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THE CAROLINA TIMES - SATURDAY, APRIL26, 2014-11 For the Week of April 22 - 28, 2014 DelState Sports Photo SHORT LIST: Delaware State shortstop D. J. Miller on list of top ama- GOLDEN teur baseball players in — America, in line for top SPIKES award. BCSP Notes NEW HOOPS COACHES AT DELSTATE, TENN. STATE AND WSSU; CIAA SPRING WINNERS DelState shortstop added to Golden Spikes Award watch-list Delaware State University senior shortstop D. J. Miller (Wilming ton, Del.) has been added to USA Baseball's 2014 Golden Spikes Award mid-season "watch list," honoring the top amateur baseball player in the Miller is among 23 new players added to the list since its initial release on February 14, joining 27 others from the preseason watch list. USA Baseball will announce its 30-man watch list for the 2014 Golden Spikes Award on May 8. The winner will be announced on July 17. Miller is the only Mid-Eastern Athletic Con ference player on the list. He is second among all NCAA Division I players and tops in the MEAC with a .438 batting average this season. UNDER THE BANNER WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS WALKER NAMED DELSTATE COACH: Delaware State University announced the hiring of Walker Keith Walker - who served as the interim men's head coach for the last third of the 2013-2014 season - as the permanent Hornet men's head basketball coach last week. In announcing the head coaching appointment, DSU President Harry L. Williams said that Walker made a strong case for himself by the way he took over the leadership of the team and energized the players as interim coach. "Coach Walker did everything we asked of him when he agreed to be the interim head coach in last month of the past season," Dr. Williams said. "He stabilized the team, resulting in a more competitive unit on the court and a higher winning percentage." Walker, a DSU men's basketball assistant coach country. Miller Miller is also 14th in the nation (No. 1 MEAC) in doubles at 0.44 per game, 17th in toughest-to-strikeout (No. 2 MEAC) at once every 19.2 at bats; and 24th in slugging percentage (No. 1 MEAC) at 0.635. The only black college winner of the Golden Spikes Award is former Southern University standout Rickie Weeks who is in his 12th year in the majors with the Milwaukee Brewers. Three black college players perform at Portsmouth Invitational Seniors Patrick Miller of Tennessee State, Aaric Miller of Texas Southern and Ian Chiles of Morgan State were among the 64 players who participated last week at the 62nd Portsmouth Invitational Tourna ment. Chiles, a 7-2 all-MEAC center and third team BCSP "Baad" Team member, helped lead his team, Sales Systems, Ltd., to a win in Saturday night's championship game. Chiles averaged 13 points per game, better than 8 rebounds per game, and shot 40 percent from the field in the tournament. He scored 12 points on 6-of-12 from the field in the team's opener while adding a balanced nine points, eight rebounds in 20 minutes in his second game. Chiles came off the bench in the title game where he collected 11 rebounds with five points and three blocked shots in 21 minutes. Miller, a 6-foot guard for TSU and an all-Ohio Valley Conference and BCSP "Baad" Team first-teamer, played for the Cherry Baekert 81 team. Miller, who led black college scorers this season at 23.7 points per game, averaged 12 points in three games at the PIT. He had six points and 8 as sists in his opener, 17 points in the second game and 13 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds in his finale. Murray, the 6-10 SWAC player of the year and tournament MVP who averaged 21 points and 7.5 rebounds this season, played for Roger Brown's Restaurant 77. Murray averaged six points and 4.3 rebounds in three games. For over 60 years, the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament has in vited 64 of the top college seniors from across the nation to participate in the four-day, 12-game event that draws representatives from every NBA team. Box scores, statistics, and results from this year's event are avail able on the tournament's website at http://www.portsmouthinvitational. com. Southern baseball coach Cador pens autobiography, "Against All Odds" Roger Cador, Southern University head baseball coach, is set to release his autobiography, “Against All Odels” this summer. The book reflects on Cador’s journey to his successes as a player, coach and person. A sneak peek of the book cover will be revealed at a press conference Thursday, April 24 at noon at the Embassy Suites located at 4914 Constitution Ave. Tressa Smallwood is heading the publishing ef fort at Life Changing Books and the book is set for release in late summer of 2014. Cador is in his 30th season as the head baseball coach of Southern. He took over the program in 1984 and has become one of the most re spected coaches in the Southwestern Athletic Conference with the ac complishment of compiling an 857-509-1 record. Under Cador, Southern has won 14 SWAC championships, made eight NCAA appearances, three NCAA play-in appearances and was the first HBCU to win an NCAA play-in game with a 1996 win over Austin Peay. Spring Sports Round-Up since July 2000, was appointed as interim Hornet head coach on Jan. 30, 2014. In tlie subsequent 11 games, Walker led the Hornets to a 5-6 overall record and 5-5 mark in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Prior to the appointment, the team was 4-15 overall and 0-6 in the conference. During Walker's interim tenure, Delaware State posted a season-high three-game win streak. Prior to his arrival al DSU, Walker served as head coach at Division II Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C., from 1993 to 2000. He posted a 91-102 overall record at Shaw, including a 21-9 mark and the school's first-ever NCAA Tournament berth during the 1994-95 season. As a three-year collegiate player at Clemson, he helped lead the Tigers to a 23-9 overall record and an Elite Eight appearance in the 1980 NCAA Tournament. FORD IN AT TENNESSEE STATE: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee State tabbed Dana Ford as its 17th men's basketball coach at a press conference Monday after noon. The announcement signals a homecoming of sorts for Ford who was an assistant under former TSU coach John Coo per from 2009-2011. After his success with the Tigers, Ford became an assistant at Wichita State in 2011-12, helping head coach Gregg Marshall guide an NCAA Tournament team to a final Associated Press ranking of No. 18. The Shock ers were 27-6 overall and claimed the 2012 Missouri Val ¬ ley Conference regular-season championship. Ford then joined the Illinois State coaching staff for the 2012-2014 seasons, where he assisted in the Red- birds' 36-31 mark that included an appearance in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) semifinals. He was ISU's recruiting coordinator and managed players' aca demic progress along with his coaching duties. Before TSU, he served as an assistant coach at Chi- pola Junior College (Fla.). CIAA 2014 Spring Sports Festival winners crowned Tlie 2014 CIAA Spring Sports Festival, held April 16-19 in Petersburg, Va., concluded with championship winners in baseball, softball, golf, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's track & field. BASEBALL The Rams of Winston-Salem State defeat ed Virginia State 9-5 Saturday in the champi onship game to take home their fourth straight baseball title. With the win, WSSU improves to 33-14 and will await seeding for the 2014 NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional Tournament. WSSU outfielder Ray Crawford added Tournament MVP and All-Tournament Team honors to his conference player of the year award. TENNIS Shaw won its ninth men's tennis title in ten years with a 5-1 defeat of Chowan Saturday. With the win, the Bears improve to 14-5 overall and qualify for the NCAA regional ten nis tournament. The Chowan Hawks claimed their first CIAA women's tennis championship in school history when they took a dominating 5-0 win over the host Virginia State Lady Trojans. Holly Stambuagh earned CIAA Most Valuable Player honors after finishing all of her matches undefeated. SOFTBALL The Winston-Salem State Lady Rams (28- 11) captured the softball title in thrilling fashion on Saturday with a 5-4 victory over the Saint Augustine's (18-21). WSSU junior second baseman/pitcher Monet Daly pitched the Lady Rams to victory and also scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning. For her efforts, she was honored as the CIAA Tournament Most Valu able Player. It was the Lady Rams' seventh CIAA soft- ball title and they will make an NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional appearance May 9th-llth. GOLF Virginia State shot 601 (+25) to run away with the 2014 CIAA Golf Championships over Chowan (640, +64) and Fayetteville State (650, +74), It was the Trojans second consecu tive title. VSU had five golfers finish in the top 10, in cluding the Medalist honors from Matt Genchi, who shot a two day total of 145 (+1). TRACK & FIELD Saint Augustine's ran away with its 17th straight men's title and Johnson C. Smith won its second consecutive women's crown on the fi nal event of the 2014 CIAA Men's and Women's Outdoor Track &, Field Championships. St. Aug scored 193 points to win eas ily while Virginia State placed second with 104 points. Virginia Union was third with 94 points. JCSU pulled out a victory in the women's 4x400 meter relay to edge St. Aug 132-131. St. Aug was leading by one point heading into the final event. Virginia State finished third with 112 points. The men's most valuable performer awards went to Te'Shad Chambers of Virginia State (Track) and Berfranz Charles of Virginia Union (Field). Chambers won the 100 and 200 meter dashes and was a member of the 4x400 meter relay team which finished second and the 4x100 squad which placed third. Charles captured the long jump, finished third in the triple jump and placed sixth in the pole vault. He won the long jump on Friday. The women's MVP honors went to Danielle Williams of Johnson C. Smith (Track) and Taja- nel McNeil of Winston-Salem State (Field). Wil liams, one of the nation's top Division II sprint ers, won the 100 meter hurdles, the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter dash. She also was part of the winning 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams. NcNeill was second in the triple jump, third in the high jump, sixth in the long jump and eighth in the javelin throw. SIAC Spring Sports underway in Alabama, S.C. and Georgia GOLF The Maroon Tigers of Morehouse with a combined team score of 322 led after the first day of the SIAC Golf Championship at Woodward Golf & Country Club in Bessemer, Alabama. The Golden Bears of Miles College, competing as a first-year program, are currently second with a combined team score of 330. Dominique Worthen of LeMoyne-Owen, who was named the 2014 SIAC Golfer of the Year, tied with Joseph White of Kentucky State atop the individual leader board, as both golfers shot 74. Worthen and White were each selected to the 2014 SIAC All-Conference First Team. The second round was scheduled for Tues day, April 22. SOFTBALL The Lady Panthers of Claflin (41-6, 21-3 SIAC) are the top seed from the East and the Ti- gerettes of Tuskegee (25-12, 18-4) are the top seed from the West for the three-day Softball Championships at the Gerald Matthews Sports Complex in Hampton, Ga from April 24-26. BASEBALL The Golden Rams of Albany State (28-15, 20-0 SIAC) enter the April 23-26 SIAC Base ball Tournament as the top seed in the Eastern Division, while Stillman (25-16, 18-1) is the top seed in the Western Division. The four-day championships will be hosted at historic Eagle Stadium in Ozark, Alabama. TRACK & FIELD The SIAC Outdoor Track & Field Cham pionships will be held from April 24-26 at the Irwin Belk Track & Field Complex on the cam pus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill. South Carolina. WILHELM! GETS WSSU POST: MEAC & SWAC BASEBALL & SOFTBALL (Results, Standings and Weekly Honors thru 4/21/14) WINSTON-SALEM, Wilheimi NC - Interim Director of Ath letics, Tonia Walker, has ap pointed James Wilheimi as the Interim Head Coach of the Winston-Salem State men's Basketball Program follow ing Bobby Collins' move to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Wilheimi joined the Rams coaching staff in the sum mer of 2011 as associate head MEAC Mid Eastern Athletic Conference BASEBALL CONF ALL NORTHERN W L W L Delaware State 10 6 20 13 Norfolk State 11 7 15 21 Coppin State 7 11 9 25 Maryland-E. Shore 6 10 11 22 SOUTHERN Florida A&M 10 7 17 21 Bethune-Cookman 12 9 20 23 NC Central 10 9 15 24 NC A&T 8 10 15 23 Savannah State 6 11 15 24 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Bryon Campbell, Sr., RF, UMES - Hit .591 (13-for-22) with 2 HRs, 3 doubles, 13 RBI and 4 runs. PITCHER Stephen Butt, Jr., NSU - Struck out 10, gave up 3 runs on 5 hits in win over Cop pin State. ROOKIE Skylar Murray, Fr., 1B, UMES - Hit .472 (8-for-17) with 1 double, 2 RBI in wins over DelState and Lehigh. MEAC Mid Eastern Athletic Conference SOFTBALL CONF ALL NORTHERN W L W L Norfolk State 12 2 18 17 Delaware State 7 2 22 11 Hampton 9 3 19 18 Coppin State 5 5 10 20 Maryland-E. Shore 4 7 7 33 Howard 3 11 4 30 Morgan State 0 10 3 17 SOUTHERN Bethune-Cookman 8 1 18 25 Savannah State 5 4 21 17 NC A&T 7 7 15 22 Florida A&M 3 5 14 25 S. C. State 3 6 10 21 NC Central 3 8 7 30 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Margaret Wilkins, Jr., SS, HAM -Hit .467 in sweep of UMES. Had 7 hits, 2 doubles, 1 HR, 7 runs, 4 RBI. PITCHER Jailynn Jackson, Jr., HAM - 1.67 ERA in 21 innings, 15 Ks vs. UMES. ROOKIE Kayla DeSchepper, Fr., OF, HAM - Hit .538 vs. GWU and UMES with 7 hits, 5 RBI. SWAC Southwestern Athletic Conference BASEBALL DIV ALL EASTERN W L W L A Alabama State 18 2 30 15 Alabama A&M 9 7 17 23 Jackson State 7 11 24 19 Alcorn State 6 11 6 34 Miss. Valley State 3 12 3 29 WESTERN Ark. Pine Bluff 14 6 16 23 Texas Southern .11 5 18 23 Prairie View 8 9 15 21 Grambling State 9 12 12 26 Southern 3 13 7 21 A Clinched Division title PLAYERS OF THE WEEK HITTER Austin Hulsey, So., 1 Bi ALAB. STATE - In 4-1 week, hit .409 (9-for-22) with 3 runs, 2 doubles, 2 HR and 12 RBI. PITCHER Frank Cruz IV, Jr., P, TSU -Credited with three wins, two in relief, in 4-2 week. Was 3-0 with 12 Ks in 13.2 innings without giv ing up a run. Gave up 13 hits and threw a complete game shutout. SWAC Southwestern Athletic Conference SOFTBALL DIV ALL EASTERN W LW L A Jackson State 14 0 24 25 Alabama State 11 6 16 21 Miss. Valley State 8 6 10 31 Alcorn State 4 10 7 32 Alabama A&M 1 13 9 32 WESTERN A Texas Southern 12 2 23 16 Southern 8 6 8 30 Prairie View 6 8 10 25 Grambling State 6 11 11 19 Arkansas Pine Bluff 3 11 7 33 A Clinched Division title PLAYERS OF THE WEEK HITTER Kendall Core, Fr., 3B, ALAB. STATE - Went 7-for-12 at the plate (.583) with 2 doubles, 2 HRs, 7 RBI, 15 total bases and 5 runs. PITCHER Brea Jamerson, Jr., P, JSU - Was 3-1 with 0.57 ERA in 15.2 innings giving up 7 hits and 3 runs, 1 earned. men’s basketball coach under Collins. Prior to WSSU, Wilheimi had been an assistant coach at the University of North Alabama and spent five seasons at Howard University in Washington, D.C. His other coaching stops include the University of Evansville, Texas Southern, the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Hampton, Northeastern Illinois, and the Univer sity of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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