BCSP Notes . . .
Virginia State men, Bowie State women take top CIAA All-Sports awardsVirginia State won the C.H. Williams Trophy for excellence in men's sports programs while Bowie State picked up the Loretta Taylor Trophy as the top women's program as the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) held its Spring meetings last week and announced its top coaches and administrators.
Two VSU administrators were honored. Peggy
Davis was named Athletic Director of the Year and
Tomorrow Lofton was selected as Senior Woman Administrator of the Year.
St. Augustine's Sports Information Director
Anthony Jeffries was named SID of the Year. The
Jeanette A. Lee Athletic Administration
Award was presented to Johnson C. Smith
Athletic Director Steve Joyner.
Men's and Women's Cross Country- Leslie Young, VSU
Volleyball - Elorine Hill, FSU
Football- Arrington Jones, VUU
Bowling - Bobby Henderson, FSU
Men's and Womens Indoor and Outdoor Track - George Williams, SAC Men's Tennis - Sunday Enitan, Shaw
Women's Tennis - Dr. Linda Person, VSU
Men's Basketball - Shawn Walker
ECSU; Women's Basketball - Doug Robertson, BSU
Golf - Jeff Hamilton, VSU
Softball - Torrie Lashley, VSU
Baseball - Merrill Morgan, VSU
Norfolk State men and Hampton women named top all-sports programs in MEAC
Norfolk State and Hampton have won MEAC All-Sports Awards
for 2007-08. Both schools were recognized during the All-Sports
Awards Dinner last week at the Sheraton Oceanfront in Virginia Beach.
This is Hampton's seventh consecutive Mary McLeod Bethune Women's All Sports Award and, including three men's awards, the school's ninth all-sports trophy since joining the MEAC in 1996. Norfolk State's Talmadge Hill Men's Award was its third overall.
The Lady Pirates won the regular-season title in women's tennis, as well as claiming the top seed in the Northern Division in the softball tournament. Hampton won its sixth consecutive outdoor track & field title, and also shared the indoor track title with Maryland-Eastern Shore, which finished second in the McLeod standings with 77 points.
Hampton finished third in the running for the men's award, compiling 47.5 points. Points are awarded in descending order, beginning with 12 points for championships or first-place finishes. Second place earns 10 points. Teams who tie split the total points.
The Mary McLeod Bethune Award, named after the founder of Bethune-Cookman, awards the top women's athletic program during the course of an academic year. Delaware State won the first women's award in 1987. Florida A&M leads the MEAC with nine titles.
The men's award is named in honor of Talmadge Layman Hill, a former player and coach at Morgan State who was also the MEAC's first president. Howard won the first men's award in 1972, while South Carolina State leads the conference with 11 such awards.
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