NCAT's Lovelace named inaugural MEAC Woman
of the Year
July 27, 2006
GREENSBORO, N.C., Renecia
Lovelace, a four-year outfielder for the North
Carolina A&T softball team, was named the
inaugural MEAC Woman of the Year. Lovelace
received the award during the 2006 MEAC Woman
of the Year Luncheon held in Virginia Beach,
Va., on Thursday.
NCAT Photo
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Renecia Lovelace |
Lovelace is the first winner of the award
designed to highlight the academic, athletic
and service and leadership accomplishments
of female athletes. The award was the vision
of the senior woman administrators in the conference.
SWAs could not vote for their own athletes.
Lovelace will represent the MEAC in the NCAA
Woman of the Year contests.
“It makes me extremely proud to know
Renecia is the first MEAC Woman of the Year,’’ said
Dr. Deborah Callaway, North Carolina A&T’s
senior woman administrator. “Anytime
North Carolina A&T is the first, it’s
important. Renecia’s work in the community
and the statement she submitted to the committee
was so impressive. She really made herself
standout.
Lovelace graduated from N.C. A&T in 2006
with a 3.78 GPA in fashion merchandising and
design. She involved in the Study Buddy volunteer
program, the Student Athlete Mentor program
and the Youth Taking Charge Christian Organization.
She also served as the Student Athletic Advisory
Council President in 2004-05. She is a two-time
National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Academic
team.
She made the N.C. A&T Dean’s List
all four years and was a member of the All-MEAC
Academic team for three years. She has also
been recognized by the N.C. A&T Athletics
Department for her academic excellence four
times.
Over the past two seasons, she has accumulated
the highest GPA on the Aggie softball team.
Lovelace will attend Savannah College for Arts
in Atlanta in the fall. On the field, she was
third on the team in on-base percentage with
a .333 average in 2006. She surpassed her career
highs in games played (55), games started (55),
hits (29), at-bats (122) and batting average
this season.
“When I look at this award it will remind
me that I could have quit, but because I kept
going I was able to accomplish my goals,’’ said
Lovelace.
In her statement to the committee she stated: “I
was not recruited as an athlete in college.
I was freshman that walked on the team. At
first, I was not treated like everyone else.
But I think when one works hard to perfect
a skill; in the end one will reap the benefits.”
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