Tennessee Hostesses

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Who are these Tennessee Hostesses?

Read an article from zimbio.com:

At the University of Tennessee, people take football seriously. Coach Lane Kiffin was a high-profile addition to the team when he was hired in the summer of 2008, but now he's facing an investigation from the NCAA into his team's recruiting practices.

UT football player Bryce Brown and Orange Pride hostess Lacey Pearl Earps (From knoxnews.com)
The New York Times reported Wednesday that the school's recruiting hostesses, part of the Orange Pride group, are at the center of the investigation at UT. The female students help the athletic program acquaint recruits with the campus and the facilities. But the NCAA wants to know if the Vols have been sending the young women to high schools to possibly flirt with recruits to sway them toward the school.

The Times spoke with the families of recruits, who say the NCAA wanted to know about the hostesses. In one instance, hostesses traveled to Duncan, South Carolina, nearly 200 miles, to see three recruits playing in a high school football game. Marcus Lattimore, a running back at Byrnes High School, said they even brought signs with one reading "Come to Tennessee."