CIAA gives out female honors
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT _
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association recently announced its 2008
CIAA Female Scholar Athletes of the
Year. Each honoree was formal
ly recognized at the CIAA
Coach of the Year Luncheon, on
Tuesday at the Durham Marriott
at the Civic Center.
Kim Moore, a volleyball and
tennis player at Shaw
University, along-^vith Elizabeth
City star senior bailer Celeste
Trahan sivere the recipients of
the CIAA honor.
Moore is a senior.
International Relations major
with a near perfect GPA of 3.99. She made
the 2008 All-CIAA and All-Tournament
Women's Tennis teams; won the 2008
Chester Davis Sportsmanship Award and
Shaw's 2008 Female Athlete of the Year
Award .
Academically, Moore was named to
the 2007-08 President's List; won 2008
CIAA All-Academic Honors; won the
2008 Shaw Volleyball and Women's
Tennis Award of Academic Excellence, the
2008 President's Award of Academic
Excellence and the 2007-08 Athletic
Academic All-star Award.
Celeste Trahan graduated Cum Laude
(3.3 GPA) with a BA in Education from
ECSU. As a senior. Celeste was named as
the 2008 CI A A Women's
Moore
Basketball Player and Defensive
Player of the Year, the 2008
Daktronics Division II National
Player of the Year; was the first
woman in NCAA Division II
basketball history to record
2,000 points and 1 ,500 rebounds
in a career and was named as an
Ail-American six times during
her collegiate career. Ms.
Trahan was also named as the
2008 Division II Bulletin Player
of the Year; the 2008 South Atlantic
Region Player of the Year and was select
ed as, the 2008 EGSU Female Athlete of
the YV&r.
Celeste's jersey was formally retired in
2008. She is the first-ever female student
athlete to receive such an honor at
Elizabeth City State.
The C1AA Scholar Athlete of the Year
is an honor awarded to the top athlete in
the conference that has excelled both ath
letically and academically. J
ESCU photo
ESCU's Celeste Trahan goes up strong.
High Point's Lady Stars win Point Tourney
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The High Point Lady Stars
9U girls squad continues to
tune up for their national tour
nament with strong perform
ances in other AAU tourna
ments.
This past weekend, the
High Point Lady Stars 9 Girls
Division, featuring Winston
Salem's Tierra Wilson,
Makayla Wolfe, Sylena
Johnson. Kristen Saunders and
Briana Carter/ played in the
Battle In The Point tournament.
The tournament took place in
High Point, May 17-18
The Lady Stars started out
with Lake Norman Magic on
Saturday and defeated them 42
12. Later on Saturday evening
they played the Tennessee
Shooters antl won 39-14. The
Photo by Tim Wilson
Lady Star guard Jazlin Taylor takes off.
Lady Stars eame back on
Sunday and played the
Winston-Salem Stealers,
defeating them 43-15. That win
advanced the the Lady Stars to
play in the championship game
on Sunday evening.
They played the
W-S Prep
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0 Speas said. "The team in
question finished fifth. The
judge closest to the action
cleared. They denied the team
the first time they protested,
and then honored them almost
an hour later. So, I'm getting
the team ready for the 200 and
they just tell me that my team
was disqualified. I didn't
know what event they were
even talking about."
"So, I run to fill out the
proper papers to appeal,"
Speas continued. "That's what
they told me to do. Then they
said I couldn't appeal when I
got back. I took that issue up
with anyone that I -could find.
But nothing happened. I was
just fighting for my girls
They really were hurt. It
would've been a tragedy if
that would've cost us a state
championship. That was a
very cohtroversial call."
Winston-Salem Prep
received valuable points when
Darden, Bennett and Butler
stormed to a second, third and
fourth place finish in the 200
meter dash. The Prep title is
seemingly more impressive
considering the team doesn't
have a track. The hurdlers
went the whole season with
out practicing an entire race,
clearing eight hurdles. Prep
only has two hurdles, and the
runners practice in a basket
ball gym. Not a track.
"We used some of that as
motivation," Speas said. "We
don't have our own track.
Carver was nic? enough to let
us come over there some time.
I want to thank them. But we
went the whole year without
some of the luxuries other
schools enjoy. But we still did
it. That's a testament to the
hard work we've put in over
here."
"I knew this was possi
ble," Speas continued. "I was
very confident this could hap
pen. Coach Speas does
research, and I knew what we
had here. I saw some good
pieces like Ariel Darden
(who's a senior) and David
Lindsay. Guys like T.J.
McEachin, C.J. Brinson Josh
Hogg and Demetrius
Robinson also did a very good
job. 1 wish Demetrius was
going to be with us for anoth
er year."
Can Prep repeat next year?
"You always want to
repeat," concluded Speas.
"But we're going back to the
drawing board. We now have
a weight room. So we're
going to lift weights. We're
going to keep moving in the
right direction. Even the guys
are talking about doing good
things. I believe we can defi
nitely contend for another
title."
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Greensboro Lady Gators,
defeating them 47-28. The vic
tory gave the Lady Stars first
place honors of The Battle In
The Point 9U Division champi
onship game.
The team is coached by
Aaron Grier, Tim Wilson and
Scott Anders.
Team representatives are
hoping to receive donations to
help the squad pay for the
YBOA Nationals, which will
take place July 12-19 in Polk
County, Fla. The team . is
excepting monetary donations
or sponsors. Information can be
mailed to High Point Stars
Basketball, attention Aaron
Grier. The address is P.O. Box
2742, High Point, N.C., 27261.
The teams website is
www.eteamz.com/highpointsta
rsbasketball.
Photo by Tom Houghtaling
W-S Prep's Josh Hogg hands
off to CJ. Brinson during a
relay race over the weekend.
Grambling tabs Duckett
as head coach of hoops
CHRONICLE STAFF REPOT
Rick Duckett is the new
head men's, basketball coach at
Grambling State University,
Director of Athletics Troy
Mathieu announced on today.
The hiring is pending
approval of the Board of
Supervisors for the University
of Louisiana System
"Coach Duckett is a proven
tactician who has
worked with some of
the best coaches in
the business,"
Mathieu said. ? "He
has a unique ability
to motivate and con
nect with student
athletes and will
bring tremendous
enthusiasm to our
men's basketball
program. Under his
leadership, Grambling fans can
look forward to seeing an
aggressive defensive team that
plays an up-tempo . style of
offense that will be fun to
watch. We are fortunate to have
him join the staff at Grambling
State."
A native of Winston-Salem,
Duckett brings a wealth of expe
rience to Grambling State after
serving as an assistant in one of
the toughest basketball confer
ences in the nation in addition to
serving as a successful head
coach at one of the highest pro
file leagues on the NCAA
Division II level.
In eight years as a collegiate
head coach, Duckett compiled
an impressive 150-75 mark at
Fayetteville and Winston-Salem
State Universities. While at
Winston-Salem from 1998. to
2001 /Duckett posted a 74-18
ledger that included three
NCAA Division II Tournament
Appearances, three 20- win sea
sons, two CIAA Tournament
Championships and two CIAA
Tournament Coaches Awards.
With the opportunity to acquire
valuable knowledge about the
game of basketball from leg
endary Basketball of Hall Famer
and former Winston-Salem head
coach Clarence "Big House"
Gaines, Duckett finished his
tenure at WSSU with the top
winning percentage (SOpeceetM)
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in school history.
Duckett began his coaching
career working as an undergrad
uate assistant at North Carolina
where he was on the staff of
Basketball Hall of Famer Dean '
Smith and also worked with cur
rent UNC head coach Roy
Williams as the duo coached the
school's junior varsity team dur
ing the 1979-80 season.
Upon his graduation from
Duckett
UINC, uucKett spent
two years as an assis
tant at Harvard
(1980-82) and moved
to the high school
ranks for one season
as an assistant at RJ.
Reynolds High
School. He returned
to the collegiate ranks
in 1983 and spent one
season each at
Jacksonville
University, South Carolina and
Central Florida before settling
down at Wichita State
University in 1986.
While at Wichita State,
Duckett played an integral role
in the Shockers' success on the
court as he helped lead the team
to two NCAA Tournament
appearances and a berth in the
NIT during a six-year run from
1986 to 1992. He returned to
RJ. Reynolds as an assistant
coach after his stint at Wichita
for one season before accepting
the job as head coach at
Fayetteville State in 1993.
After a five-year Stint at
Fayetteville State, Duckett made
his mark at Winston-Salem
State for three years before
returning to the SEC as an assis
tant coach at the University of
South Carolina in 2001. As an
assistant at South Carolina for
six years where he was known
as the team's "defensive coordi
nator", Duckett helped guide the
Gamecocks to back-to-back
NIT Championships (2005,
2006) and one NCAA
Tournament appearance (2004).
In addition to his coaching
duties, Duckett was also respon
sible "for recruiting, player
development, scouting and team
academics. During the summer,
Duckett also sefved as the
Director of South Carolina's
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