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2022 Better Sports Club Awardees

Better Sports Club 66th Student-Athlete Award Recipients
June 1, 2022

Read about this impressive group of Arlington student-athletes and coaches here.

COMING UP

September 14
Dinner Meeting Featuring Gabe Lacques, ​USA Today baseball editor
6:15 reception/7:00 dinner
Knights of Columbus

Dinner will be upstairs in the ballroom at the Knights of Columbus. Join for cocktails at 6:15 followed by dinner at 7:00. You MUST be VACCINATED to attend. The cost of the dinner will be $30, with a cash bar. The Knights of Columbus address is 5115 Little Falls Road, Arlington, Virginia 22207.
​Make your reservation and purchase dinner here.

October 12, time TBA
Arlington Sports Hall of Fame Annual Induction Ceremony
Jointly sponsored by ASHOF and BSC

​More details and an opportunity to reserve your spot for dinner coming soon.

2022 Inductees
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​Jim Barbe
W-L Class of 1973. Dominating baseball player at W-L and James Madison University. 
Craig Esherick
Georgetown Class of 1978, GU Law ’81, professor at GMU. Standout college basketball player, head and assistant coach, administrator, and contributor to Arlington sports. 
Maren Taylor
Yorktown Class of 2009. U.S national champion and international medalist diver.
Harry L. Thomas, Jr.
W-L Class of 1972, UVA ’76. Standout baseball/football athlete at W-L and UVA and champion senior golfer.

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Club Calendar - 2022

​August 31, 7:00 p.m. - Board of Governors Meeting
September 14, 6:15 p.m. - Dinner Meeting, featuring USA Today baseball editor, Gabe Lacques
September 28, 7:00 p.m. - Board of Governors Meeting
October 26, 7:00 p.m. - Board of Governors Meeting
October 12, Time TBD - Arlington Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet
November 9, 6:15 p.m. - Dinner Meeting, speaker TBA
November 16, 7:00 p.m. - Board of Governors Meeting

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BSC Mission Statement

The Better Sports Club of Arlington is a nonprofit community organization founded in 1957 “to promote useful citizenship through the medium of sports.” The Better Sports Club is dedicated to serving Arlington, Virginia's youth and to fostering the principle of fair play, good sportsmanship, a competitive spirit, tolerance and friendship.
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Club membership is open to women and men over the age of 18 who share the club’s goals, without regard to race, religion, ethnicity or personal orientation.
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