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4C SPORTS/®lie CJiatlone #o*t Thursday, April 1,2004 MMlIllllllillllililliliiililillil For the Week of March 30 through April 5, 2004 FINAL WORD ON HOOPS T MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL VACANCIES AT UMES; 2004 BCSP BAAD TEAM SWAC Photo KITT: Dominant Alabama Stale junior center leads women's BCSP all- American team. UNDER THE BANNER WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS HOOPS DOUBLE WHAMMY: The University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (UMES) has accepted the resignation of Head Women's Basketball Coach Surina Dixon and notified Head Men's Basketball Coach Thomas Trotter that his current contract will not be renewed for the 2(}()4-20()5 season. Dixon recently completed her fourth year as head coach of the Lady Hawks, compiling a 41-74 overall record and a 25-47 mark in the Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). She has finished each of her last three seasons with a 12-17 overall mark including three opening round MEAC Tournament wins. Her resigna- DIXON tion will be effective at the end of her current contract, June 30. 2004. "The University has accepted Coach Dixon's res ignation and wish to thank her for the service that she has rendered to the University and the Women's Basketball program. We wish her well in her future endeavors," said Director of Athletics Nelson E. Townsend. Trotter recently completed his fourth year as head coach of the Fighting Hawks, compiling a 36-78 overall record and a 28-46 mark in the MEAC. Trotter's highest MEAC finish came in his first year, as the Hawks were fifth in the conference. This sea son UMES won the MEAC Tournament opening round game for the first time in ten seasons. TROTTER BOWLING FOR NCAA TITLE: Three black colleges are part of the eight-team field com peting for the inaugural NCAA National Collegiate Bowling Championship. The field, announced Wednesday by the National Collegiate Women's Bowling Committee includes Southern, Maryland-Eastern Shore and Winston-Salem State who will compete for the national title along with Central Missouri State. Fairleigh- Dickinson, Nebraska. New Jersey City and Sacred Heart. All eight teams were selected at-large. "I am so excited," UMES Head Women's Bowling Coach Sharon Brummell exclaimed. The selection makes UMES one of eight teams in the country to be invited. "There are 43 NCAA schools that sponsor bowling, and to be one of the eight selected is quite an achievement," she added. And for three HBCUs to make the final field of eight is very significant. Texas Southern and the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority will co-host the championship, which will be held April 8- 10 at the Emerald Bowl in Houston, Texas. Currently the UMES Lady Hawks are ranked eighth in the country by College Bowling USA. They are ninth in tfle Bowling Writers Association Poll, and 11th in the National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association Poll. The announcement from the NCAA comes on the heels of UMES qualifying for the Intercollegiate Bowling Champion.ships. held in Tulsa, OK. That championship is for the top 16 women's bowling teams, NCAA or club. The Lady Hawks qualified by taking third in the IBC Sectionals this past weekend in Downingtown, PA. This will be their second straight invite to the IBCs and first ever in the NCAA Championships. The Southern Lady Jaguars are three-time defending SWAC Champions. The Lady Rams of WSSU were chosen based upon their stellar play this past season which earned them a CIAA Western Division regular-season title, and the number one seed in the 2003 CIAA Women’s Bowling Championship Tournament. The competition begins with each team bowling seven regular games along with three Baker games for a qualifying total. The Baker format allows five team members to follow each other in order, each bowling a complete frame until a com plete (10 frame) game is bowled. Based on the pinfall of the qualifying round, the teams are placed in a double elimination bracket. Teams compete against each other in a best-of-seven Baker-style bowling competition. The cham pionship will be broadcast on a one-day tape delay on ESPN2. The program will air on Sunday, April 11, at2 p.m. Eastern Time and will air in a 90-minute television formal. ©AZEEZ Communications. Inc. VOL X. NO. 34 2002-03 BLACK COLLEGE BASEBALL (Men's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) SCORES CIAA MARCH K Lynchburg 38, SI. Pauls 2 Shaw 19. Morris 2 Shaw 8, Morris 4 MARCH 27 ECSU 6. Va. Stale 5 ECSU12,Va. Staten Va. Statei9, St.Paur$4 MARCH 28 Va. State 21, St. Paul's 2 MEAC March 28 FAMU 7, Coppin St 6 OelStated, Norfolk St 2 CIAA Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association |W| C A O Mid Eastern Athletic Conference 01 A Southern iNTERCoaEOiATE Athletic Conference CONF, ALL CONF ALL CONF ALL W L W W L W L E. DIVISION w w L Shaw 5 1 13 10 Bethune-CixiKman 1 15 10 Albany State 0 0 Virginia State 7 4 10 14 Florida ASM 2 17 21 Paine 0 0 Ellz. City State 2 2 10 9 Delaware State 3 11 16 Benedict 0 0 St. Augustine's 2 3 7 12 Coppin State 5 20 Clark Atlanta 0 0 St, Paul's 0 6 0 11 NCA&T State 4 10 17 W. DIVISION Norfolk Slate 6 19 Miles 0 0 CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Maiyla'nd-E. S. 0 26 Kentucky State 0 0 PLAYER LeMoyne-Owen 0 0 NA MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Tuskegee 0 0 PITCHER PLAYER Lane 0 0 SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER OIA/Af' Southwestern wwvnw Athletic Conference DIV ALL E. DIVISION Miss. Valley St. Jackson State Alabama State Alcorn State Alabama A&M 2 9 4 14 W. DIVISION Prairie View A&M 14 3 20 14 2 12 4 4 10 6 2 2 2 10 8 11 Southern Ark, Pine Bluff Texas Southern Grambling State 2 9 7 10 7 14 3 9 5 15 SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER ANDREW TOUSSAINT • Southern. 3B. 6- 2,185, Sr., Los Angeles, CA- In Southern's four-game sweep of Grambling Slate, Toussaint hit .467 (7-15) with 8 runs scored, 4 HRs and 13 RBls. In 18-4 win over GSU, he was 3 for 4 with 3 runs, 3 RBls and 2 HRs. PITCHER JARED VAUGHN - Jackson State. So., RHP, 5-10,190, So., Louisville, MS • In 9- 4 victory over Alabama A&M, he struck out 10 and allowed just one earned run. INDEPENDENTS West Virginia State 20 9 Savannah State 15 12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 2003-04 BCSP BAAD TEAM OF BLACK COLLEGE ALL AMERICANS WOODS PEOPLES ZIMMERMAN NORWOOD GILLESPIE WILLIAMS CLARK HARDY BRATHWAITE Shooting stars top 2004 ‘Baad’ team LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor A pair of long-distance shooting phenoms tops the 2003-04 Black College Sports Page "Baad Team" of basketball all-stars. Seniors Terrence Woods of Florida A&M and Mike Taylor of West Virginia State were the most prolific three-point shooters in NCAA Div. I and II basketball respectively this season. Incredibly, both finished the season making 140 shots from behind the arc and both led their teams into postseason play. Woods led the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference in scoring at 20.3 points per game can ning a nation's best 4.5 treys per contest. The 6-3 marksman from Memphis then sparked the Rattlers from a No. 5 seeding to take the MEAC tournament championship and earn the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. Once there, he again put his long-distance prowess on display leading the Rattlers to a play-in victory over Lehigh and a first round dogfight with top-seed Kentucky. The high-scoring Taylor averaged 24.4 points including 4.4 threes per game to grab the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference player of the year award. He led the Yellow Jackets to the WVIAC regular season title, the finals of the con ference tournament and the semifinals of the Div. II East Regional. The 6-1 Detroit native finished his career with over 2,000 points and his 354 three- pointers are sixth best in Div. II history. A trio of frontcourt players swept player of the year awards in their respective conferences and joins the hot-shooting backcourt stars on the first team. Desmond Peoples averaged 20.4 points per game and topped the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association with 11 rebounds per game to lead St. Augustine's to the conference's West Division title. The 6-7 senior from Clinton, Md., was named a third team Div. II All-American. Six-eight senior forward Attarius Norwood of Mississippi Valley State was the key man as the talented Delta Devils rolled to the Southwestern Athletic Conference regular season championship by a whopping five games. Norwood, a Crystal Springs, Ms., native, garnered SWAC player of the year honors by virtue of his 14.3 points and five rebounds per game averages. Norwood was also among SWAC leaders in three pointers with 72. Six-five South Carolina State junior Thurman Zimmerman is the only underclass man to make the first team. The burly and ver satile forward from Columbia, S.C., took home the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference player of the year award after leading the Bulldogs to the regular season title with averages of 18.8 points and a league-best 8.4 rebounds per game. Woods was picked for the second team a year ago while Zimmerman and Norwood were third team selections. Mike Gillespie, who led FAMU from a dogfight in the MEAC to the epic battle with Kentucky at the NCAA tournament, is our 2003-04 coach of the year. SECOND TEAM Brion Rush, 6-2, So., G, Grambling State (19.3 ppg.); Flem Tucker, Sr„ G, Albany State (23.6-ppg): Anthony Frazier, 6-8, Sr, C, Cheyney (18.5 ppg., 8.1 rpg); Anthony Greenup, 6-9, Sr, F, Shaw (20.9 ppg., 10.2 rpg,); Darius Hargrove, So., F, Va. Union (17.7 ppg.) THIRD TEAM Obie Trotter, 6-1, So., G, Alabama A&M (18.2 ppg.); Anton Jennifer, 5-9, Sr, G, Bowie State (21.7 ppg.); Chakowby Hicks, 6-4, Jr, G/F, Norfolk State (15.9 ppg.): Paul Haynes, 6- 8, Sr, F, Grambling State (17.5 ppg., 8.7 rpg.); Lee Cook, Jr, C, Bowie State (19.3 ppg., 10.7 rpg.) HONORABLE MENTION Devin Green, Jr, Hampton; Tee Trotter, Sr, UMES; Solomon Forbes, Jr, MVSU.; Kenny Haywood, Sr, Fayv. State; Ronald Thompson, Sr, Morehouse: Bruce Price, Fr, Tenn. State WOMEN Alabama State junior forward Crystal Kitt and Jackson State senior center Amie Williams dominated stats and honors in the Southwestern Athletic Conference and hold down two frontcourt positions on the women's first team. Kitt, a Mobile native, nosed out Williams for SWAC player of the year honors just as she did in several statistical categories. Kitt, who stands 6-5. topped the league with averages of 20.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and a 56.5% shooting percentage as the Lady Hornets beat out JSU for regular season honors. The 6-7 Williams, the league’s defensive player of the year, led the SWAC and was sec ond in the nation in blocks at 2.3 per game while finishing behind Kitt with 17.8 points, 9.5 rebounds per game and a 48.7% shooting percentage. Williams is from Cleveland, Ms. Hampton senior forward Nicole Brathwaite joins the SWAC titans in the frontcourt. Brathwaite, who stands 6-1 and hails from Houston, led the Lady Pirates to the MEAC tournament title and an NCAA tourna ment berth by tying for the league scoring title (15.6 ppg.) and pulling down 8.3 rebounds per contest. In the backcourt is Mid Eastern Athletic Conference player of the year, Mandy Clark of Delaware State and Bowie State’s Alisson Hardy, who could easily have won the award in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The flashy Clark was tied with Brathwaite for the MEAC scoring title (15.6 ppg.) while leading the Lady Hornets to the regular season title and top seeding at the con ference tournament. She was also among league leaders in steals (2.8 spg.) and assists (3.0), Hardy was beaten out for CIAA player of the year by Shaw's Jessica Hawkins despite leading the conference in scoring at 22.5 points per game. Hardy also averaged 4.1 assists and 3.8 steals while shooting 77% from the line and 35% from three-point range. She had a 50-poinl game in the first round of the CIAA tournament. Patricia Bibbs, who guided her Lady Pirates of Hampton to back-to-back MEAC titles, is the 2004 coach of the year. SECOND TEAM Jessica Hawkins, Sr., G. Shaw; Rolando Monroe, Jr,,. G, Southern; Tiffany Winkfield, Sr., F, Md.-E. Shore; Jennifer Stegall, Sr, C, Clark Atlanta; Danielle Hoggard, Sr, C, Virginia Union THIRD TEAM Sherita Tarpkins, Sr, G, Fort Valley St.; Kiarsha Curtis, Jr, G, Shaw; Tionna Beatty, Sr, G, NC Central; Schenvanda Boston, Sr, G, Grambling: Leisel Harry, Sr, C, Coppin St.; HONORABLE MENTION Yolanda Dixon, Sr, Florida A&M; Joi Surratt, Sr, JC Smith; Rachill Robinson, Jr, Bowie State; Terrelle Waller, Sr Delaware State; LoShawann Smith, Jr ,Alabama A&M; Sharema Dean, Fr, G/F, Hampton; Pria Stellmacher, Sr, Va. Union BCSP Notes Spring Sports Dates The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association will hold its annual Spring Sports Championships April 14-18 in Charlotte. N.C. Champions will be determined in baseball, ten nis. golf, softball and outdoor track and field with most of the finals scheduled for Saturday. April 18. The Southwestern Athletic Conference tips off its Spring Championships with men's and women's golf and tennis on April 12-15 in Houston. The softball, baseball and outdoor track and field championships are also set for Houston on May 6-9. The Mid Eastern Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field championships are set for April 28 through May I at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando. The softball champion will be decided April 29 through May 1 at the Disney Complex while baseball will be held from April 29 through May 2. The MEAC tennis championships are set for April 22-24 at the Sanlando Tennis Center in Altamonte. Fla. Tennis, outdoor track and field, baseball and softball championship tournaments in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference will be held April 14-18 in Columbia, S. C. Hilton's draft status Hampton all-Mid Eastern Athletic Conference defensive end Isaac Hilton is pro jected on at least one website to be a first-day selection in the April 24-25 NFL Draft. Hilton, at 6-5, 267, led all defensive line men in the MEAC in tackles with 61 despite facing frequent double-teams. He was credited with 19 tackles for losses including 4.5 sacks. He is projected as a second round pick on ESPN.com insider section possibly going to the Kansas City Chiefs as a rush end. His primary asset is thought to be speed, explosiveness and athleticism though many will want him to get bigger and stronger. Hilton has run a 4.51 40-yard dash time, the fastest time among defensive ends in this year’s draft. Speed is one of the primary tools that scouts assess when looking for rush ends. 2002-03 BLACK COLLEGE SOFTBALL (Women's Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) MEAC MARCH 29 Hampton 3. CSC 0 Hampton 8, CSC 6 MARCH 27 FAMU 6. FlU 5 FAMU 7, FlU 6 ^ 1 A A Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association IWi C A Mio Eastern Athletic CoNFEREr«E O 1 A O SOCTTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE Athletic Conference SWAC Southwestern Athletic Conference DIV ALL CONF ALL CONF ALL DIV ALL E. DtV. W L W L N.DIV. W W L E. DIVISION W W L E. DIVISION W L W L Virginia State 0 u 13 Delaware State 2 20 12 Benedict 0 0 Miss. Valley St. 12 0 17 9 Ellz. City State 0 2 4 Morgan State 3 9 Albany State 0 0 Alabama A&M 3 5 9 25 Bowie State 0 3 1 Hampton 2 13 14 Clark Atlanta 0 0 Alcorn State 2 5 6 6 Shaw 0 3 12 Howard 1 1 9 Ft. Valley State 0 0 Alabama State 1 3 2 4 Virginia Union 2 1 6 Coppin State 0 11 Paine 0 0 Jackson State 0 4 11 St. Paul's 2 0 10 Md- Eastern Shore 0 14 W. DIVISION W. DIVISION E. DIV. W L w L S. DIV. LeMoyne-Owen 0 0 Southern 7 3 7 13 St, Augustine's 1 8 4 Bethune-Cookman 5 1 26 21 Miles 0 0 Prairie View A&M 11 14 15 Fayetteville State 1 4 15 Florida A&M 5 1 22 24 Lane 0 0 Texas Southern 3 3 5 Wmston-Salem St. 0 5 6 NCA&T State 3 2 12 23 Kentucky State 0 0 Ark, Pine Bluff 1 4 10 J. C. Smith 2 6 13 SC State 13 4 13 Tuskegee 0 0 Grambling State 0 0 20 'Livingstone 2 3 9 Norfolk State 1 7 21 PLAYER N. C. Central 13 SIAC STATS NOT AVAILABLE AT PRESS TIME VALERIE NICHOLSON - Miss. Valley State • MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OF/SS. So.. Wiggins. MS - Nicholson was Sol- CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK CAMILLE WHITAKER, So.. SS. Hampton, Los PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 14 (.429) in four games-with 3 runs with 4 RBls 6RIANNA BILLUPS, Fr.. S5, St Au9ustin«'$ • Angeles, CA PLAYER inducing one triple as Deviietles went 4-0. Seven tuts r 18 at bats with one HR. NA PITCHER PITCHER PITCHER JAMYE ROBERTS ■ Southern, RHP, So., ROSA GRAHAM. So.. Fayetteville State - KELLY POSEY. Fr.. Howard. Detroit Ml Stone Mountain, (3A Pitched 13 innings n two. Three wns and one loss games giving up only two earned runs, two waks and getting 15 strkeouts. INDEPENDENTS West Wginia State 5 6 Tennessee State 11 20 PUYERS OF THE WEEK
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