SportsWeek
March 17, 2011
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WSSU student becomes race car driver
SPKCIAL TO I Hl CHRONIC l.K
Jeff Oleen, a student in the motorsport management pro
gram at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), has
already reached his major goal for this year. NTS
Motorsports recently added him as a rookie driver for its
NASCAR K&N Pro Series bast program.
"Racing in the K&N Pro Series was my main goal for
this year, so the opportunity to compete with an organization
like NTS Motorsports is one that I very much appreciate and
am excited about." Oleen said. "My career path is aimed at
achieving a Sprint Cup ride and I know I need winning
Jeff Oleen
results to get to tnat point.
Oleen has already man
aged to earn victories
along the way. The 2010
season was his first in late
model competition and he
earned top rookie honors in
the late-model division at
Motor Mile Speedway in
Radford. Va. Prior to that,
he earned victories in
USAC Ford Focus
Midgets, Skip Barber
Regional and National for
mula cars and kart.
"I started with go-karts
and then moved to sprint
racing in shifter karts."
Oleen said. "I trained on
the national level for
shifter karts lor a year with
one of the lead instructors at the Boh Bondurant Super Karts
School in 2004. 1 also participated in the Skip Barber Racing
School and the Skip Barher Regional and National
Championship before moving to USAC Ford Focus
Midgets."
In 20j0. Oleen made his NASCAR stock-car debut rac
ing in the Whelen All- American Series, where he won the
coveted Rookie of the Year award. Now. he's moving up to
the NASCAR K&N Pro Series, where he will be competing
on the national level.
While Oleen 's diverse experience with motorsports is
intended to prepare him for every possible situation that can
occur in a race, he is also taking the necessary steps toward
academic excellence. He was an honor roll student at Walt
Whitman High School in Bethesda. Md. and graduated one
year early. In December 2(H)9. he earned his associate's
degree at Montgomery College in Germantown, Md. and
enrolled at WSSU in January 2010.
"In racing today, you have to be an excellent driver, but
you also have to understand the various aspects of racing,
such as marketing and the importance of building a solid fan
base." Oleen said.
MEAC Pholo by Yusiif Abdullah
Hampton holds it s MEAC championship trophy.
Pirates hoping to take
down Duke Blue Devils
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICT.I
The 20 U MEAC Basketball Tournament Champion
Hampton Pirates earned a No. 16 seed in the NCAA
Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and will face the
top-seeded Duke Blue Devils in the West Regional. The
game will tip-off at 3 p.m. in Charlotte on Friday.
The Pirates (24-8) defeated Morgan State 60-55 last
week in Winston-Salem to take the MEAC crown. The
school's women's team also won the championship.
Junior guard Darrion Pellum. an All-MEAC first-team
selection, was named the tournament Outstanding Player
and junior guard Kwame Morgan earned All-Tournament
Team honors.
Ed Joyner Jr.. in his second year, was named the tourna
ment's Most Outstanding Coach.
This marks the fourth appearance for Hampton in the
NCAA Tournament. The team's most recent appearance was
during the 2005-06 season, when they fell 71-49 to
Monmouth in the opening round game. The Pirates also
advanced in 2002 and dropped 78-67 decision to
Connecticut. In 200 1 . the Pirates became the second MEAC
team and the fourth No. 15 seed to defeat a No. 2 seed when
they defeated Iowa State 58-57.
Duke (30-4). the defending national champion, won the
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament title on
Sunday. The Blue~*Devils are led by senior guard Nolan
Smith, the ACC Player of the Year, who averages 2 1 .3 points
per game. Senior forward Kyle Singler, a AII-ACC first team
selection, averages 17.1 points and 6.9 rebounds a game,
while sophomore forward Mason Plumlee is the team's lead
ing rebounder. grabbing 8.5 boards per contest.
The Pirates have never faced Duke and are 1-13 all-time
against teams from the ACC.
Up in the Air
'WSSl Photo by Garrett Garni*
The Winston-Salem Stale University Cheerleaders dazzle the crowd earlier this
month in Cliarlottte at the CIAA Cheerleading Competition. The Rams squad was
joined by cheerleaders from the 12 other CIAA schools.
Wake adds
Galloway to
football staff
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Wake Forest Head
Football Coach Jim Grobe
has named Lonnie Galloway
as wide receivers coach and
passing
game co
coordina
( o r .
Galloway
joins the
Demon
Deacons
after
serving in
the same
position
at West
Galloway
Virginia.
Galloway spent three sea
sons at WVU and helped the
Mountaineers to three bowl
appearances, including a win
over North Carolina in the
2008 Meineke Car Care
Bowl. A 1994 graduate of
Western Carolina University.
Galloway was a four-year
letterman who threw for
5,545 yards, the second
highest total in school histo
ry. After spending the 1995
season with the Charlotte
Rage of the Arena Football
League. Galloway started his
coaching career in 1996 at
Elon, where he served as the
quarterbacks and wide
receivers coach through
2002. He spent two years as
the wide receivers coach at
East Carolina University
before moving to
Appalachian State for a
three-year stint from 2005
through 2007. During
Galloway's three seasons at
West Virginia. the
Mountaineers went 27-12
with three consecutive 9-4
seasons.
Ram Paul Davis named to NABC All-District Team
SPI'CIAL To > THI-; chronicli:
The honors keep coming in for Winston-Salem Stale
University Senior Forward Paul Davis, who was named to the
National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District
team.
Davis, the 201 1 CI A A Defensive Player of the Year was one
of four CIAA players honored as one of the top collegiate stu
dent-athletes in the division.
Davis was named to the Atlantic Region of the NABC All
District second team and was one of four players from the CIAA
honored. Johnson C. Smith's Trevin Parks earned first team hon
ors while Virginia Union's Braxton Byerson and Bowie State's
Eric Vann both joined Davis on the second team.
Davis' work this season isn't done as he will lead the Rams in
the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional of the NCAA Division II
Men's Basketball tournament in West Liberty. W. Va.
WSSU Photo by < i arret t Garms
Senior Paul Davis in action.
FCDS coach wants local kids to catch lacrosse fever
JAESON PITT
THE CHRONICLE
Marc Winbush is aiming
to broaden the popularity of
lacrosse.
"It's the fastest growing
sport, not only in North
Carolina, but the United
States." said Winbush, the
new Forsyth Country Day
School Lacrosse coach and a
longtime lover of the sport,
which was invented by Native
Americans.
At age 12. the New Jersey
native was introduced to the
sport - where players carry
netted sticks and try to score
points by landing a small ball
into the opponent's goal - by
his uncle.
"He played in the '60s for
a well known public school
and (he) became one of the
first black coaches in New
Jersey," Winbush said of his
uncle.
Winbush played the sport
in high school and was even
named to the New Jersey All
Star team. He continued to
play at Washington &
Jefferson College in
Pennsylvania, but his college
life and athletic career came
to an abrupt halt when his
father passed away. .
He eventually came to
Winston-Salem State
University to finish his degree
and found himself with an
opportunity to get back into
Photo hv Jaeson Pitt
Coach Winbush with members of his lacrosse squads.
the game he loves.
"I was contacted by
Kernersville Alderman Kevin
Bugg to start a program in
2(H)8 at Last Forsyth. I was
working in Corporate
America, hut eventually I
went there as a community
coach. I was able to build up
an organization of 43 young
men." Winbush recalls. "We
were able to win eight games
with only three losses (and)
the kids had never played
before."
At Forsyth Country Day.
which has long had a lacrosse
program. Winbush coaches
three squads: a junior high
team and a JV and varsity
team. His two sons. Jonathan
and Devon, are among his
players.
Winbush says he hopes to
build upon the solid founda
tion of previous National Hall
of Fame Coach Mike Burnell.
"The families have been
wonderful here and the kids
have been great. I'm looking
to establish my brand of
coaching and culture here,
and increase it," Winbush
said.
Winbush has also estab
lished a non-profit organiza
tion - P.PP LAX, Inc. (
Purpose. Provision. Promise.
Lacrosse) - aimed at making
more local kids fall in love
with lacrosse.
"What we're finding is
that once, the kids see the
sport, they have an attraction
to it. It's a fast paced game, it
calls for agility, some tough
ness, it has the toughness of
football, but the grace of bas
ketball and even soccer."
Forsyth Country Day is
doing more than its part to
increase the visiblity of
lacrosse locally, Winbush
believes. Jordan Smith recent
ly graduated from the school
and is now on the successful
lacrosse team at UNC.
"He was probably the first
Forsyth County student to
receive a full scholarship to
play Division I college
(lacrosse)," said Winbush,
who is hoping for similar out
comes for his current seniors
- Defensemen Adam Wade
and Ben Anthony.
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