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SWAC Tournament Women: #7 Alabama State 50, #2 Prairie View A&M 48

SWAC Tournament Women: #7 Alabama State 50, #2 Prairie View A&M 48

Shanice Merritt’s layup with 1:18 to play gave #7 seed Alabama State a 50-48 win over #2 seed Alabama State in the opening game of the 2010 Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament.
Alabama State (12-16) advances to Friday’s semifinal where it will play the winner of Alabama A&M-Alcorn State. Prairie View A&M (15-13), was the defending [...]

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Alabama A&M Claims 2010 SWAC Bowling Title

Alabama A&M Claims 2010 SWAC Bowling Title

Bulldogs’ DeCarlo named Tournament MVP
BOSSIER CITY, LA – With a 4-0 sweep of Prairie View A&M, top-seeded Alabama A&M was crowned the 2010 SWAC Women’s Bowling Champion on Sunday at Holiday Lanes.
In the first game the Bulldogs collected two strikes and 10 spares to post a 180-140 win over PV. The second game was highlighted [...]

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2010 SWAC Bowling All-Conferance Honors Announced

2010 SWAC Bowling All-Conferance Honors Announced

AAMU’s Pointer named Bowler of the Year; Veney named top Freshman
BOSSIER CITY, LA – Alabama A&M’s Addileen Pointer and Cynthia Veney earned top honors as the 2010 SWAC All-Conference Bowling teams were announced. Pointer was named SWAC Bowler of the Year, and Veney named Freshman of the Year.
Pointer posted a 191.9 average in 28 games [...]

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Bulldogs, Lady Panthers to meet for SWAC Bowling Championship

Bulldogs, Lady Panthers to meet for SWAC Bowling Championship

BOSSIER CITY, LA – Top seed Alabama A&M will face #4 seed Prairie View A&M in the Championship match of the 2010 SWAC Bowling Championship at Holiday Lanes.
The championship match will be played at 1 p.m. Sunday and will air tape-delay on ESPNU Friday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. CT. One-loss Prairie View A&M [...]

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Prairie View A&M Bowling Advances to Swac Championship Finals

Prairie View A&M Bowling Advances to Swac Championship Finals

BOSSIER CITY, La. – The Prairie View A&M bowling team advanced to the finals of the 2010 SWAC Bowling Championship tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. in Bossier City, La. at Holiday Lanes.
The Lady Panthers advanced to the championship round the hard way as they began the day with a 4-1 win over Jackson State but [...]

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Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced

Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced

BOSSIER CITY, LA – The pairings have been set in next week’s Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament as the Southern Jaguars will be the top women’s seed and the Jackson State Tigers will be the top men’s seed.
The 2010 Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament will be played March 10-13 at CenturyTel Center in Shreveport/Bossier City [...]

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Swac Basketball Players of the Week (Feb 23)

Swac Basketball Players of the Week (Feb 23)

WOMEN
CO-PLAYER
G Katrich Williams, Alabama A&M; 5-8, SR; Chattanooga, TN
Williams averaged 21.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals as the Bulldogs posted two wins last week. With the wins the Bulldogs are currently tied for second place in the SWAC standings. This is Williams’ third Player of the Week honor this season.
G Dominique Smith, [...]

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2010 SWAC Baseball Preseason All-Conferance Team Announced

2010 SWAC Baseball Preseason All-Conferance Team Announced

Alcorn State’s Gonzalez, Southern’s Maloy voted top honors;
Jaguars picked to repeat as champions
BIRMINGHAM – The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2010 baseball preseason honors Thursday, with Alcorn State 1B Eduardo Gonzalez named Preseason Player of the Year, and Southern’s Jarrett Maloy the Preseason Pitcher of the Year.
Southern, the 2009 Champions, was picked to repeat as [...]

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Prairie View A&M Baseball to Feature New Look in 2010

Prairie View A&M Baseball to Feature New Look in 2010

This time last year, the world was spinning nearly 100 miles per hour for Prairie View A&M University head baseball coach Waskyla Cullivan. After participating in the SWAC Tournament Championship for the fourth consecutive season in 2008, the dynamics of the Prairie View A&M baseball program changed drastically in the summer as former head coach [...]

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SWAC Women's and Men's Basketball Notes - Feb. 17

SWAC Women’s and Men’s Basketball Notes – Feb. 17

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEADLINES
•What’s On Tap: Heading into week #8 of SWAC women’s basketball action, nine rematches are scheduled including a matchup between #2 Southern and #3 Alabama A&M. Sitting just a half game out of first place, the Lady Jaguars are on the hunt for the #1 spot in the standings. The Bulldogs, who are [...]

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SWAC Basketball Players of the Week - Feb. 16

SWAC Basketball Players of the Week – Feb. 16

WOMEN
CO-PLAYER
G Katrich Williams, Alabama A&M; 5-8, SR; Chattanooga, TN
Williams tallied 22 points, five steals, three assists and two rebounds in the Bulldogs’ 73-63 win over archrival Alabama State last Saturday. Williams currently leads the conference in scoring, averaging 18.2 points per game. This is her second Player of the Week honor this season.
F Hannah Kador, [...]

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SWAC Women's and Men's Basketball Notes - Feb. 10

SWAC Women’s and Men’s Basketball Notes – Feb. 10

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEADLINES
•What’s On Tap: With the 2009 Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament tipping-off in one month, excitement continues to build in SWAC women’s basketball action as teams vie for positioning in the standings and try to ensure a trip to Shreveport next month. Games to watch for in week #7 will be the [...]

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Prairie View Football Signs 20 On Day One

Prairie View Football Signs 20 On Day One

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – A total of 20 student-athletes have signed national letters of intent to play football for the 2009 SWAC Football Champion Prairie View A&M University on Wednesday.
Seven states were represented in the 2010 football signing class with the team’s home state of Texas leading the way with 11 signees while California, Illinois [...]

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American Urban Radio Networks Announces The 2009 SBN Sports Black College All-American Team

American Urban Radio Networks Announces The 2009 SBN Sports Black College All-American Team

(Pittsburgh, PA – January 14, 2010) –American Urban Radio Networks is proud to announce the 2009 SBN Sports Black College All-American (BCAA) Team. The 25 member team is comprised of student-athletes from the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and they will be honored during the 36th Annual BCAA Awards Weekend February 12-14, 2010, at [...]

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Prairie View A&M To Celebrate 2009 Football Championship

Prairie View A&M To Celebrate 2009 Football Championship

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – Thousands of Panther fans are expected to fill the historic Blackshear Stadium on Tuesday, Jan. 19 to celebrate Prairie View A&M University’s first SWAC football title in 45 years. Beginning at 12:30 p.m., the University marching band and cheerleaders will escort players and coaching staff through campus to Blackshear Stadium where [...]

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Prairie View A&M's Henry Frazier and Four SWAC Defensive Standouts Earn College Sporting News All-American Team

Prairie View A&M’s Henry Frazier and Four SWAC Defensive Standouts Earn College Sporting News All-American Team

11 others earn Honorable Mention honors
SWAC Coach of the Year Henry Frazier and SWAC Defensive Player of the Year DE Christian Anthony are among 16 Conference representatives on the College Sporting News 2009 FCS Fabulous Fifty All-American Team.
Frazier, head coach of the 2009 SWAC Football Champion Prairie View A&M Panthers, was named Coach of the [...]

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Six SWAC Players Earn Sports Network FCS All-AmericaHonors

Six SWAC Players Earn Sports Network FCS All-AmericaHonors

Grambling State DE Christian Anthony and Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff KR Mareo Howard highlight the list of six SWAC players named to the Sports Network FCS All-America football team.
Anthony and Howard each earned first-team All-America. Anthony’s GSU teammate, PR Kiare Thompson, earned second-team All-America. WR Juamorris Stewart and FS Jason House of Southern, and SS Anthony [...]

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PVAMU's Frazier Named Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year

PVAMU’s Frazier Named Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year

CHATTANOOGA, TN – Prairie View A&M head football coach Henry Frazier was voted the Eddie Robinson FCS National Coach of the Year at the 23rd annual Sports Network Football Championship Awards Banquet Thursday night.
Frazier became the first coach from a Historically Black College and University to win the Eddie Robinson Award, established in 1987 in [...]

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South Carolina State Wins SBN National Black Championship

South Carolina State Wins SBN National Black Championship

(Pittsburgh, PA) – The South Carolina State University Bulldogs have captured the 2009 SBN Sports Black College National Football Championship. The Bulldogs posted a 10-2 record on the way to winning The SBN Jake Gaither National Championship Trophy for the first time since 1981.
Grambling State was the preseason favorite to repeat as SBN National Champions while [...]

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Prairie View's Black, Grambling's Anthony Named SWAC Players Of The Year

Prairie View’s Black, Grambling’s Anthony Named SWAC Players Of The Year

Prairie View A&M QB K.J. Black and Grambling State DE Christian Anthony headline the 2009 Southwestern Athletic Conference All-Conference Football Team announced Wednesday.
Black was selected as the Offensive Player of the Year, and Anthony was voted the Defensive Player of the Year. Texas Southern QB Arvell Nelson was voted the Newcomer of the Year, and [...]

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SWAC Basketball Players of the Week - Dec. 1

SWAC Basketball Players of the Week – Dec. 1

WOMEN

G Candice Thomas, Prairie View A&M; 5-9, SR; Waco, TX
Thomas averaged 16.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.6 steals in three games for the Lady Panthers last week.
Thomas had her high-point game of the week against Texas-Arlington, scoring 20 points with five rebounds, two steals and two blocks in a 65-58 win. Thomas was [...]