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Senior LaTia Blacknell
Senior Shalisha Ejimakor
Senior Toria Silver
Table of Contents Sports Information
Name of School ..... North Carolina Central University
Bowling Contact ....................................Ariel Germain
City/ Zip ........................................ Durham, NC 27707
Office Phone ........................................(919) 530-6892
Founded ............................ 1910 Dr. James E. Shepard
Cell Phone............................................(919) 667-7966
Enrollment ...........................................................8,612
Fax .......................................................(919) 530-5426
Nickname ........................................................... Eagles
E-mail ..........................................agermain@nccu.edu
School Colors ..................................... Maroon & Gray
Sports Information Director........................Kyle Serba
Facility ..................................... NCCU Bowling Lanes
SID Office Phone .................................(919) 530-7054
Location ......................... Alfonso Elder Student Union
SID E-mail ....................................... kserba@nccu.edu
Conference ...............Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
SID Mailing Address ....116 McDougald-McLendon Gym
Chancellor ..............................................Charlie Nelms
...................................................... Durham, NC 27707
Alma Mater (Year) ............Arkansas Pine Bluff (1968)
Athletics Dept. Phone ..........................(919) 530-7057
Athletics Director ......... Ingrid Wicker-McCree, Ed.D.
Athletics Dept. Website ................................................
Alma Mater (Year) ............ George Washington (1989)
........................................www.NCCUEaglePride.com
Coaching Staff Head Coach........................................... Karen Sanford Assistant Coach ...................... Anthony “Tony” Smith
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Team Manager .....................................Jamille Monroe
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The 2010-11 North Carolina Central University women’s bowling information guide is a production of the NCCU Sports Information Office. Written, designed and edited by Ariel Germain, sports information assistant. Covers designed by Ariel Germain and Chris Hooks. Photography by Dyann Busse, Red Rocket Photography.
Roster ....................................................................4 Schedule ................................................................5 Meet the Eagles ................................................. 7-9 Chancellor ...........................................................11 NCCU .................................................................12 Athletics Director ................................................13 Faculty/Staff/Coaches ................................... 14-15 NCCU Athletics ............................................ 16-17
Roster
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Left to Right: NCCU assistant coach Anthony Smith, Laverne Jones, LaTia Blacknell, Shalisha Ejimakor, Toria Silver, Krystal Richardson, Kristyne Garrett, and NCCU head coach Karen Sanford
Roster Name
Class
Major
R/L
Hometown
LaTia Blacknell
Senior
Psychology
R
Durham, N.C.
Shalisha Ejimakor
Senior
Business Management
R
Raleigh, N.C.
Kristyne Garrett
Freshman
Forensics
L
Raleigh, N.C.
Laverne Jones
Sophomore
Pharmacy Science
R
Goldsboro, N.C.
Krystal Richardson
Junior
Elementary Education
R
Matteson, Ill.
Toria Silver
Senior
Child Development
R
Durham, N.C.
Karen Sanford- Head Coach Anthony “Tony� Smith- Assistant Head Coach Jamille Monroe- Team Manager
Schedule November 13-14, 2010 November 20-21, 2010 December 4-5, 2010 January 8-9, 2011 January 22-23, 2011 February 12-13, 2011 February 18-20, 2011
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NCCU 2010-11 Bowling Schedule MEAC Southern Division Greensboro, N.C. South Carolina State Invitational Orangeburg, S.C. MEAC Southern Division Chesapeake, Va. MEAC Southern Division Tallahassee, Fla. Frederick E. Underwood Lady Laurel, Md. Bulldog Bowling Classic South Carolina State Sumter, S.C. Bulldog Classic Morgan State Collegiate Classic Baltimore, Md.
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Meet the Eagles
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LaTia Blacknell Senior Durham, N.C. Riverside H.S. Personal- LaTia Cherelle Blacknell ... Born March 3, 1989 in Durham, N.C. ... Daughter of Tawanna Farrow ... Majoring in Nursing.
Shalisha Ejimakor Senior Raleigh, N.C. Enloe H.S.
Personal- Shalisha Faye Ejimakor ... Born Oct. 4, 1988 in Raleigh, N.C. ... Daughter of Jude Ejimakor and Shelia Cooper ... Majoring in Business Administration ... Enjoys playing sports, especially basketball, also enjoys shopping , working out and talking to friends.
Kristyne Garrett Freshman Raleigh, N.C. Enloe H.S. Personal- Kristyne Nacole Garrett ... Born Sept. 2, 1992 in Bronx, N.Y. ... Daughter of Carl and Sanara Garrett ... Majoring in Forensics ... Enjoys solving problems and plans to receive an internship with CCBI or SBI lab.
Meet The Eagles Sophomore Greensboro, N.C. Eastern Wayne H.S. Personal- Laverne Nenita Jones ... Born Jan. 20, 1991 in Goldsboro, N.C. ... Daughter of Vernon and Nenita Jones ... Majoring in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Krystal Richardson Junior Matteson, Ill. Rich Central H.S.
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Personal- Krystal Latrice Richardson ... Born Sept. 30, 1990 in Chicago, Ill. ... Daughter of Gregory and Sandra Crowther ... Majoring in Elementary Education ... Interests include art, fashion and animals ... Krystal joins the Eagles from Winston-Salem State University
Toria Silver Senior Durham, N.C. Josephine Dobbs Clement Early College H.S.
Personal- Toria Christina-Belle Silver ... Born June 5, 1990 in Durham, N.C. ... Daughter of Ricky and Victoria Silver ... Majoring in Education ... Interests include shopping.
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Chancellor Fourth Year Crawford, Ark. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Blu Bl luf uff uff f Chancellor Charlie Nelms assumed his duties as chancellor of North Carolina Central University August 1, 2007. Prior to joining the NCCU family, Nelms served as vice president for Institutional Development and Student Affairs at Indiana University, which enrolls approximately 100,000 students on eight campuses. In his role as IU’s vice president for Institutional Development and Student Affairs, Nelms was responsible for a combination of duties on the Bloomington campus and system wide that spanned university planning, institutional research and effectiveness, enrollment management, student affairs, academic support services, K-12 outreach initiatives, student retention, honors programs, and diversity and equity efforts. In September 2001, TIME magazine named IU’s Bloomington campus the number-one student-centered research university in the nation. Many of the programs cited by TIME were under Nelms’ oversight and direction. A native of Crawfordsville, Arkansas, Nelms majored in agronomy and chemistry at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, graduating in 1968. He later earned a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs (1971) and a doctoral degree in higher education administration (1977) from Indiana University. Early in his career, he rose through the faculty and administrative ranks as associate dean for Student Development at Earlham College in Indiana (1973-1977), associate director of the Center for Human Development and Education Services at the UAPB (1977-1978), associate dean for Academic Affairs at Indiana University Northwest (1978-1984) and vice president for Student Services at Sinclair Community College in Ohio (19841987). In 1987, Nelms began a seven-year tenure as chancellor of Indiana University East, a commuter campus serving east-central Indiana. During his tenure there, the campus was the fastest-growing college in the State of Indiana. In 1994, Nelms was named chancellor of the University of Michigan at Flint (UMF), an urban campus that enrolls over 6,500 students and offers a full spectrum of undergraduate and master’s degree programs. Before being recruited to Indiana University in 1998, he resolved a significant campus budget deficit, reversed a four-year enrollment decline, and secured more than $75 million in private gifts to UMF.
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Chancellor Charlie Nelms
A former American Council on Education Fellow and Ford Fellow, Nelms holds honorary degrees from Earlham College and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Over the course of his career, he has received numerous awards for his contributions to education and service to students, including the Benjamin Hooks Award for Meritorious Achievement from the Gary (IN) branch of the NAACP, the Distinguished Alumni Service Award from Indiana University, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the IU School of Education, the President’s Medal from the University of Michigan, and the State of Indiana’s Sagamore of the Wabash—the highest civilian award bestowed by the governor. Nelms is married to Jeanetta Sherrod Nelms. They have one son, Rashad, a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School who serves as a policy officer with the United Nations World Food Programme.
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HISTORY In 1910, Dr. James E. Shepard envisioned and founded a school that prepared African American adults for leadership roles in our nation’s communities. Founded as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, North Carolina Central University (NCCU) became the nation’s first state-supported historically black liberal arts college. In 1923, the National Training School became the state-supported Durham State Normal School, devoted to “the training of teachers for the Colored Public Schools of North Carolina.” Two years later, Dr. Shepard was able to persuade the General Assembly to take a revolutionary step, making the institution a liberal arts college and naming it North Carolina College for Negroes in 1925. The School of Law was established in 1940 and the School of Library Science in 1941. By the time of Dr. Shepard’s death on October 6, 1947, the institution that had become North Carolina College at Durham was fully-accredited, highly respected and had become the alma mater of a growing list of distinguished alumni. Today, under the leadership of Chancellor Charlie Nelms, NCCU is a comprehensive university offering more than 100 bachelor’s degrees in various disciplines, 40 master’s degree programs and three professional degrees in law. The university reaches out to all racial and ethnic groups, and has a diverse student population of more than 8,000.
NEW INITIATIVES
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NCCU is on the cutting edge with its Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise known as BRITE. The institute offers new bachelor’s and master’s degrees in pharmaceutical science. These programs provide students with core scientific competencies in biology or chemistry as well as hands-on laboratory practice. In addition, there are seminar courses in drug development operations, FDA regulations, quality assurance and control, and intellectual property and patent law. NCCU’s BRITE is an important part of the statewide initiative to make North Carolina a premiere provider of skilled workers for the biotechnology industry.
• NCCU was the fastest growing institution in the University of North Carolina System. At 5.5 percent for fall 2006, NCCU surpassed the UNC System’s average rate of growth of 3.1 percent.
The School of Law has won kudos for providing top-notch legal education. According to Vault, Inc., a publishing firm that researches and collects data on diverse professions, the law school has not received the acknowledgment it is due. Vault surveyed 512 recruiters who identified 25 “underrated” schools, and the NCCU School of Law was ranked at number 14.
• Black Enterprise magazine named NCCU one of the Top 50 Colleges for African Americans in the nation in its September 2006 edition. NCCU was ranked No. 30. • The Golden LEAF Foundation awarded $2.3 million to the Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise. • In 2006, NCCU’s School of Law students passed the State Bar Examination at a rate of 86 percent; the highest of any other historically black school in the country. • NCCU received accreditation of its bachelor’s and master’s programs in business administration from the Assembly of American Colleges and Schools of Business International.
NCCU and the African American Jazz Caucus are partnering to form the NCCU/ AAJC Jazz Research Institute (NAJRI) in an effort to preserve the integrity of jazz as an African American art form. One of the functions of the Institute will be to address the critical artistic and economic situation of jazz in the African American community as well as develop other initiatives such as a North Carolina Hall of Fame dedicated to highlighting the work of jazz artists from North Carolina. In an effort to bring more study abroad options to students, NCCU has been accepted as a member of the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP), a nonprofit membership organization that provides affordable and diverse study abroad and exchange opportunities to students around the world. NCCU is only one of four historically black college or university in the ISEP network. ISEP membership makes it possible for NCCU students to study abroad at over 135 different universities in 39 countries. NCCU is the first historically black institution in the nation to have an athletic training education program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. Built upon the motto of Truth and Service, NCCU is a university committed to preparing and equipping students with the knowledge and skills to compete in the global marketplace.
• NCCU received a $150,000 grant from the Darden Restaurants Foundation to establish a Culinary Teaching Laboratory at the university to support its Hospitality and Tourism Program. • An endowment in the amount of $100,000 was awarded for the Christopher S. Meldrum Chemistry Scholarship Fund to establish a scholarship for chemistry majors. • NCCU led in recruiting National Achievement Scholars. NCCU was No. 3 in the state and tied for third place among historically black colleges and universities across the nation.
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Ingrid Wicker-McCree, Ed.D., was appointed as the Director of Athletics at North Carolina Central University on April 23, 2008 after holding the interim position for five months.
match victories in 12 seasons as head volleyball coach at NCCU. She was also inducted into the NCCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004 as head coach of the 1998 softball team.
She officially began her new leadership role on May 1, 2008.
A native of Durham and a graduate of C.E. Jordan High School, Wicker-McCree played on two North Carolina high school state volleyball championship teams, while also lettering in basketball and track and field. She continued her volleyball playing career as a student-athlete at George Washington University.
Wicker-McCree, who joined the rank of only a handful of women athletic directors in the UNC system, previously served as NCCU’s associate athletics director for internal affairs. She has served in a variety of leadership positions in both conference and national level organizations, 8most notably as president of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Executive Board from 2004-06, becoming only the second woman to ever hold that position in the league’s history. In addition, she served as a member of the NCAA’s Division II Legislation Committee from 200307.
Wicker-McCree earned her undergraduate degree in criminal justice from George Washington University in 1989, and a master’s degree in recreation resources administration from North Carolina State University in December 1991. She also completed doctoral studies in higher education administration at North Carolina State University in June 2008.
In recognition of her work, Wicker-McCree received the CIAA Leadership Award for Service as president of the Executive Board and was named the CIAA Senior Woman Administrator of the Year in the spring of 2006.
She began her coaching career as a graduate assistant coach for the women’s volleyball program at N.C. State (1989-90). She then spent two seasons (1992-93) as head volleyball coach and student-athlete academic counselor at North Carolina A&T State University before returning to her hometown to begin her NCCU tenure in August 1994.
Now entering her 17th year at NCCU, WickerMcCree has been one of the driving forces behind NCCU’s reclassification to NCAA Division I. Since 1998, she has overseen the internal operations of the Athletics Department, including all compliance and eligibility programs.
Wicker-McCree and her husband, Geno McCree, a three-sport collegiate student-athlete and 1991 graduate of Elon University, are the proud parents of Alexia, Quinton and Sydney.
Wicker-McCree began her career at NCCU as the head coach for women’s volleyball and softball. She became the first coach in NCCU history to win conference championships in multiple sports, capturing the school’s first-ever CIAA titles in softball (1998) and volleyball (1999, 2004, 2005). A three-time CIAA Volleyball Coach of the Year (1999, 2002, 2005) and former member of the NCAA Division II National Volleyball Committee, Wicker-McCree earned 239
Faculty/Staff
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CAROLYN ARRINGTON Assistant A.D. for Business & Finance (919) 530-5125
ANTHONY BENNETT
DR. LES BRINSON
LOUISE BROTHERS
Accountant (919) 530-6866
VINCENT BROWN
RECO CHAVIS
BRIGITTE COUNCIL
JAMAUL ALEXANDER
Associate A.D. for Finance & Business (919) 530-6868
ARIEL GERMAIN
Facilities / Event Coordinator (919) 530-6721
Faculty Athletic Council Chairman (919) 530-5166
NATHAN CROCKETT
LUANN EDMONDS-HARRIS
MS, ATC, LAT Assistant Athletic Trainer (919) 530-7595
Marketing Director, Cheerleading Coach (919) 530-6713
WILLIE JUDE II
Assistant Sports Information Director / Broadcast Media (919) 530-6892
Strength & Conditioning Assistant Coach (919) 530-6722
TYRONE IRBY
MARLYNN JONES
BARRY MARROW
NICOLE MITCHELL
ADRIAN POWELL
BRENDA SCARBOROUGH
GEORGE SMITH
Associate A.D. for External Affairs/S&C (919) 530-5126
Marketing Assistant, Life Skills Coordinator (919) 530-7525
ETIENNE THOMAS
Associate A.D. for Internal Operations/SWA (919) 530-7053
Business & Finance Assistant (919) 530-6802
ATC, LAT Assistant Athletic Trainer (919) 530-6215
Sports Information Assistant (919) 530-7054
Facilities / Turf Management (919) 530-5124
CHRIS HOOKS
Director of Student-Athlete Services (919) 530-6906
Equipment Manager, Evening Building Supervisor (919) 530-7057
SEAN THOMAS
MS, ATC, LAT Head Athletic Trainer (919) 530-6215
Assistant A.D. for Compliance (919) 530-6725
Assistant A.D. for Development (919) 530-6724
KYLE SERBA
Executive Assistant to the Athletics Director (919) 530-7057
Associate A.D. for Media Relations (919) 530-7054
DARKINA WARD
DR. INGRID WICKER-McCREE
MS, ATC, LAT Assistant Athletic Trainer (919) 530-6215
Director of Athletics (919) 530-7057
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BRENDA WILLIAMS Administrative Assistant (919) 530-5315
DANNY WORTHY Assistant A.D. for Corporate Relations (919) 530-6726
MIKE CHARLTON Softball, Head Coach (919) 530-6723
CURTIS LAWSON
MICHAEL LAWSON
Men’s Tennis, Head Coach Director of Tennis (919) 530-5127
Track & Field/Cross Country, Head Coach (919) 530-5121
DAVID NASS
PAUL PERRY
Women’s Tennis, Head Coach (919) 530-5127
KAREN SANFORD Women’s Bowling, Head Coach (919) 530-6484
I. Mission Statement North Carolina Central University places the highest priority on a quality academic and athletic experience as part of the overall education of student-athletes. We affirm academic excellence as the cornerstone to the mission of the institution; as well as the physical, mental and social well-being of those admitted. In so doing, we seek to strengthen the integration of the athletic program objectives with academic development objectives. NCCU recognizes the positive impact of athletic participation on the individual athlete, campus community and community at-large. Consistent with these we seek to encourage attitudes of integrity, fairness, respect for others, dedication to goals, equal access and zeal to present a national model program that culminates in strongly competitive performances in the classroom and on the athletic field.
Golf, Head Coach (919) 530-7186
DR. HENRY WHITE Baseball, Head Coach (919) 530-6723
GEORGETTE CRAWFORD-CROOKS Women’s Volleyball, Head Coach (919) 530-6722
LEVELLE MOTON Men’s Basketball, Head Coach (919) 530-7058
JOLI ROBINSON
Women’s Basketball, Head Coach (919) 530-7051
II. Vision Statement The NCCU Athletics Program envisions being recognized as one of the nation’s leading institutions for academic and athletic excellence in a diverse cultural and educational environment. III. Five Core Values 1) Institutional Control and Compliance 2) Academic Excellence and Integrity 3) Fiscal Integrity 4) Physical, Social and Emotional Student Well-being 5) Competitive Excellence with the highest ethical standards IV. Strategic Goals 1. To recruit student-athletes to North Carolina Central University and provide them with the academic support that will ensure each student’s progress and completion of graduation requirements. 2. To enhance leadership qualities, character development, sportsmanship, physical development, emotional development, social development and academic excellence in studentathletes. 3. To sustain and enhance resources of the North Carolina Central University Athletics such that team performances are highly competitive and nationally recognized. 4. To recruit and attract coaches and staff members who are committed to the best in athletic instruction, program management, academic mission support and good sportsmanship. 5. To ensure compliance with Federal, State and University regulations in the hiring process to include but not limited to providing equal treatment and opportunity for studentathletes, coaches and staff in employment and in all department programs. 6. To maintain fiscal and operational integrity by establishing fiscally sound budgets and executing effective management practices. 7. To maintain compliance with all institutional, conference, and NCAA rules and regulations governing membership requirements to include but not limited to amateurism, recruiting, eligibility, playing and practice seasons, and finance. 8. To ensure diversity and equity among staff and studentathletes by providing an environment which promotes and emphasizes respect for sensitivity to diversity and equity.
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North Carolina Central University is competing in its third year of reclassification as an NCAA Division I institution (Football Championship Subdivision), and the Eagles will be playing as an independent during the 2008-09 athletics campaign. Fourteen men’s and women’s sports teams participate in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition at the Division I-FCS level. Men’s intercollegiate teams include football, basketball, baseball, indoor and outdoor track & field, tennis, golf and cross country. Women’s intercollegiate teams include basketball, volleyball, indoor and outdoor track & field, tennis, softball, bowling and cross country. NCCU’s athletic programs have enjoyed regional and 2007 CIAA Women’s Basketball Champions national recognition for years, headlined by the 1989 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship. NCCU’s commitment to a balanced athletic program, providing equitable resources to all of its sports teams, is abundantly apparent. In five of the last eight years in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), NCCU claimed the Loretta Taylor All-Sports Trophy, recognizing the top all-around women’s program in the conference.
2006 CIAA Women's Cross Country Champions
In 2007-08, NCCU’s first season of Division I (FCS) competition, the women’s volleyball team kicked off the Division I era with a dramatic, come-from-behind win over N.C. State, then cruised to 21 victories, all against Division I opponents. The football team finished its first Division I season with a 6-4 record, the Eagles fourth straight winning season. The men’s and women’s cross country teams each won four of their seven events. The men’s basketball team played one of the toughest schedules in the country, while traveling more than 22,000 miles and playing in 13 different states. The squad earned a road victory over the eventual Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champions and capped the season with a win over rival Winston-Salem State University at the MEAC Tournament. Finally, the track and field program won two events at the prestigious Penn Relays and qualified two student-athletes for the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Boston.
In 2006-07, NCCU’s final season in the NCAA Division II, the Eagles placed 24th in the final standings of the U.S. Sports 2006 CIAA Women's Volleyball Champions Academy Directors’ Cup, the prestigious award presented annually to the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country. In 2006-07, NCCU won four CIAA team championships and participated in nine NCAA Division II Championship events.
2006 CIAA Football Champions
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Several former student-athletes and coaches are nationally and internationally known. Heading the charge of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games was Dr. LeRoy T. Walker, President of the U.S. Olympic Committee, who lifted the Eagle track & field program to international prominence during his unprecedented tenure as head coach at NCCU. Under Walker’s reign, the Eagles produced 30 national titles, 77 All-Americans, and eight Olympic medalists. Legendary basketball practitioner, John B. McLendon, a member of the National Basketball Hall of Fame, established a remarkable record of 239-68 (.779) as an Eagle head coach from 1940 to 1952. A student of Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball, McLendon is credited with the development of the zone press, fast break and four corners offense. Boston Celtics great Sam Jones, a student-
athlete under McLendon and a fellow Hallof-Famer, became the first black player to be drafted in the first round after scoring a record 1,745 points during his stellar NCCU career. Internationally-renowned artist, Ernie Barnes - best-known for his famous paintings seen on the 1970s sitcom “Good Times” - played football for the NCCU prior to a professional gridiron career with the Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos. The LeRoy T. Walker Physical Education Complex houses a multi-purpose gymnasium, Olympicsized swimming and diving pool, athletic training facilities, strength and fitness center, and much more.
O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium hosts NCCU football action for a capacity crowd of 10,000 dedicated Eagle fans. In mid-November, McDougald-McLendon Gym lights-up with men’s and women’s basketball excitement.
Legendary track & field coach Dr. LeRoy T. Walker, president of the U.S. Olympic Committee in 1996, led the Eagles to 30 national titles, 77 All-America citations, and eight Olympic medals.
1975 TENNIS TEAM The 1975 MEAC Tennis Championship Team was coached by Dr. James W. Younge. The Eagles edged Howard University 22-20 on May 4 to capture their fourth consecutive conference title. Competing in the finals for NCCU were Ricardo Jones, William Torres, Michael Taylor, Bennett Miller, Leonard Lewis and Larry McCollum.
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NCCU’s Shari Matthews was selected as the 2006 NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball National Player of the Year.
NCCU 2010-11 Bowling Schedule MEAC Southern Division
Greensboro, N.C.
November 13-14, 2010
South Carolina State Invitational
Orangeburg, S.C.
November 20-21, 2010
MEAC Southern Division
Chesapeake, Va.
December 4-5, 2010
MEAC Southern Division
Tallahassee, Fla.
January 8-9, 2011
Fredrick E. Underwood Lady
Laurel, Md.
January 22-23, 2011
Sumter, S.C.
February 12-13, 2011
Baltimore, Md.
February 18-20, 2011
Bulldog Bowling Classic South Carolina State Bulldog Classic Morgan State Collegiate Classic