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BCSP Notes . . .  - Ware first at N. C. State
North Carolina A&T Sports Information Director Donal Ware has resigned to take a position in media relations at N. C. State University. Ware will become associate media relations director at N. C. State serving as the primary football contact beginning August 20. Ware, a 1998 Morgan State graduate, came to A&T in October 1999. He is the first African-American to serve in such a position at N. C. State and maybe the first ever at an Atlantic Coast Conference school. - SIAC Kickoff
The 2001 Southern Intercollegiate Kickoff Luncheon will be held Friday, July 27, 2001 at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel on 165 Courtland Street in the city. Each head football coach will talk about their team and the 2001 SIAC football season at the luncheon. Conference media relations director Charles Mooney will also handle individual requests for interviews with the coaches. A limited number of guest rooms have been blocked for anyone arriving for the luncheon on Thursday, July 26, 2001 and who also may need lodging for the evening of Friday, July 27, 2001.The phone numbers for hotel reservations are 1-800-833-8624 and 404-659-6500. - CIAA to add Bowling
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is expanding its list of championships this year by offering women's bowling. This fall, all twelve CIAA institutions will conduct women's collegiate varsity bowling with championships to be held this fall. Schools in the two divisions will have three regular season dates and compete among themselves. Scores from those regular season competitions will determine the seeding for cross-divisional play in the conference championships. The move comes with the strong supporting hand of Collegiate Bowling USA, the current national body governing collegiate bowling. CBUSA conducted the legwork for the conference in an effort to get them in operation this fall. There is the possibility of the NCAA hosting a Bowling National Championship earlier than 2003-2004, the current scheduled date. The minimum number of institutions required for the NCAA to hold championships is 40. The 12 CIAA institutions takes the number over that mark. As the present format stands, in the case of an NCAA championship, the CIAA would receive an automatic bid, with the conference champ advancing. An additional benefit is that a greater number of women will have an opportunity to become collegiate athletes. The CIAA Board of Directors' strategic plan targets gender equity objectives and women's bowling fits that bill. 
- Wyatt out at MEAC
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Director of Compliance, Rod Wyatt, has resigned to take a job at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Wyatt, who joined in the MEAC in the fall of 1996, will serve as the assistant director of athletics for marketing at UNC-G. Before coming to the MEAC, he had been assistant AD for compliance at UNC-G and had served as special assistant to the AD at the school. From 1990-1992, he was UNC-G's compliance officer and head cross country coach. - More from O'Neal
Former Jackson State golfer Tim O'Neal continued his fine play on the BUY.COM Tour with a tie for 24th at the Siouxland Open in Dakota Dunes, S. D. O'Neal shot rounds of 68-70-71-72 to finish at seven-under par 281 on the 7,165-yard Dakota Dunes Country Club. O'Neal won $3,424.28 to raise his money winnings this year to $59,094 in 14 events, currently 39th on the Tour. He finished only eight shots behind winner Pat Bates, who shot 16-under 273 and took home a winner's check of $76,500. 
- All-Star Basketball Camp
The 11th annual Johnson C. Smith All-Star Basketball Camp is being held all this week on the school's campus in Charlotte, N. C. Over 140 kids between the ages of 8 and 17, including a record-high 13 females, are in attendance this season, the largest group in the history of the camp. NBA veteran Jerry Stackhouse and 2001 first round pick Rodney White, both of the Detroit Pistons, spoke to campers early in the week. Sacramento guard Bobby Jackson and Charlotte guard David Wesley are also scheduled to appear. JCSU head basketball coach Steve Joyner and clothing designer Cary Mitchell, a JCSU grad who outfits a number of professional athletes including Tiger Woods and some 60 NBA players, put on the camp. - Sunday Football Games
The 100 Black Men of Charlotte (N. C), Inc., should be finalizing a deal this week to have Johnson C. Smith and North Carolina Central play in their Sixth Carolina Classic at the Carolina Panthers' 70,000-seat Ericsson Stadium this year. The game would be played on Sunday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. and would be the first time NCAA Div. II schools have competed in the NFL team's arena. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference rivals N. C. A&T and South Carolina State have competed in the Classic since its inception in 1995 but bowed out this year because they couldn't fit their Nov. 15 game into new rules governing use of the facility. They will play their game in Orangeburg, S. C., but of course it will not be played as the classic game. JCSU officials are also talking to the organization looking to make the game an annual season-ending event and alternate NCCU and Winston-Salem State as opponents depending on which is scheduled to play the Golden Bulls in Charlotte in that year. The other Sunday contest involves two Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) teams. The Albany State University (ASU) Golden Rams will play the Miles College Golden Bears in the Labor Day Classic on Sunday, Sept. 2, at 7 p.m. (cst) at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. The classic marks the Golden Rams' third classic during the 2001 football season. The game, which counts as a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) game for both schools, was originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 1, at 1:30 p.m. at the Miles College stadium. For more information, contact Edythe Bradley, ASU sports information director, at 229-430-4673 or by email at ebradley@asurams.edu. - Oops!
The BCSP incorrectly reported last week that the new general manager of the Asheville (N.C.) franchise in the new NBA Developmental League was Rodney White. The former Southern Conference commissioner is actually named, Albert White. We regret the error.
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