A newsletter for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
MAY 2022
Spring commencement 2022 The University of Maryland Eastern “If you’re serious about it, (the university) will Shore held its spring 2022 commencement help you every step of the way.” exercises May 20, awarding bachelor, master’s Graduation day for aviation science and doctorate degrees to 292 newly minted major Leul S. Fekadu of Silver Spring is “a big alumni, including 66 who graduated with milestone.” Fekadu emigrated as a child from honors. Ethiopia with his parents, whom he said had Princess Sarah A. Bentil of Laurel, Md. little understanding of the nuances of how to delivered the student commentary on behalf apply for admission to an American college. of her classmates. “This is also a commencement for them,” Bentil paid tribute to her mother, whom Fekadu said, “and their hard work.” she said overcame a series of personal setbacks Fekadu, a Henson honors program after her family settled in America and became student, has accumulated 300+ hours of flight her role model for perseverance. time as a licensed pilot and will transition “Each of us has a purpose and a calling,” to working as a UMES flight instructor, Anjanique LaFontant said Bentil, who was Miss UMES which will enable him to build his 2021-22. “Never stop until you find experience resume to reach his career and live them.” goal; commercial airline pilot. “As you go into the world, go Elspeth A. Schalk of Princess with confidence. Your experiences Anne has been accepted by the here … have more than prepared Trinity School of Medicine in St. you to excel at every aspect of your Vincent, the Grenadines, where life,” she said. “Go out into the world she’ll take the next step toward knowing that you are worthy – and following in her father’s footsteps as worth it! Your name is in high places an anesthesiologist. where your feet have yet to land.” After accumulating college credit Anjanique J. LaFontant at other institutions – and frustrated of White Plains, Md., spent her by losing some that did not transfer final semester at UMES as a – Schalk nailed a perfect 4.0 grade Leul Fekadu Elspeth Schalk student-teacher at nearby Somerset point average in her two years as Intermediate School, where she taught a biology major at UMES. While regular-content math and language arts as well COVID protocols cut class size, Schalk attended as worked with special education students, her “in-person lectures … the whole time. I needed specialization. that structure.” “I wanted to come to an HBCU,” LaFontant Schalk is prepared for the medical school said. “UMES surrounded me at the right time grind; she held down jobs that often required and was there through every step, every phase.” 40 hours a week, including as an anesthesia One of LaFontant’s parents is an educator, so technician at a local animal hospital. “it was in my blood. I knew it was in my heart.” “I finally got to where I never thought I’d be Her high school had a child care center, where she in life,” said Schalk, 29. “It was a very long road. encountered special needs children and settled on I’ve gotten past thinking I didn’t deserve to be that specialty as her major. here.” “Anyone who’s trying to be a special Christian A. Ferguson of Lanham, Md. is education teacher, it is not for the weak,” she said. “a phenomenal person,” according to English Christian Ferguson
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Student Commentary Speaker
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Commencement Profiles
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UMES & Princeton Research Partnership
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Commencement Cont.
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Once upon a time at UMES
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Message from VP of University Relations
Page 10 Student Scholarship Recipients
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Princess Sarah Bentil, class of 2022, student commentary speaker A dean’s list student who served as Miss UMES during her senior year delivered the student commentary at the university’s 2022 spring commencement exercises May 20. Princess Sarah Bentil, a marketing major from Laurel, Md., was selected by a panel of judges during auditions held the last week in April. Bentil said she applied “to deliver the student commentary because I want to encourage my class to continue to go beyond their limits and strive for greatness.” The student commentary is a long-standing commencementday tradition at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore where a graduating senior delivers remarks to and on behalf of classmates. “I believe in my class and I know that our journey has just begun,” Bentil said, “so I want to help them reflect (on the
meaning of the day) and understand how great they are, and what a great accomplishment they have made for themselves.” “I truly appreciate the honor to serve,” she said. A member of the Richard A. Henson Honors Program, Bentil is one of 10 United Negro College Fund recipients of a post-graduate internship, which will enable her to do fieldmarketing for engineers with Oracle Corp., an Austin, Texasbased computer software giant. She’s hopeful that experience will further burnish her considerable undergraduate credentials and improve her job-hunting prospects. In addition to being the 53rd Miss UMES, she was president of the campus chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, a Hawk Ambassador, one of two Frederick Douglass Fellow Scholarship recipients at UMES, a member of the National Association of Black Accountants and president of the African Student Association, an organization she was instrumental in restarting as a native of Ghana. She was also Miss Sophomore in 2019-20 and mentored young girls in Salisbury. Since her sophomore year, Bentil also worked for the university’s office of residence life, where she was a student liaison responsible for oversight and management of day-to-day activities at her assigned residence hall. “I believe that during my time at UMES I encouraged and motivated people to see that they are more than able and capable,” she said. “I want my class to leave the nest knowing that they are worthy and successful.”
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department faculty member Terry Kundell. “He is creative, fun and a genuinely kind person.” Ferguson, an English major and Henson honors program member, wants to be a writer and filmmaker. He directed a stage production as a freshman and a year ago wrote and directed, “Soul Searching,” a well-received one-man play that explored “systematic racism in the ‘70s of south side Chicago.” “It’s saddening to leave a place that has provided me with great opportunity and creative freedom,” Ferguson said. “Yet, I’m excited to strive for success through all I have learned and experience gained.” Ferguson’s goal is earning a master’s degree and major in film where he can also be graduate teaching assistant – ideally at Howard University. Samantha Power, who has served as a senior Samantha Power fine-tunes policymaker during the Obama her commencement speech
administration and currently for President Joe Biden, was the commencement speaker. Actress Starletta DuPois, who has performed on stage, in film and on television, was awarded an honorary degree, joining her 1968 Maryland State College classmate Art ’68 alumna Starletta DuPois was moved Shell, who received one by her honorary degree in 2007. Hotelier Ben Seidel, founder, president and CEO of Maryland-based Real Hospitality Group, and his wife, Alma, the company’s human resources vice president, also received honorary degrees. And Dr. Bradley Stevens, who taught at UMES from 2009 until 2021, was awarded the honorary title of ‘professor emeritus’ in recognition of his distinguished career as a marine and environmental science educator.
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Staring down a pandemic UMES senior with sickle cell disease graduates with honors Leoneda Inge-Barry, a Durham, National Oceanic and Atmospheric N.C. broadcast journalist, wrote an essay Administration – working remotely nearly four years ago for her employer’s – to distill data into “range maps” the website about the angst of sending her federal agency needs to track endangered son off to college at the University of species. Maryland Eastern Shore. He describes the work as a “very The essay, in hindsight, proved detailed, complicated process … not very prescient. Teemer Barry, she pointed flashy.” out, was diagnosed as an infant with Nonetheless, Barry is well-versed on sickle cell disease, “an inherited blood population trends for such migratory fish disorder that can cause frequent as steelhead trout, Chinook salmon and infections and chronic pain.” short-nose sturgeon. In other words, he fits the definition He’ll head to Maine this summer for of “immuno-compromised” now part of a post-undergraduate internship with everyday conversations. NOAA where he’ll continue working When UMES – and the world to help the agency shape guidelines and – confronted COVID-19 as a lifepolicies for protecting marine species. threatening pandemic, Barry had In the fall, Barry will enroll experienced a lifetime of closely in Rutgers University’s graduate monitoring his health, eating school, where he’s looking the right foods and taking extra forward to taking advantage precautions to keep himself safe. of the New Jersey institution’s “At first,” Barry said, “I reputation as a diverse learning approached it with a bit of environment widely respected for fear. I’m used to dealing with a its science programs. compromised system … although In New Brunswick, he’ll there was definitely a chance I focus on “ocean observing was more vulnerable.” technologies, improving He followed protocols with mapping skills and learning vigilance (reinforced by his to operate autonomous ocean mother’s constant reminders), drones” – marine science lingo got vaccinated, limited contact for miniature, unmanned with peers to a small group of submarines. roommates and persevered. At UMES, Barry worked UMES employed aggressive alongside Dr. Victoria Volkis mitigation policies that enabled as an undergraduate assistant the university to maintain a in her chemistry lab, where as semblance of a routine academic a recipient of a multi-million calendar without interruptions. dollar grant she is conducting Barry’s chronic condition research for the U.S. Navy to did not hold him back from find environmentally safe “antimaking the most of his time at fouling strategies for the bottom UMES. In fact, he’s thrived. of ships” and “how certain Teemer Barry and Dr. Victoria Volkis discuss research findings. Barry received a degree in reactions take place within marine environmental sciences May 20 with a focus on marine science. A environments.” member of the Richard A. Henson Honors Program and dean’s “He is a very strong person,” Volkis said. “He works list student, his grade point average qualified him to graduate hard, learns fast and never complains or asks for any special with honors. He’ll also be a third-generation college graduate. accommodations.” “I’ve tried to take advantage of every opportunity here that I Barry’s mother said she “wanted to believe he was a normal could,” he said. kid and that there would be no obstacles to him graduating.” And That includes two summer internships with the she was right.
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‘Promises to keep ... people to inspire’ Princess Anne native makes good on a long-ago pledge It is perhaps fitting Crystal Jones Brinson crossed the stage to receive her college degree in the Hytche Athletic Center, the building named for the late University of Maryland Eastern Shore president who has long inspired her. “I made a promise to Dr. William Hytche that if I ever attended college, I’d attend UMES,” said Brinson, 41. “I promised him that I’d honor him, and make my family proud.” The Princess Anne native not only earned a UMES degree in sociology, she also received a social work degree from Salisbury University – a unique, dual-track program offered by the two public universities. A monumental accomplishment for someone who found public school befuddling because she struggled with dyslexia, “a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words,” according to the Mayo Clinic. Brinson met Hytche as a child when both attended Metropolitan United Methodist Church adjacent to the UMES campus and befriended his grandchildren. That put her regularly in his orbit and she remembers him talking about the importance of education. “Having dyslexia and reading problems (were) somewhat embarrassing,” Brinson said. “I hid my disability for a long time, pretending as though it didn’t exist.” “The thought of … a college degree, gaining a full-time professional career at one time was not in the cards for me,” she said. “I didn’t want anyone to know I struggled. There are some days now that I still struggle.” After high school, Brinson joined the U.S. Army, which she said “made Dr. Hytche very proud. He reminded me that even when I returned home from my active service, education would still be available and just as important.” Life has a way of getting in the way of best-laid plans and intentions. Brinson gave birth to her first child, who as an adolescent pushed her to keep the promise to Hytche she made
before he was born. Several years ago, she enrolled at Wor-Wic Community College, where she overcame the anxiety of taking on the challenge of earning an associate’s degree in chemical dependency counseling. Brinson completed that task in 2019, the same year her son received his high school diploma. “When I saw that Crystal Brinson and son TyShon Watkins I could achieve that, I decided to keep going,” Brinson said. Over the years, Brinson has remained in touch with Hytche’s granddaughter, J’Naudia D. Hunter-Phillips, who lives in Houston. “I have watched Crystal grow and overcome so many things that now bring her to the first pinnacle of her educational achievement,” Hunter-Phillips wrote in an e-mail. “To know from whence Crystal comes and to watch this crowning achievement … my grandfather … would be as proud of her as I am.” While working full-time as an office associate in the Wicomico County school system’s Title 1-early childhood program, Brinson enrolled in the UMES-Salisbury University sociology-social work program. “We all have a hidden disability; it’s called fear. Fear of what people will think, fear of what they’ll say, fear of how we’ll be perceived, fear that we’ll fail,” she said. “My dyslexic shell has been removed,” she said. “I don’t live in fear of it anymore. I have promises to keep and people to inspire.”
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UMES partners with Princeton, UNCF to expand research and innovation New Princeton Alliance for Collaborative Research and Innovation announces five partners institutions The University of Maryland Eastern Shore and four other historically Black institutions announced a partnership this month with Princeton University and the United Negro College Fund to promote research between HBCU faculty and counterparts at the Ivy League school. The projects will be funded by Princeton through its new Princeton Alliance for Collaborative Research and Innovation (PACRI). Teams of Princeton-HBCU researchers are invited to submit proposals by June 30. The aim is to fund multiple collaborative projects annually between Princeton and partnering institutions. “Collaboration is a powerful force for new ideas and creativity in research and scholarship,” Princeton research dean Pablo Debenedetti said. “By creating a mechanism that encourages faculty from Princeton and HBCUs to work together, we hope to spark the creation of new teams of researchers that bring together people with different perspectives, experiences and expertise,” said Debenedetti, the Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science and professor of chemical and biological engineering. “The potential to generate new knowledge and discoveries across a wide range of disciplines is very exciting.” This broad scope of the program, Princeton said, is well suited to the research interests of faculty at a number of the partner institutions, including Spelman and UMES. According to UMES President Heidi M. Anderson, “The majority of our graduates are in STEM fields, and as a Carnegie Designated High Research University, we do significant research; however, our students also benefit from the critical thinking skills gained in the humanities. Working with their peers at Princeton will be a great benefit to all faculty.” “We look forward to the light that will shine on our campus as a result of participating in PACRI and showcasing the exciting work our faculty and students are doing,” Anderson said. Rodney Priestley, Princeton’s vice dean for innovation and a co-leader of the PACRI program, said, “We highly value partnerships at Princeton, whether they are with other academic institutions, industry, governments or nonprofits. We believe these collaborations enable Princeton researchers and innovators to achieve things we cannot achieve alone.” Tod Hamilton, associate professor of sociology and acting director of Princeton’s Office of Population Research, is co-leading PACRI with
Priestley. He notes that research collaborations, particularly those that cross disciplinary and institutional boundaries, are critical to generating cutting-edge insights needed to advance the frontier of knowledge within the academy and broader society. “We all benefit from initiatives that facilitate the exchange of ideas and remove barriers to innovation,” Hamilton said. Princeton worked with UNCF to get the program off the ground, enlisting its assistance to identify partners in this inaugural year. “UNCF is excited to support this groundbreaking initiative connecting Princeton University faculty and research faculty at HBCUs,” said Chad Womack, senior director of UNCF’s National STEM Programs and Initiatives. “PACRI will provide much-needed funding to help establish sustainable research collaborations between Princeton and HBCU faculty across a variety of HBCU campuses,” Womack said. “We expect phenomenal proposals from HBCU research faculty and their Princeton partners, and look forward to helping to build research capacity at each of the esteemed HBCUs participating” in the partnership, Womack said. Dr. LaKeisha Harris, dean of UMES’ School of Graduate Studies and Research, is the university’s PACRI liaison and is encouraging her faculty colleagues to generate proposals that would qualify for collaboration with Princeton counterparts. “UMES faculty, I’m confident, will embrace this opportunity to work with and alongside their peers at Princeton on research ideas important to both institutions,” Harris said. “This will also be a chance to show our students how collaboration can lead to positive results.” Each HBCU sees possibilities in the program that fit its faculty and institutional interests. Princeton’s Hamilton pointed out the new program is not limited to science, technology-engineering, and math; PACRI aims to provide funding across all academic disciplines. “A commitment to the liberal arts is at the core of Princeton University’s mission,” Hamilton said. “Advancing scholarship in the humanities and social sciences is a critical goal of the new alliance.”
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‘Dean’ John Tilghman and alumni Kadeem Turnbull, Sherman Lambert and Freddie Walls
Dr. Heidi M. Anderson and Tiphany Smith
Elijah Harmon
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Arnez Short
Martin Tolson with his dad
Christopher Allen and Michael Fenwick
Dr. Derry Stufft awards Kristen Anderson Thomas her doctoral hood
Zoe Gobourne celebrates her diploma
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once upon a time at umes
‘This proved ... I belong at UMES’ Virtual history project connected one alumni family across generations “UMES: Once Upon A Time” was a buffet of “unknown or little known” stories served up by campus history enthusiasts who drew on findings from an ongoing digitized transformation of the institution’s archives. For one viewer who tuned in to the April 29 presentation delivered virtually via the Internet, it was personal. During the noon-hour presentation about Princess Anne College in the 1940s, alumnus Donnell Pinder (‘06) found four panelists telling the story of a great-great aunt with whom he had only passing knowledge. Devenia Victoria Pinder of Cambridge earned a home economics degree from Princess Anne College in 1943, later returning to her alma mater to become a popular, widely respected faculty member and alumni leader. “Hearing her story made me realize that I had family roots in higher education, which I did not know before,” said Donnell Pinder, who has worked as a mental health counselor at his alma mater since January 2021. The midday panelists opted to tell Princess Anne College’s story by focusing on what the typical week in 1942 would be like for a single student. UMES archives contain course catalogs that also list names of students enrolled during the mid-20th century. (UMES’ first yearbook was not published until 1959.) Dr. Kathryn Barrett-Gaines, an associate professor of history, randomly recommended Devenia Pinder because she was not from the immediate vicinity and remembered a student in one of
her classes long ago by the name of Donnell Pinder. “From Sunday school, to her home economics classes, to her job on the student newspaper, to doing laundry in the dining hall, to jitterbugging with a boyfriend in Kiah gymnasium, to the bus (ride) home on Saturday,” Barrett-Gaines wrote, Devenia Pinder’s “life is a window into the joys and pain of HBCU campus life” in the 1940s.”
(L-R) Student-moderator Ajani Thomas, Norman Tilghman (’66), Peggy Watson Stewart (’70) and Ernest Satchell (’63)
Following the hour-long presentation, Donnell Pinder surprised his former professor with a note thanking her for bringing the details of his great-great aunt’s life to his attention. “I did not know all the accomplishments she had … at the university, and how involved she was,” Pinder said. “I was inspired because I love history. I love education and learning, and I also love helping students succeed.” “This proved to me that I belong at UMES,” he said. The other segments, which can be viewed on Discover UMES’ YouTube channel, featured alumni (above) from the Maryland State College era and the role of the Methodist Episcopal Church in founding UMES in the late 19th century.
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Denim Day 2022
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A MESSAGE FROM UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
The campus community showed its solidarity April 27 by wearing “denim as a visual protest against misconceptions and destructive attitudes about sexual violence” during the Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance’s Denim Day event. Denim Day is rooted in a 1992 decision by the Italian Supreme Court to overturn a rape conviction in a case where an 18-year-old girl was sexually assaulted. The justices said the victim’s jeans were too tight to have been forcefully removed without her assistance, thereby implying consent. The following day, women in Italy’s parliament came to work wearing jeans, a symbolic move to protest the decision and stand in solidarity with the victim. UMES’ Denim Day included a resource fair, a denim fashion show, denim-designing stations, denim displays, free food and music.
UMES alumni often express their affection for their alma mater by generously naming the University as a beneficiary in their estate plans. Dr. Rondall Allen, Provost and OIE Administrative Assistant Shelita AllenCane pose for a photo in their denim attire.
Dr. Courtney Ward-Sutton, an assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation, and her students supported Denim Day in the student Services Center.
Members of UMES Counseling Services were on site as a resource for Denim Day.
Alumni committed to this institution’s future wellbeing may have IRA or other retirement assets that can benefit UMES in perpetuity. Others may own real estate, artwork or have liquid assets that can be passed on to the University in their wills. UMES is grateful to those who have remembered the University in their estate plans and encourages others to let us know if they have done so. We would be delighted to recognize you in the 1886 Hawk Legacy Society, a new way of acknowledging contributions by the institution’s alumni as well as its friends and supporters. If you would like information about joining the Society or how to include UMES in your estate plans, please email dabalcom@umes.edu or call 443-397-0231. David Balcom
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ag scholarships
Farm Credit Foundation awards scholarships to UMES ag majors (L-R) Dr. Moses T. Kairo, dean of the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences; sophomore Aliyah Evans, Charles M. Wright IV, chairman of the Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement; sophomore Makalah Wolfe; President Heidi M. Anderson; and David Balcom, vice president of University Relations. By Gail Stephens
Two University of Maryland Eastern Shore sophomores are the recipients of $10,000 scholarships from the Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement. The awards will assist both in their general agriculture (animal and poultry science concentration) studies and intentions to become veterinarians. Charles M. Wright IV, owner of Wright’s Market in Mardela Springs, Md., visited campus to present the awards to Makalah Wolfe and Aliyah Evans on behalf of Farm Credit. Wright, a UMES general agriculture alumnus (’89) and chairman of the Foundation, traveled a similar path as the awardees and holds an affinity for his alma mater. “It’s my pleasure to be able to give back to UMES,” Wright said. “I look forward to continuing to work with the university, enabling students to pursue careers in the agricultural industry.” Wolfe, a 2020 graduate of Frederick Douglass High School in Upper Marlboro, Md., came to UMES to study criminal justice, but changed majors after considering her options. “My freshman year was eye-opening,” Wolfe said. “I was exposed to various fields that I had not previously considered and developed an interest in pre-veterinary sciences. I reminisced (about) my childhood years and how I found companionship with my pets. My passion lies in caring for animals and ensuring they are happy and healthy, since they provide emotional and therapeutic benefits to people.” Evans’ exuberance for animal science comes through in her varied interests at this point in her studies.
The Springdale, Md. native would like to own a clinic in a geographic area in need of veterinary services, treating exotic, domestic and farm animals. Treating animals in zoological settings is also in the running as is agricultural research. “Animal behavior is something I would like to research as well as animalrelated diseases, such as zoonotic diseases and how Dr. Heidi M. Anderson gives Wright her UMES pin as a sign of his alumni status. to cure them or keep their spread under control,” Evans said. “Being awarded this scholarship will provide my family with some financial relief while assisting me in furthering my education and moving closer to my dream of becoming a veterinarian,” Wolfe said. Evans echoed the sentiment. UMES President Heidi M. Anderson, who presided over the outdoor ceremony, noticed that Wright was not wearing a UMES lapel pin and proceeded to take hers off and pin him. Photos by Todd Dudek
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The Harrys
UMES student-athletes honored for achievements on and away from competition UMES’ athletics department held its annual awards showcase – affectionately known as the ‘The Harrys’ – where student-athletes were honored for excelling in scholarship, sportsmanship and citizenship. On the academic side, 110 student-athletes were singled out for achieving a 3.0 grade point average or better. The softball and men’s basketball squads were honored collectively as “team of scholars” for having the department’s highest GPAs. Women’s and men’s Athlete of the Year: baseball’s Noah Covington was leading the nation in complete games and was his team’s MVP; bowling’s Brooke Roberts earned All-America honors and was her team’s MVP. The baseball team won the Quantum Leap Award for notching 16 wins through mid-May, six more than in the spring of 2019, the last time the Hawks played a full season. The newly created Iron Hawk Award for conditioning went to volleyball’s Derionah Abner, who also won her team’s coach’s award, and track and field’s James Perkins, who was his team’s MVP. Sportsmanship awards: volleyball’s Yazmyne Stewart and baseball’s Tyler Woodward. Amanda Carney of women’s basketball and Perkins earned Citizen Athlete of the Year honors in recognition of contributions to their teams as well as volunteerism in the community. Scholar-Athletes of the year: aviation science major Fasil Amado (men’s cross country) and special education major Mauri Carver, left, (volleyball’s MVP) both carry a perfect 4.0 GPAs. Jason Barthman, UMES’ information technology department, was named the 202122 Hawk of the Year for his efforts and support to the entire athletic department.
2021-22 TEAM AWARDS BASEBALL
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SOFTBALL
VOLLEYBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Ryan Davis MVP: Ryan Howe
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Alexa Beauford COACH’S AWARD: Gabriell Mebane-McLeod MVP: Jayla Carr
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Julia Garcia COACH’S AWARD: McKenzie Abiley MVP: Tatum Kresley
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Charlize Williams
MOST IMPROVED: Kevon Voyles COACH’S AWARD: Donchevell Nugent MVP: Da’Shawn Phillip
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
MOST IMPROVED: Taylor Clayborne ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Zamara Haynes MVP: Ariana Seawell
MOST IMPROVED: Mahki Herring COACH’S AWARD: Ashane Beckford MVP (TRACK): Jahlahnee Watkins MVP (FIELD): Joshua Goslee
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Makenzi Evans MOST IMPROVED: Indya Hansley CO-MVPs: Naomi English & Atinuke Shittu
MOST IMPROVED: Caleb Goslee COACH’S AWARD: Mackel Pierrilus MVP (TRACK): Janoi Brown
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Spencer Settle COACH’S AWARD: Naomi English MOST IMPROVED: Indya Hansley MVP: Atinuke Shittu
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WOMEN’S GOLF
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
WOMEN’S BOWLING
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Logan Kiley MVP: Thabang Moephuli
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR & MVP: Arria Gross
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Shawn Smith COACH’S AWARD: Edwin Kipruto
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Laura Menendez COACH’S AWARD: Asshanni Rob
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Gabriella Ochoa Hubbard COACH’S AWARD: Paulina Torres
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Congratulations to Sydney Carr and Nyah Christen! They will represent the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as 2022 HBCU Scholars through the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Carr (left), the newly crowned Miss UMES 2022-2023, is a junior majoring in construction management technology. Christen is a sophomore majoring in computer engineering. The Key / May 2022
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