UNDER THE BANNER
What's Going On In and Around Black College Sports
SHARP MOVE: Following the conclusion of the 2007 SWAC Spring meetings, the Southwestern
Athletic Conference has tabbed
current Associate Commissioner Duer Sharp as the
conference's interim commissioner. Sharp, who has served as associate
commissioner for the last two years, was chosen unanimously by
the SWAC Council of Presidents and Chancellors. He takes the
place of Robert Vowels who resigned to take a position with the
NCAA. Sharp began working with the SWAC in 2003, after
spending six years at the Big Ten Conference, first as a C.D. Henry
Intern (1997-98) and subsequently as the Sport Management
Administrator for the conference. His duties included
administration and conduct of Big Ten Conference
Championships, conference office liaison to coaches for providing
information regarding conference and NCAA policies,
procedures and rules changes. Sharp will assume his duties on June
15 and will be responsible for the daily operations of
the Conference Office until a new commissioner is chosen.
A nationwide search is currently underway; no timetable
has been set as to the hiring of the new commissioner.
MASSIE ADDS AD TO TITLE: Livingstone
College has named Head Football Coach Lamonte J.
Massie its next leader in the Department of
Athletics. Livingstone President, Dr. Jimmy R. Jenkins
Sr. said, "Coach Massie has shown a level of
high energy toward fundraising and has shared visionary strategies
to where the institution could go athletically." Massie, a 1991
graduate of Tuskegee University, is the former head football coach
of Edward Waters College.
SWAC FOOTBALL KICKOFF: The Southwestern Athletic Conference will hold its annual Kickoff Luncheon and Media Day on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. The event will take place at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel located on Richard Arrington Boulevard in downtown Birmingham. The media day activities will begin at 9 am with interview sessions from the head coaches and student athletes from all ten conference institutions. Following the interview sessions, the kickoff luncheon will begin at 11 am with remarks from the Conference Office and the announcement of the preseason honors and predicted order of finish. In conjunction with the kickoff luncheon, the fourth SWAC Youth Football clinic will take place on Monday, July 23, 2007 at Birmingham's Legion Field beginning at 9:00 a.m.
CIAA ALL-ACADEMIC: Twenty student-athletes from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association have been named to the 10th annual CIAA Commissioner's All-Academic Team. "This is an extraordinary group of student-athletes that have pushed their strengths and abilities to new limits," said CIAA Commissioner Leon G. Kerry. "They represent the CIAA and all that it stands for."
FIRST TEAM
Mercedes Bell, Jr., Tennis, Virginia State 3.841 Biology
Valicia Brown, Sr., Basketball St. Aug's 3.833
Communications
Christina Hager. Jr.. Volleyball/Basketball 3.859 Accounting
Issreal Jaimes, Sr., Jr. CC/Track St. Aug's 3.875 Accounting
Monique Lawson, Sr., Tennis, Shaw 3.95 Sociology
Chanel Raynor, So, Track, NC Central 3.93 Psychology
Desirae Riddick, Sr., Volleyball, JCSU 3.77 Bus. Admin.
Daniel Sabogal, Jr., Tennis, Shaw 3.89 Bus.Admin.
Latoya Tate, Sr., Volleybal, NCCU 3.72 Ex.& Sp. Science
Michaela Vanakova, Sr., VB/Tennis VUU 3.63 Marketing
SECOND TEAM
Janine Canlas, Sr., Bowling, BSU 3.61 Biology
Shantrice Chapel, Sr., Tennis, LC 3.7 Chemistry
Lakischa Fontenot, Sr., Track, St. Aug's 3.7 Sociology
Rebecca Hubbard, Jr., BB, St. Aug's 4.00 Psychology
Jermaine LaFate, Sr., Football, Virginia St. 3.875 Mass Comm.
Marquita Pittman, Jr., Softball, Shaw 3.89 Political Science
Contessa Sanchez, So., Tennis, FSU 3.76 Bnkg. & Finance
Derek Scott, So, Golf, FSU 3.60 Undeclared
Brittany Sumpter, Sr., Basketball, JCSU 3.52 Comm. Arts
Deana Wooten, Jr., Basketball, FSU 3.73 Mathematics
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