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For the Week of April 4 - 10, 2006
BOWLING
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BRUMELL; Leads her
MEAC champion UMES
Lady Hawks in quest for
NCAA Bowling title.
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2006 BLACK COLLEGE BASEBALL (Standings and Weekly Honors)
THE STAT CORNER
WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
FINAL BLACK COLLEGE
BASKETBALL SCORING AND
REBOUNDING
LEADERS
MEN’S SCORING
PLAYER/TEAM
CL G
FG
3F6
FT
Brion Rush, GSU
SR 21
189
54
109
41
25.8
Trey Johnson, JSU
JR 32
255
67
174
751
23.5
Antonio Fitzgerald, SAC
JR 22
158
58
114
88
22-2
Jumaane Sorrells, UDC
SR 23
157
69
114
97
21.6
Derrick Allen, CAU
28
209
43
127
388
21.0
Adrian Comer, LANE
28
194
57
120
365
20.2
Nicholas King, SAC
JR 26
163
82
115
323
20.1
Claude Neeley, SAC
JR 26
201
20
80
302
9,3
Obie Trotter, AAM
SR 26
170
64
97
301
9.3
Brandon Childs, MHC
SR 27
182
24
128
316
9,1
Charles Clark, JCSU
SR 31
220
1
138
79
8.7
Derrick Payne, BSU
SR 30
196
30
115
337
7.9-
Darius Hargrove, VUU
SR 31
179
58
120
336
7.3
Delvin Thompson, ALC
JR 28
160
40
121
481
7.2
Duan Crockett, VUU
SR 31
168
18
171
325
6.9
Antonio Webb, B-CC
SR 30
161
80
96
6.6
Brian Harper, PAINE
JR 28
151
41
117
460
6.4
Tenffate, PAMU
SR 30
■(49
57
138
493
6.4
".-Santos Martinez, LIV
SR 28
148
54
106
456
6.3
■' 'Kareem Grarit, TENNST
SR 28
172
57
48
6.0
MEN'S REBOUNDING
' PLAYEFVTEAM
CL
Q
OFF
DE
TOT
AVGG
; Tim Parham, UMES
SR
29
116
183
299
10.3
Joe Martin,'AAM
SR
31
102
150
252
9.7
Claude Neeley, SAC
JR
26
38
132
230
8.8
Tony Cornett, WVSU
JR
34
100
195
295
8.7
Brad Byerson, VUU
SO
31
98
170
268
8.6
Peter Cipriano, SOUTHERN
SR
32
106
167
273
8.5
Clarence Matthews, TNS
JR
28
86
153
239
8.5
Monya Pratt, STILL
JR
31
105
149
254
8.2
Derrick Payne, BSU
SR
30
77
166
243
8,1
Thurman Zimmerman, SCSU
SR
25
48
151
199
8.0
Tyrell Curry, LOG
JR
27
73
138
211
7.8
Kenny Jones, KSU
SO
29
83
143
226
7.8
Darryl Proctor, CSU
SO
30
72
162
234
7.8
Travon McGruder, ALB
JR
29
69
154
223
7.7
Daniel Jackson, SHAW
SR
26
69
128
197
7.6
Christopher Moore, TXSU
JR
30
72
155
227
7.6
Akeim Claborn, ALST
SR
30
83
143
226
7.5
John Fulton, JCSU
SR
31
57
177
234
7.5
Nicholas King, SAC
JR
26
57
137
194
7.5
Robert Simpson, CHEY
FR
19
62
77
1*39
7.3
Adrian Comer, LANE
28
47
148
205
7.3
Michael Williams II, B-CC
SR
30
68
150
213
7.3
Karandick Ogunride, NSU
SR
31
93
132
225
7.3
Joshua Obiajunwa, BEN
JR
26
53
134
187
7,2
Jaz Cowan, HAMP
SR
27
69
122
191
7.1
Jason Wills, NCAT
SO
29
78
127
205
7,1
Jack Browne, SPC
SO
26
87
98
185
7.1
Peter Price, MHC
JR
23
56
108
164
7.1
Almaad Jackson, ALCORN
JR
19
32
103
135
7.1
WOMEN'S SCORING
PLAYER/TEAM
CL 6
FG
3FG
FT
PTS
AVGG
Nikki Bowen, SPC
SR 27
189
18
148
544
20.1
Celeste Trahan, ECSU
SO 25
183
118
487
19-5
Cassie King, NCCU
JR 28
186
150
522
18.6
Rasaan Powell, ALCORN
JR 26
175
129
479
18.4
Rolanda Monroe, SOUTHERN
SR 30
171
58
136
536
17,9
Allyson Swailes, BSU
SO 29
. 175
150
502
17.3
Nakia Dunn, KSU
SR 24
133
141
410
17.1
Natasha Gray, BEN
JR 28
149
10
170
478
17.1
Toni Kennedy, UMES
SR 29
169
100
55
493
17.0
Juleen Smith, GSU
SR 25
141
22
122
426
17.0
Jennirfer Miller, LIV
SO 24
130
59
85
404
16.8
Shellta Bums, JSU
JR 31
198
123
519
16.7
Shareka Glover, NCA&T
SR 28
163
50
79
455
16.3
McQueen,Valerie-BEN
JR 29
166
51
80
463
16.0
Portia Wilson, MVSU
SO 28
136
24
145
441
15.8
Nastassfa Boucicault, SHAW
SR 30
153
66
92
464
15.5
WILLIAMS,Prinsha-CAU
26
127
142
404
15.5
Tiffany Smith, ECSU
JR 29
160
123
444
15.3
Rachel Butler, HAMP
SO 29
131
63
115
440
15.2
Tiana Pope, JCSU
JR 30
160
133
456
15.2
Shekiya Tarpkins, FVSU
SO 31
160
56
94
470
15-2
Melaney Denson, SCSU
SR 28
150
124
424
15-1
Monica Okolo, TXSO
SO 27
126
36
120
408
15.1
WOMEN'S REBOUNDING
PLAYEIVTEAM
CL
Q
OFF
OE
TOT
AVGG
Celeste Trahan, ECSU
SO
25
151
214
365
14.6
Allyson Swailes, BSU
SO
29
150
195
34
11.9
Christy Yusef, BEN
JR
129
98
230
328
11.3
Bianca Burton, STIL
SO
29
85
220
305
10.5
Rochelle Bodle, JCSU
SO
30
132
179
311
10.4
Aldrany Peak, ALBN
SO
28
120
158
276
9.9
Twila Stokies, PVAM
FR
27
100
. 151
251
9.3
Nikki Bowen, SPC
SR
27
97
150
247
9.1
Cassie King, NCCU
JR
28
66
170
256
9.1
Rasaan Powell, ALCN
JR
26
80
153
233
9.0
Natasha Gray, BEN
JR
28
82
171
253
9.0
Najmah Fauntleroy, DSU
SR
30
89
178
267
8.9
Helena Times, KSU
SO
28
87
159
246
8.8
Shalonda Carter, WSSU
JR
25
70
151
221
8.8
Deborah Jones, FVSU
JR
31
90
179
269
8.7
Latricia Jones, MSU
JR
28
87
154
241
8.6
Markeya Watson, BSU
FR
27
82
140
222
8.2
Lacey Cormier, GSU
JR
26
62
151
213
8-2
Monica Rogers, HAMP
SO
28
103
127
230
8.2
Kisha Lucette, PAINE
127
89
132
221
8.2
Latille Ross, JSU
SO
30
68
161
239
8-0
Athletic Association
St. Augustine's
Eliz. City State
St. Paul's
MEAC.
W. DIVISON
Miles
Stillman
LeMoyne-Owen
Tuskegee
Kentucky State
Lane
E. DIVISON
CONF ALL
W L W L
11 2 21 5
6 11 6 20
Albany State
15 12
4 9
12 13
SIAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK
SWAC.
E. DIVISION
Jackson State
Alcorn State
Miss. Valley St.
Alabama State
Alabama A&M
E. DIVISION
Prairie View
Southern
Texas Southern
Ark. Pine Bluff
Grambling State
10 2 14 10
3 22 10
4 12 12
6 10 16
8 10 14
12 3 18
SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
ANTHONY HALL, Sr„ IF/OF, AL. ST.,
Mobile,AL • In t1 games, hit .435 [16 ol 33)
with 2 doubles. 1 HR, It RBI.
PITCHER
ADRIAN CANALES, So., P, PV A&M, El
Campo, TX • 2-0 with 2.45 ERA. Made 3
appearances, pitched 11 innings, giving up
nine hits and slicing out six. Panthers started
INDEPENDENTS
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
BCSP Notes
Nickelbeny to lead Hampton's men's hoops
Hampton University settled on a veteran NCAA Division I assistant to
be the new head men’s basketball coach ai the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference school and Kevin Nickelberry says he
intends to play an up-tempo style and make the Pirates
the "Beasts of the East." Nickelberry, 42, was named
Hampton's new coach Friday after a nationwide search.
This is his first head coaching job.
Nickelberry served the past three years as an
assistant to Oliver Purnell at Clemson in the ACC and
has also had stints as an assistant zi UNC-Charlotte.
Holy Cross and Monmouth. He was also an assistant
for three years at MEAC-member Howard under for
mer Bi.son head coach Mike McLeese. He is consid-
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f
I
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NICKELBERRY
ered one of the top recruiters in the nation and served as recmiting coordina
tor on Purnell’s staff.
He will replace four-year head coach Bobby Collins, who resigned one
day after Hampton's loss in the NCAA tournament's play-in game and Just
four days after the Pirates won the MEAC tournament title.
Nickelberry, a Virginia Wesleyan graduate, reportedly was chosen from a
group of five finalists. According to the Hampton Daily Press those finalists
were former Florida Atlantic head coach Donnie Marsh, an assistant to Mike
Davis at Indiana this season, former California coach Todd Bozeman, former
NBA veteran Johnny Newman, former Hampton and Wright State assistant
Ed Huckaby and Richard Morgan, who served as Collins’ assistant the past
three seasons.
"I was impressed with him, very impressed with his basketball experi
ence, desire and vision," Hampton president Dr. William Harvey told the
Daily Press. "Our feeling is that he can take us back to being one of the best
mid-major programs in the countiy." Harvey hopes Nickelberry can rekindle
some of the magic that propelled the 15th-seeded Pirates to a first round upset
of second-seed Iowa State in the 2001 NCAA tournament.
Nickelberry. who reached the NCAA tournament with Holy Cross in
2001 and Charlotte in 2002 told the newspaper, "If we make the (NCAA tour
nament) play-in game, we had a bad season. I came here for Dr. Harvey's
vision, not to win the MEAC."
Sanders released at Miles
Miles College athletic officials have announced the firing of Roosevelt
Sanders as head men’s basketball coach.
The announcement was made March 30 by Athletics Director Augustus
James. "We appreciate the service and dedication that Sandeis has given to
BEARD
the men's basketball program at Miles College during the past eight seasons,"
James said. "At this time, we feel we need to head the. men's basketball pro
gram in a new direction."
During Sanders' eight-season tenure, the Golden Bears compiled an over
all record of 112-108. This year’s team finished 10-19 overall (7-14 SIAC) and
was the runner-up in the SIAC championship game. The process to find
Sanders' replacement will begin immediately.
Beard tenure ends at Morgan State
Foimer NCAA and NBA standout Alfred "Butch" Beard announced
last week that he was stepping down as Moi^an State
head basketball coach. Beard, who had compiled a 39-
105 record at the Baltimore school since taking over as
head coach in 2001, said he is leaving to pursue other
opportunities.
This season his squad battled injuries, suspen
sions and academic difficulties while struggling to a 4-
26 overall mark, and a 4-14 record in Mid Eastern
Athletic Conference play. The Bears lost in the first
round of the MEAC Tournament. In seven years as a
college head coach Beard had compiled a 79-184 record.
Morgan State Athletic Diiector Floyd Kerr said the university will begin
an immediate search for Beard's successor.
NC A&T AD named to NCAA Baseball Committee
N.C. A&T Athletics Director Dee Todd has been named to the NCAA
Division I Baseball Committee. Todd will be one of 10 committee members
from Division I conferences that make recommendations to the Division I
Championships/Competition Cabinet on matters peitaining to Division I base-
baU. The committee also selects the participants to the Regional, Super
Regional and College World Series.
"It is tmly an honor and a joy to be selected to the baseball committee,"
said Todd, who has a wealth of experience in coordinating and directing base-
bail tournaments and supervising umpires as an assistant commissioner for the
ACC before arriving at N.C. A&T. "It has been a long time since the MEAC
has had a representative. Therefore, I think this is an important appointment
because baseball is getting better in our conference, and I think we can get to a
point where we have more than one team in the postseason.”
In 2005, the Aggies were the MEAC’s lone representative in the postsea
son as they won the MEAC tournament and advanced to the regional hosted
by Clemson.
HBCUs to vie for NCAA bowling title
The eight-team field competing for the third
annual National Collegiate Women's Bowling
Championship has been announced by the
NCAA Women’s Bowling Committee and three
black college teams are among the participants.
Alabama A&M of the Southwestern
Athletic Conference joins Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference members Bethune-
Cookman and Maryland-Eastern Shore in the
tournament to be held April 13-15 at the Emerald
Bow! in Houston and hosted by the Harris
County/Houston Sports Authority and Prairie
View A&M University. The other schools com
peting are Central Missouri State, Fairleigh
Dickinson-Metropolitan Campus, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, New Jersey City University
and Vanderbilt.
Alabama A&M finished the regular season
with a 30-15-2 overall record in head-to-head
matchups, mostly against one of the toughest
slates in the nation. The Lady Bulldogs have bat
tled nearly all of the eight teams invited to the
national tournament. The team finished third in
the SWAC Tournament, but bowled well in its
final two tournaments of the regular season. It
was a third place finish at the Holiday Collegiate
and a fourth place finish at the Music City Classic
that proved the Lady Bulldogs were among the
elite teams in the nation.
"Obviously we are very excited," Alabama
A&M head coach Jeff McCorvey said. "The
team has worked very hard over the course of the
season and it’s nice to see that hard work pay off."
B-CC finished third in this year’s MEAC
Tournament, after winning the event a year ago.
The Lady Wildcats ranked second in the MEAC
Southern Division for the entire season and were
knocked out of the MEAC Women’s Bowling
Tournament by runner-up Morgan State. This is
the Lady Wildcats’ second straight trip to the
finals. B-CC finished fourth at last year’s NCAA
Championship losing to Central Missouri State 4-
3,
UMES won its second MEAC title this sea
son defeating Morgan State 639 to 527 in the
final. This marks the Lady Hawks third straight
trip to the NCAA Championship. UMES lost in
the second round of the 2005 NCAA
Championship to Central Missouri State. The
Lady Hawks were knocked out in the second
round of the 2004 Championship by New Jersey
City College 4-0. UMES bowled the only perfect
300 baker game in NCAA history in 2003.
"It’s the best feeling, this is what we worked
so hard for all season long," UMES head coach
Sharon Brummell told the media immediately
after she got the phone call confirming the Lady
Hawks' bid. The Hawks were continually ranked
in the top eight in the nation this year and boast
ed a resume of victories over the country’s top
teams.
The qualifying round, which determines a
team's seed based on total pin fall, will have each
team bowling four five-person regular team
games and Baker matches completed in four
best-of-five-game sets. The fourth Baker set will
serve as the position round. The pin fall from the
position round will serve as the tie-breaker. The
Baker format allows five team members to fol
low each other in order, each bowling a complete
frame until a complete (10-frame) game is
bowled.
Based on the qualifying round, teams are
placed in a double-elimination bracket.
2006 BLACK COLLEGE SOFTBALL (Standings and Weekly Honors)
Athlstic Association
3 2 5 15
16 15
25 11
22 13
E. DIVISION
Bowls Stale
Shaw
Virginia State
Virginia Union
Elizabeth City
St. Paul's
W. DIVISION
W-S State
J. C. Smith
NC Central
Fayetteville St.
St. Augustine's
Livingstone
CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
TIFFANY TONEY, Fr., SS, BSU, Abilene, TX •
6g, .473 0A (1: -23), 8 RBI, 3 28, 4 SB, Was 3-
4, 4 RBI vs. VSU
PITCHER
JILLINA WILLEY, So., BSU, Mlllersville, MD •
4-0, 28 IP,1.35 ERA, 21 Ks
OFFENSE
TRICIA CORBIN, Fr., OF/C, BSU, Glen
Bumie, MD • 3-23. 348 BA. 12 RBI, 2 28, 1
HR
DEFENSE
LAKESHIA SHEPPARD, Jr., 2B. NCCU,
Snow Hill, NC • 7 POs, 2 Assists. 0 E
Hampton
Delaware State
Florida A&M
Beth.-Cookman
Howard
Coppin Slate
Norfolk State
NCA&T State
Morgan State
Maryland-E. S.
S. C. State
Athletic CONFeneNCE
CONF ALL
8 0 21 14
4 0 15 13
9 1 25 21
6 2 21 21
5 3 14 14
3 3 9 17
3 5
0 6
24
MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
KELLY GORDON, Sr., SS, FAMU, Llthonla,
GA- Hit .521 wrth nine RBI inckiding two doubles
and one HR in 5-2 week.
PITCHER
DANIELLE BROWN, Sr., FAUU, Orange Park,
FL • Was 3-1 last week with 2.79 ERA. Gave up
13 hits, eight earned runs and six walks In 20.1
Innings. Stuck out 22 baiters to set new FAMU
career mark. Now has 630 tor her career.
ROOKIE
TIFFANY JOHNSON. Fr., INTP, FAMU, Atlanta,
GA-2-1,3.29 ERA
E. DIVISION
Albany State
Ft, Valley State
Benedict
ClarkAtlanta
Paine
Kentucky State
Miles
Stillman
Tuskegee
LeMoyne-Owen
Lane
SIAC PUYERS OP THE WEEK
2 15 4
2 14 11
4 16 10
5 8 11
. Athletic Confehence
E. OlV
Alcorn State
Miss. Valley St.
Alabama A&M
Jackson Slate
Alabama State
Southern 9 7 16 19
Ark. Pine BluH 4 4 7 22
Texas Southern 4 8 6 25
Grambling State 3 3 3 16
Prairie View 3 9 5 24
SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
HEATHER SHOVE, Sr., IB/P, Jackson State,
Truckee, CA • In 12 games, hit .333 with 12 hits
in 36 ABs. Had 5 HRs, 2 doubles, scored 13 runs
with a slugging percentage of .606. On the
mound, She is 3-4.
PITCHER
DEBRA eORCHEROING, So., RHP, AA&M,
Ames, lA - in ten appearances, she had 3-4
mark with 3.90 ERA, sinking out 64.Had fpur
complete games including one shutout.
INDEPENDENTS
West Virginia State IS
Tennessee State 1‘
Savannah State 1
PUYERS OF THE WEEK