UNDER THE BANNER
What's Going On In and Around Black College Sports
NEW TRACK COACH AT SCSU: Tyree Price, a former triple jumper at South Carolina State, has
been named men's and women's track and field coach
at his alma mater. Price, head coach at Fort Valley State
for the past four seasons and a former assistant at
Morris Brown, replaces Ernest Tiché
who has served in the position the past eleven
seasons. Price was a three-time All-MEAC triple jumper for the
Bulldogs under Tiché said he was happy to be returning to his
alma mater as track coach. At FVSU, Price has produced a number
of Division II track and field All-Americans and guided
the school to several top finishes at the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Cross Country and
Track and Field Championships and NCAA Division II
Championships. Price has coached sixteen (16) Div. II track
All-Americans, including the South Regional Female Athlete
of the Year twice. And, twice, he has earned Coach of the
Year honors in the SIAC.
CARR TO LEAD ECSU HOOPS: Elizabeth City
State announced last week the appointment of
Antionette Carr as the head women's basketball
coach. Coach Carr comes to ECSU after 13 years at
Norfolk State where she most recently served as
the associate head coach. Her main duties at NSU included the
development of post players and recruiting. Ironically, Carr
is going to ECSU while ECSU's former head coach,
Tara Owens, takes over the program at NSU. With Carr as a member of
the coaching staff, the Spartans won the school's first ever
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) tournament title
and subsequently their first bid to the NCAA Division I
Basketball Tournament in 2002. Carr played basketball at
Campbell from 1982-86 and earned first-team NAIA
All-American honors her junior and senior seasons. She graduated
from Campbell as the school's all-time leader in points
(1,597) and rebounds (1,028). She was honored as CU's
Outstanding Female Athlete and basketball MVP three times. Carr is
also the only female athlete in Campbell history to have
her jersey retired. She was also a four-year letterwinner
in softball. She was inducted into the Campbell Athletic
Hall of Fame in 1996. After graduating, Carr remained at
Campbell as a graduate assistant basketball coach and head
softball coach. She also served as an assistant at ECSU in 1992-93.
SOUTHERN'S LEWIS HITS FOR CYCLE: Former Southern University star Fred Lewis made headlines this week when he hit for the cycle soon after being called up to the Major Leagues by the San Francisco Giants. Lewis, 26, four days after being called up from Triple A Fresno, became the 22nd player in Gaints' history to hit for the cycle. He went 5-for-6 Sunday against the Colorado Rockies in a 15-2 Giants' win. Lewis is just the fourth major leaguer in history to hit his first home run as part of a cycle. Lewis accomplished the feat in only his 16th major league game, and just his fourth start. Batting in the leadoff position, Lewis doubled in the first inning. He then hit a 1-0 pitch over the left-field wall for a home run in the fourth, had a run-scoring triple in the fifth, and a single in the seventh. Lewis' last hit was another single later in the seventh. "Fred has so many skills, both at the plate and in the field," said Giants Manager, Bruce Bochy. "He is something special and will only get better with time." The left-handed hitting speedster from Hattiesburg, Ms., was the Giants second-round pick in 2002 (66th overall) after a standout career at Southern. He hit .406 for the Jaguars in 2002 and was named a second-team all-SWAC performer. Lewis had gone 5-for-11, a perfect 3-for-3 as a pinch hitter, in a Sept. '06 call-up to the Giants. Lewis had a breakout year last year at Fresno, batting .276 with 20 doubles, 11 triples, 12 home runs, 57 RBIs and 18 stolen bases.
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