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Clark-Heard comes to KSU from the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. Her main responsibilities while at Cincinnati for three seasons (2002-05) were to tutor the post players and serve as the team's academic liaison.

"I'm very excited and looking forward to applying the things I've learned as a Division I player and assistant coach," Clark-Heard said. "My coaching philosophy will be up tempo and an inside/outside game."

Clark-Heard is native of Louisville, Ky., where she earned Kentucky high school state Player of the Year honors in 1986 while playing at Atherton High. She was inducted into the Atherton Hall of Fame in 2003.

After graduation, Clark-Heard attended Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. During her four year tenure, the 6'2 center helped the Paul Sanderford-coached Western Kentucky teams make four straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament and win two Sun Belt Conference titles. She finished as the school's 10th all-time leading rebounder.

Clark-Heard, earned her bachelor's degree in recreation with a minor in child psychology from Western Kentucky in 1990 and completed her master's in educational administration at Nebraska in 2001.

Sky" Walker's Flight School takes off June 23
A host of current and former NFL players, including black college products Earl Holmes (Detroit Lions LB, Florida A&M) and Darnerian McCants (Washington Redskins WR, Delaware State), will be on hand June 23-25 at former Howard and NFL QB Jay "Sky" Walker's football camp and celebrity weekend, dubbed "The Sky Walker Flight School."

The main activity is a free skills camp staffed by current and former NFL players and coaches to be held this year on the campus of Bowie State University on June 24 and 25. The two-day, non-contact camp is offered to students ages 14-18 to raise their level of competition by enhancing skills and sportsmanship. The School, in its sixth year in Prince George's County, Md., is premised on the belief that fundamental life-lessons, learned through sportsmanship, lead to success on and off the field.

This year, in addition to the camp, the camp will cover the cost of the SAT test for 150 student-athletes. The SWFS is able to provide all these free services to youths because of the donated time of NFL athletes and coaches, as well as funds raised by activities such as the Annual Sky Walker Celebrity Golf Tournament (June 23, Renditions Golf Club) and Annual Sky Walker Evening of Entertainment (June 25, Greenbelt Marriott).

Through the years, nearly 500 DC Metropolitan-area children have learned drills and one-on-one technique enhancements by men who have reached the pinnacle of the game. Among the well-known celebrity athletes slated to attend this year are former Minnesota WR Cris Carter, former Denver RB and NFL MVP Terrell Davis, record-breaking kick returner Brian Mitchell, San Francisco defensive end Julian Peterson and many more.

Southern bandleader Greggs to step down at end of the year
After 40 years as director of The Human Jukebox, Southern University's marching band, Isaac Greggs is retiring. The decision has nothing to do with a state audit of $15,000 in faked restaurant receipts from four years of band road trips, according to Hillar Moore, III, the bandleader's lawyer.

His resignation letter, released Friday through Moore's office, says Greggs will step down December 31st, but someone else will manage the band's finances for the rest of his tenure.

The letter says Greggs has paid the university $15,000 dollars to cover phony receipts filed for reimbursement over four years, but denies any intentional wrongdoing on his part. He maintains that someone in his office produced the counterfeit bills ­ at least one of which did not exist at the date on the receipt ­ but some of the cover sheets that accompanied the documents bore his signature, according to Moore.

Admirers called Greggs, a Southern graduate and Shreveport native, a talented musician with a magnetic personality and a good influence on students. The band has long won wide recognition, playing in presidential inaugurations, Super Bowls, Mardi Gras parades and the opening of the Superdome.

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