DAVIS DISMISSED: North Carolina A&T Chancellor James C. Renick announced in press release Friday that Athletic Director Charles Davis had been relieved of his duties. "It is time for the N.C. A&T Athletics Department to move toward new directions in keeping with the university's overall vision, mission and goals," Renick said in the release. Reginald Wade, assistant vice chancellor for business services, will be the interim athletics director for the next few months, according to the release which also indicated that Lenora Bryant, Renick's assistant, will conduct a national search for the new AD. Davis, 55, a 1971 ACC basketball player of the year at Wake Forest and member of the 50th anniversary all-ACC team, was formerly athletic director at Bowie State. He was hired in October 2002 at A&T after two years at Bowie State. Prior to going to Bowie State, Davis had served in several positions in Wake Forest athletics. He replaced Dr. Alfonso Scandrett at A&T, who was dismissed in June, 2002 after three years as the Aggies' AD.

JOHNSON OUT AT LC: Livingstone College Head Football Coach George Johnson submitted his letter of resignation on Friday after three years at the helm. Johnson, a former defensive coordinator at Tuskegee, completed final business with the team and the athletic department before his departure. The Blue Bears produced a disappointing 2-8 season in 2004 winning just one CIAA West Division contest. Johnson compiled consecutive 3-7 seasons in his first two years. Prior to Johnson's resignation, the contracts of the offensive coordinator (Moses Rison) and defensive coordinator (Roderick Randolph) were not renewed. The search to fill all vacant positions will begin immediately.

VOLLEYBALL TITLES: For the fifth consecutive year, the Lady Bulldogs of Alabama A&M have proven they are the best in the SWAC, by completing an undefeated 11-0 conference season. In the championship game, the Lady Bulldogs defeated the Lady Tigers of Grambling State 3-1 (30-21,30-21,26-30,30-22) Saturday at the Health and Physical Education Arena on the campus of Texas Southern. Tournament MVP Phylis Hetie (5-10, Sr., OH, Burkina Faso, West Africa) lead the tournament in kills with a total of 79 (6.08 kill/game).

The Lady Rams of Albany State needed only 55 minutes to claim another Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) volleyball championship shutting out Kentucky State, three games to none (30-21, 30-15, 30-25) to take the title. Eshovo Amune led ASU with 15 kills and Amber Davis had 18 assists. KSU got 16 kills from Stephanie Johnican and 30 assists from Kaitlin Doyle. Amune was named as the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

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