Mississippi Valley State Unveils Plans To Expand Athletic Complex

By on May 24, 2013 in News

ITTA BENA – Mississippi Valley State unveiled its plans Thursday morning to renovate and expand the R.W. Harrison HPER Complex. The renovation of the existing facility will consist of exterior repairs, life safety upgrades and accessibility upgrades. The HPER Complex, which is the home site for MVSU volleyball and basketball games, has not been renovated [...]

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Dillard Lady Bleu Devils 4×100 Relay Team Advance to NAIA Final

By on May 23, 2013 in Olympic Sports

(Marion, IN) The women’s 4×100 Meter Relay Team for Dillard University qualified for Saturday’s final after finishing second in their heat with a time of 47.67 in Marion, Indiana at the 33rd Annual NAIA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Championships on the campus of Indiana Wesleyan University. The team is comprised of senior Jonquil [...]

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Football: Four All-SWAC Selections Named to 2013 CFPA Watch List

By on May 22, 2013 in Football

Four players from last season’s All-Southwestern Athletic Conference Football Team were named to the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) 2013 FCS Watch List. Dray Joseph (QB – Southern), Lee Doss (WR – Southern), Ladarius Eckwood (WR – Arkansas-Pine Bluff) and Isaiah Crowell (RB – Alabama State) were named to CFPA Watch List for their respective [...]

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Dr. Cavil’s HBCU Major Division Baseball Poll – (5/21/13)

By on May 21, 2013 in Baseball, Polls

The Dr. Cavil’s HBCU Major Division Baseball Top 10, with number of first-place votes, c = Conference record, O = Overall record in parentheses, total points, previous ranking, and next opponent: Name—————————C-/-O-Records–1PV-Points-PWR–Last Game-Next Game-(05-19-13–05-26-13) 1.  Savannah State Tigers——-(33-22, 17-7)–(4)—96—-1—(Won MEAC Tournament Championship over Bethune-Cookman Wildcats,(G1:3-1;G2:21-11;G3:14-7;G4:1-0), Next Weekend Series Open) 1.  Jackson State Tigers——–(34-20, 19-5)–(4)—96—-3—(Won SWAC [...]

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Persistence pays off for Jackson State’s Omar Johnson

By on May 20, 2013 in Baseball, The Blog

For all his success during individual seasons the last seven years — five 30-win seasons, a better  than .700 winning percentage in the SWAC, guiding a team that led the conference in batting average and stolen bases — was empty without a conference championship for Jackson State head baseball coach Omar Johnson. On Sunday, all that changed after [...]

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Jackson State Wins 2013 SWAC Baseball Tournament

By on May 19, 2013 in Baseball, SWAC

FT. WORTH, Texas – The Jackson State baseball team won its 15th Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship by beating the Prairie View A&M Panthers 6-2 Sunday at LaGrave Field. With the win JSU (34-20) picks up its first conference championship since 2000. The title is also the first for head coach Omar Johnson at Jackson State. [...]

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Southern University Awards 42 Student Athletes With Degrees

By on May 17, 2013 in News

BATON ROUGE - Southern University awarded degrees to 42 student-athletes during its fall commencement exercises in the F.G. Clark Activity Center Friday morning. Among the 42 students to receive degrees was four-time SWAC women tennis champion and the 2013 Player of the Year Demetria Woods, who is joined by her teammate Lois Alexis. Former Southern basketball [...]

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Alabama A&M Hires Semeka Randall As New Women’s Basketball Head Coach

By on May 17, 2013 in Basketball, W Basketball

Normal, AL – Director of Athletics, Bryan Hicks, announced the hiring today of Semeka Randall as the new Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Alabama A&M University. She is slated to begin her new duties effective immediately. Ms. Randall is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2000 with a [...]

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Dr. Cavil’s HBCU Major Division Baseball Poll – (5/14/13)

By on May 15, 2013 in Polls

The Dr. Cavil’s HBCU Major Division Baseball Top 10, with number of first-place votes, c = Conference record, O = Overall record in parentheses, total points, previous ranking, and next opponent: Name—————————C-/-O-Records–1PV-Points-PWR–Last Game-Next Game-(05-12-13–05-19-13) 1.  Savannah State Tigers——-(29-22, 17-7)–(3)—96—-2—(Won Game,(1-0), over N. C. A & T State Aggies,(G1:7-5;G2:N/A,G3:N/A), Next Weekend Series at-MEAC Tournament) 2.  Bethune-Cookman [...]

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SWAC Announces 2013 All-SWAC Baseball Team

By on May 14, 2013 in Baseball, SWAC

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – To cap the 2013 baseball regular season, Arkansas-Pine Bluff junior shortstop Isias Alcantar headlines this year’s post season honors as the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year. Alabama State sophomore pitcher, T.J. Renda, was tabbed Pitcher of the Year while Grambling State senior outfield specialist, Darren Farmer, received Hitter of the [...]

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