VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY

Jabari Blake recently transferred to Virginia State while younger brother Jahee is set to take his talents to Tennessee State.

"I enjoy athletics. Athletics have been good to me. It allowed me to go to college."

While dozens of Virginia colleges and universities have implemented COVID-19 vaccine mandates for the fall semester, a newspaper report found loopholes mean those requirements are sometimes going unenforced.

Freshman Quandarius Wilburn, 19, of Georgia, was participating in the football team's pre-season conditioning when he collapsed, the university said.

Hezekiah Walker became a student at Virginia Union University two years ago, but the Grammy-winning gospel singer took his collegiate experience to the next level by launching a gospel music center on the campus.