BCSP Notes . . .
CIAA Promotion
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association (CIAA) has named Shera
White as Director of Public Relations. In her new
capacity, she will be responsible for the public and media relations
efforts of the conference. Since August of 2000, White had
served as the assistant director of media relations.
She received her Bachelor's degree in Public Relations from Hampton University and is currently working on her Master's degree in Sport Management at Old Dominion University.
"Ms. White has added new dimensions to our publications that have further progressed the promotion of our conference," says Monique Morgan, Assistant to the Commissioner/Senior Women's Administrator.
New Coaches at Jackson State
Jackson State has announced the hiring of
two new head coaches in women's sports for the
2003-04 school year.
Pauline Banks joins the athletic staff as the head coach of women's track and field while Kenya Peters comes to JSU as the new women's softball coach. Banks served an eight-year stint at Mississippi Valley State as head coach of the track and field program and as Senior Women's Administrator. She got her start in collegiate athletics as a graduate assistant at Grambling State in 1992. She joined the Delta Devils athletic staff in 1996 as the coach for women's track and field before adding the men's program to her duties in 1997.
Peters joins the JSU staff after a two-year hiatus from collegiate softball. She was a member of the University of Southern Mississippi women's softball team from 1999-2002 being named USM Defensive Player of the Year in 1999. She was named to the Conference USA Honor Roll and NCAA Region VII All-Tournament team in 2000. In 2002, she was named NCAA Woman of the Year for the USM.
Both coaches will begin their tenure at Jackson State on September 16. Banks' first cross country meet will be on September 20 at Millsaps College. Peters and her squad will be in action in USM's Fall Tournament in early October.
CIAA Hoops
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association will host its annual One-on-One Media and
Coaches Exchange on Thursday, October 9, 2003 at the
Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley, Raleigh, NC beginning
at 11:30am.
A media reception will be held prior to the interview session from 11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
As an addition this year, a key returning player from each institution will accompany their coach to contribute to the exchange for one hour, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Following which, each men's and women's coach will give a two-minute formal remark on the upcoming season.
The CIAA Basketball Coaches Association Predicted Order of Finish and pre-season selections will be announced at the Exchange.
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