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Vince Slomsky

Vince Slomsky

@vinceslomsky

AVP of Marketing at @USouthFlorida. Owner & Operator of VSKY Media. Former TV news anchor. Proud @KSUalumni.

Tampa, FL Katılım Haziran 2009
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Nick Bannin@nickbannin·
Warmth made quite the comeback today with most of us a full 20º warmer than Tuesday afternoon!
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Vince Slomsky
Vince Slomsky@vinceslomsky·
@IzaiyahN Thank you for bringing your talents to USF! Can’t wait to follow your journey to the NBA!
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Izaiyah Nelson
Izaiyah Nelson@IzaiyahN·
Been an AMAZING 4 Years! My time is up onto the BIG league!🙏🏾 #35Out
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Vince Slomsky
Vince Slomsky@vinceslomsky·
This one still gives me goosebumps. Every. Single. Time.
Dr. Lemma@DoctorLemma

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

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USF Football
USF Football@USFFootball·
Happy spring break 😎
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Jerry Ferrara
Jerry Ferrara@jerryferrara·
Question for the Old Heads out there. Whats something that was just flat out better 15-20 years ago?
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Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau@JustinTrudeau·
You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.
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Vince Slomsky
Vince Slomsky@vinceslomsky·
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Vince Slomsky@vinceslomsky·
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Prop Joe
Prop Joe@PropJoeDFS·
I’m cashing out the timeline again.
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Vince Slomsky
Vince Slomsky@vinceslomsky·
Stoked to see the positive reactions our new commercial and #USF70 campaign are receiving! Stay tuned, we have a LOT more content coming over the next year as we celebrate our 70th anniversary. “Our time is NOW!” #GoBulls
University of South Florida@USouthFlorida

2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of #USF.    From an idea shared over coffee in downtown Tampa to one of the most innovative public universities in the nation, this is 70 years of Bold — honored and celebrated through the voices of our people. 🤘   🔗: ow.ly/Ua5N50XMNaQ

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