MEAC announces All-Sports Award Winners
May 24, 2006
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. --– Hampton
University won its fifth consecutive Mary McLeod
Bethune
Women’s All-Sports Award and Norfolk
State University captured its second consecutive
and third overall Talmadge Layman Hill Men’s
Award, the league announced on Wednesday. Hampton
totaled 60.5 points of the possible 96 points,
while NSU tallied 67.5 of a possible 84 points.
Each institution will receive a $25,000 check
which will be presented at the MEAC Spring
Delegate Assembly and Committee Meetings in
Virginia Beach on May 25.
Hampton has won seven overall All-Sports Trophies
since joining the MEAC in 1996 (winning three
men’s trophies, including back-to-back
victories in 2003 and 2004, and four women’s
awards). Norfolk State won its first
men’s trophy in 2001.
“Once again both Hampton University
and Norfolk State University have demonstrated
the overall strength of their respective Athletic
programs by capturing the MEAC All-Sports Awards,” said
Commissioner Dennis Thomas. “I would
like to felicitate the Norfolk State and Hampton
administrators, coaches, student-athletes and
support staff for an outstanding job throughout
the course of the year.”
Hampton slipped past second place finisher
Florida A&M by 3.5 points. Hampton won
both the Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field
titles, were tied for second in softball, and
finished third in Cross Country and Tennis.
The Lady Rattlers, who also finished second
to the Lady Pirates last year, had 56 total
points. They also had two championship titles,
winning Volleyball and Softball. Howard was
a close third with 55.5 points. The Lady Bison
captured the Cross Country title to open the
2005-06 season. Delaware State was fourth (55)
and Morgan State fifth (53.5).
On the men’s side, Norfolk State completed
the Triple Crown in Track and Field, winning
Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor titles. The
Spartans also finished second in Tennis and
Baseball to outscored the closest competitor
by 12 points. Florida A&M was also second
on the men’s side for the second year
totaling 55.5 points. Hampton finished third
(52), followed by Bethune-Cookman (45.5) and
Delaware State (43.5) to round out the top
five.
Points are awarded on a descending basis beginning
with 12 points for a championship or first
place finish. The second place team receives
10 pts. Tied teams will split the point total.
The Mary McLeod Bethune Award, named after
the founder of Bethune-Cookman College, awards
the top overall women’s athletic program
during the course of one full academic year. The
first Mary McLeod Bethune Award was given in
1987 to Delaware State University. Florida
A&M leads all MEAC schools with nine Women’s
Awards from 1993-2000. The men’s
All-Sports Award is named after the late Talmadge
Layman Hill, a former player and coach at Morgan
State, and former Chairman of the MEAC Steering
and Planning Committee, as well as the league’s
first President. Howard University was
the recipient of the first Talmadge Layman
Hill Award in 1972. South Carolina
State holds the men’s record with 11
awards from 1973-1984.
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