Happy Memorial Day ODU Fam. Today, we pause to honor and reflect on those who paid the ultimate sacrifice serving our country and allowing us to have the freedoms we enjoy each and every day.

This morning, we hope you enjoy this mini-sized Brew. (Think of it as a single shot of the Monarchs)

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

🏈 Ladies Night
🚣 One Smart Cookie
⚾️ Fought Til The End
​🦁 And much more!

🤝 ALL IN THE FAMILY

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Ladies Night. Who doesn’t love a little night out with the ladies?

How about getting the girls together and enjoying a night on the gridiron as Coach Rahne and his staff will host the first-ever ODU Football Women’s Clinic next month.

Set for Friday, June 20th at 3 pm, the clinic will include a tour of both the L.R. Hill Sports Complex and S.B. Ballard Stadiums, as will instruction from ODU’s coaching staff on a variety of areas, including strength and conditioning and a breakdown of offense, defense and special teams.

The clinic will include offensive and defensive field work and a Q&A session with women that work in the athletics department at ODU.

🏈 Learn More About The Event

🔼 One Smart Cookie. You know those people you run into in life and you just know they’ll be successful in whatever they do?

Sydnee Blackurn is one of those people.

A senior on the ODU rowing team, Blackburn was named Big 12 Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year late last week.

She is the first Old Dominion athlete to win a yearly BIG 12 award. She was voted a team captain and was positioned at the three-seat on ODU’s 1V8+ during the BIG 12 Championship last week.

The senior out of Chesapeake, Virginia just completed her degree in nursing and had a cumulative GPA of a 3.9. She volunteers at a local hospital in her free time and will begin her career in a pediatric neonatal ICU.

🔼 Fought Til The End. The nomadic life of the 2025 season has come to a close for the ODU baseball team.

After traveling over 14,000 miles, picking up four top-25 wins and grinding to the very last pitch, the Monarchs saw their season come to a close in the Sun Belt quarterfinals on Friday afternoon in Montgomery, Ala.

ODU played just 16 “home” games in the Norfolk area this spring, but will return to a newly renovated Bud Metheny Baseball Complex next spring after the extensive makeover is complete.

📅 ON THE DOCKET

Tuesday, May 27th
⛵️ Sailing at ICSA Open Dinghy National Championships (St. Mary’s, Md.)

Wednesday, May 28th
⛵️ Sailing at ICSA Open Dinghy National Championships (St. Mary’s, Md.)

Thursday, May 29th
⛵️ Sailing at ICSA Open Dinghy National Championships (St. Mary’s, Md.)

Friday, May 30th
⛵️ Sailing at ICSA Open Dinghy National Championships (St. Mary’s, Md.)

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🦁 Have a great day!