Deacs named to honor society
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Louis Frazier, Zac Selmon and Jeremy Thompson have
been recognized by the National Football Foundation and
College Hall of Fame as members of the Hampshire Honor
Society, a group comprised of college football players who
maintain a 3.2 GPA or better over the course of their career.
Wake Forest's three selections
mark the most of any school in the
Atlantic Coast Conference.
Other ACC honorees include Tom
Santi (Virginia). Nick Larkin (Boston
College), Patrick Bailey and Matt
Rumsey (Duke), Kevin Tuminello
(Georgia Tech), Steve Hauschka (NC
State), Joe Dailey (North Carolina)
and Jud Dlnlevy (Virginia Tech).
Qualifications for membership
include being a starter or significant
substitute in one's last year of eligibil
ity at an accredited NCAA Football
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Bowl Subdivision, Football ChAnpionship Subdivision,
Division II, Division III or NAIA college or university,
achieving a 3.2 cumulative grade point average throughout
the entire course of undergraduate study and meeting all
NCAA-mandated progress towards
degree requirements.
This is the second year the NFF's
Honor Society has been in existence.
The NFF's Hampshire Honor
Society capitalizes on the NFF's cur
rent National Scholar-Athlete pro
gram, expanding the number of schol
ar-athletes the NFF can recognize each
year and further strengthening its lead
ership role in encouraging academic
performance by the student-athletes
who play football at the more than 700
college and universities with football
Thompson
programs.
Frazier, who started at left tackle and was on the field for
601 offensive snaps last season, was named to the ESPN The
Magazine Academic All-America first team in the fall and
holds a 3.76 GPA with a major in biology and minors in
chemistry and sociology.
Selmon, a starter at tight end, was a finalist for the Danny
Wuerfel Trophy and an Academic All-District III selection in
his senior year. Selmon also serves at the president of the
Shine Foundation, a non-profit organization during charitable
work in Africa. The tight end averaged 1 1 .4 yards per catch
for his career.
Thompson finished his senior season as the team sack
leader with 6.5 on the year. He was one of 10 finalists for the
National Sportsmanship Award in 2007 and was selected to
play in the prestigious Senior Bowl.
File photo
Wake 's Zac Selmon was among the recipients of the NFF honor.
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I rolled with Josh Howard during his run tp the NBA Finals.
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Hill
from page Bl
(who finished with 10
points). But, hey ? I'm rolling
with CP3 until the end this year.
I rolled with J-Ho (Josh Howard
and the Dallas Mavericks) dur:
ing their run to the finals two
years ago. Now I've made up
my mind to roll with CP and the
Hornets for the rest of the play
offs. and I'm a Laker fan. Do I
really believe the Hornets will ?
make it to the Finals? Do you ?
Whjr not? I never doubt my boy.
mean, who would've
thought his Wake Forest teams
would ever be ranked number
one in the nation? Who thought
his West Forsyth team would be
one game away from a state
championship? Let's go back
further. How many people
thought his AAU team was
going to win a national champi
onship? I can tell you one per
son who believes, and that's
Chris Paul .
He always believes his
squad is in contention for the
championship. We're all arguing
about the MVP race. But CP
could care less about that award.
He's all about the team champi
onship. Please believe.
CP playing like a video game
I haven't really been into
playing PS2 or PS3 for a little
over a year. But I remember
piaying i>d/a livc wm year, i
recall playing with New Orleans
and doing some crazy things
with CP on the game. I had a
friend of mine that told me that
he was good, but not MVP
good. He said Chris wasn't good
enough to be dropping double
doubles every game. He also
said that CP doesn't score like I
had him scoring.
Needless to say, that friend
(whom I won't mention) is
singing a different tune after
watching CP kill the NBA this
year. Be honest, watching Chris
play is almost like watching
some friends play PS2 or some
thing. And, it looks like some
one is always pressing the B
button. Some times I forget that
I even know Chris. Honestly, he
amazes me.
Even the old school guys are
giving CP props now. I mean,
the local old school guys. I love
to go to 14th Street Recreation
Center and talk with Louis
Lowery and some of the other
guys that happen to be there
while I'm there. They all admit
that Chris is a bad boy. And, we
all realize that he is that good.
Win, lose or draw ? we're all a
witness to greatness. And, some
of us have seen the maturation
of Chris Paul. It will only get
better people. Please believe.
Anthony Hill is the sports
editor for The Chronicle. He can
be reached at 722-8624 (ext.
Ill ) or ahill@wschroniclex:om.
wssu
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the third consecutive year
that the women's tennis team
has earned the highest grade
point average as this season
saw them narrowly edge out
the WSSU women's softball
team.
The Chancellor's Cup
Award was presented to the
student-athlete who carries
the highest cumulative grade
point average and a minimum
of two years of athletic partic
ipation at WSSU. and for the
first timean history, the award
was presented to three WSSU
student-athletes whtr all
earned 4.0 grade point aver
ages.
WSSU Chancellor, Dr.
Donald Julian Reaves present
ed men's tennis student-ath
lete Andrew Jones, women's
track and field student-athlete
Cynthia Grady, and WSSU
Red Team Cheerleader
Cherrelle Smith the
Chancellor's Cup for earning
the highest possible grade
point average of 4.0.
WSSU head men's foot
ball coach Kermit Blount was
a nearly unanimous selection
as the WSSU coach of the
year after leading the Rams to
a 6-5 record in only their third
year of Division I competi
tion.
Capping the evening was
the presentation of the 2007
08 Mary Garber WSSU Male
and Female Student Athlete of
the Year awards as women's
cross-country/track and field
student-athlete Irene Jeptolo
and men's football siudent
athlete Brent Thomas were
awarded the highest athletic
honor at Winston-Salem State
University.
The Mary Garber WSSU
Female Student-Athljete of the
Year Award recipient, Irene
Jeptolo. a native of Kapsabet,
Kenya is a nursing major who
is a two-time recipient of the
award. Jeptolo completed a
grueling classroom curricu
lum coupled with cross-coun
try and track and field seasons
where she was undefeated in
the spring of 2008 in the
women's steeplechase.
The Mary Garber WSSU
Male Student-Athlete of the
Year Award recipient. Brent
Thomas, a native of Durham,
is a Political Science major
who., in addition to starting all
12 games for the Rams on the
gridiron this season found
time to participate in the Cash
Elementary "Read Across
America Program" as well as
serving loyally at the
Winston-Salem Children's
Museum.
For their efforts in the
sporting arena, the classroom,
and the community, Jeptolo
and Thomas were awarded the
prestigious Mary Garber
WSSU Student-Athlete of the
Year Award.
A complete list of award
winners can be seen at
www.wssurams.corn. _ -
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