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BVQ strikes again with sports coverage LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor GOLFING ANGEL: Jackson State golfer Angel Mines is one of five freshmen or sophomores that led the Tigers to the NCAA Div. I Tournament this year, the first ever appearance for a black college women's progam in the championship. Black Voices Quarterly, the black college quarterly magazine, is out with their post-spring edition and there's plenty of sports to go along with in-depth examination of issues confronting black colleges. On the sports side, a breakdown of football recruiting lists for most schools in the four historically black athletic conferences and the independents offers a glimpse of the infusion of new talent expected to hit the gridiron this year. Additionally, Mark Alexander writes a piece entitled, "Getting Their 'Props'" about the effects of Proposition 48 on recruitment and building of black college football programs. Charlotte Post editor Herb White takes a look inside the mind of 31-year Hampton tennis coach Robert Screen, the man who built the Pirates into a NCAA Div. II national power and is now climbing the Div. I ladder. Tallahassee Democrat sportswriter Michael Wallace examines the number of players and coaches crossing the color line in black college baseball. Wallace also compiles the "Playbook" section, a look back at black college accomplishments in spring sports and a rundown of who's in and who's out on the coaching and administrative fronts. The precedent-setting Jackson State women's golf team is profiled. The team is the first women's team from a black college to make the NCAA Div. I field and is made up of all African-Americans. A story on the retirement of Dr. Frederick Humphries, who in 16 years has guided Florida A&M to the pinnacle of higher education, is one of the excellent features in this issue of the magazine. Also, New BVQ editor David R. Squires joins with Tanika White in casting a critical eye at the "different world" of black college journalism programs, the few campus newspapers they spawn and the training or lack thereof they provide for the real world. Hampton University grads Will Sutton, outgoing president of the National Association of Black Journa-lists, and Diane Suber, the new president of St. Augustine's College are profiled along with Lincoln University alum Jay T. Harris, the outgoing publisher of the San Jose Mercury News. The BVQ 100 Plus is also unveiled, a listing of over 100 black college students who are earning 3.5 grade point averages and above. They are academic all-stars. © 2001 Azeez Communications, Inc. Return to Front Page