderson led the country in tackles with 186 and earned second-team All-America honors.

🔼 Home Cooking. Sometimes, all it takes is a little taste of home.

Junior Myah Conway continued her dominating season and redshirt sophomore LeeAnne Lowery had a career night to help the Monarchs volleyball team get back on track with a 3-1 victory over Louisiana at the ODU Volleyball Center last night.

Conway posted her fourth 20-plus kill night and now ranks in the top-10 nationally in total kills with 338 on the season. Lowery set new career highs of 11 kills, 10 blocks and 16.5 points while hitting for .733.

The same two teams will face off again tonight here in Norfolk with first serve set for 6:30 pm.

🔼 Lights, Camera, Action. 18 days.

That’s all that separates us from the start of another ODU women’s hoops season.

This week, the Monarchs’ own head coach DeLisha Milton-Jones and guard Kaye Clark attended the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Media Day to preview the upcoming season with other programs from around the league.

ODU returns five players from 2022-23, to include starters in Clark and Jordan McLaughlin, but also hit the recruiting trail hard, bringing in 10 newcomers for the upcoming season.

🔼 Rough Road. There’s a reason it’s called “home field advantage.”

Entering with the top defense in the country, ODU had a target on their backs and for the first time all year, the Monarchs allowed two goals and suffered a tough 2-1 setback at Texas State last night in San Marcos.

ODU and TSU are the two top defenses in the Sun Belt and it showed as neither team scored until the final 10 minutes, but the Bobcats got the difference maker, scoring the winning goal with less than five minutes to play.

The Monarchs close out their home regular season slate when they host Georgia State on Sunday afternoon in Norfolk. Kickoff is set for 12:30 pm.

🦁 SUPPORT YOUR MONARCHS

Support your Monarchs and get 🔥🔥 gear? That’s a no brainer.

ODU has partnered with AthletesThreads.com to give fans the opportunity to purchase specialized Monarch gear to support the student-athletes NIL fund.

👑 PORT OF CALL

This Saturday, October 21st is Port Day for the ODU vs. App State football game! The Port of Virginia is one of the busiest in the nation, receiving over 2,200 commercial ships last year. Come out to support the Maritime Industry this Saturday.

🤔 MONARCH TRIVIA

You Never Know Who You’re Watching. It was eight years ago when Appalachian State made their only other trip to Norfolk.

What was on display that day at Ballard Stadium was a slew of future NFL pros with both sides sporting talent that would go on to play on Sundays.

How many future NFL players saw action during that 2015 matchup between the Mountaineers and Monarchs?

Got a guess?

Scroll down to the bottom of this email and see if you had the right answer!

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📅 WHAT’S ON TAP

Friday, October 20
🏐 Volleyball vs. Louisiana @ 6:30pm
🏑 Field Hockey vs. Quinnipiac @ 2pm
⛵️ Swimming vs. Towson
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Regionals (Lynchburg, Va.)

Saturday, October 21
🏈 Football vs. Appalachian State @ 7pm l NFL Network
⛵️ Sailing vs. Opening Atlantic Coast Championship (St. Mary’s, Md.)
🚣 Rowing at Head of the Charles (Boston, Mass.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Regionals (Lynchburg, Va.)

Sunday, October 22
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Georgia State @ 12:30pm
🏑 Field Hockey at JMU @ 1pm
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Georgia Southern @ 6pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Regionals (Lynchburg, Va.)
⛵️ Sailing vs. Tom Curtis Open (Alexandria, Va.)
🚣 Rowing at Head of the Charles (Boston, Mass.)
⛳️ Men’s Golf at ODU/OBX Intercollegiate (Powells Point, N.C.)

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Nine.

Nine future NFL pros played in that Sept 26, 2015 matchup in Norfolk.

ODU - Travis Fulgham, Zach Pascall, Rashaad Coward, Oshane Ximines

App State - Josh Thomas, Tae Hayes, Colby Gossett, Ronald Blair, Doug Middleton

🦁 Let’s Have A Great Weekend, Y’all!