Justin something-or-other
Written by Samantha Ouimette, Feb 25, 2013, 0 Comments
“LOL @Jbrock18 plays 5 years, gets ST award & @USFAthletics @USFfootball can’t even spell name right @USFinsiderbillm.”
Amy Phillips couldn’t help but tweet when Justin Brockhaus Kann, the punter on USF’s special teams unit for five years, found his name had been butchered when he received his award for Special Teams Player of the Year. The USF cheerleader put a picture of the mistake on Twitter.
The Tampa Bay Times retweeted Phillips story, where it was picked up by various media outlets.
Various media outlets have had trouble spelling the punter’s name. On USF’s roster, his name is listed with a hyphen despite not having one in his name. Yahoo Sports referred to him as Justin Brockhaus-Khann in a video. Syracuse’s student paper, the Daily Orange, identified him as Justin Kann-Brockhaus after the two teams met last season in Tampa.
Brockhaus Kann told the media that two people from USF’s athletic department reached out to apologize for the mishap. This error was not the only one made by the athletic department. The word “perseverance” was misspelled on the Lee Roy Selmon Award given to tight end Evan Landi.
Samantha Ouimette is the sports editor of The Crow’s Nest. She can be reached at sports@crowsneststpete.com.
Photo contributed by Amy Phillips.
