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• HBCU Baseball Conference Champion Face-Off ends in split

  Created: Sat May 28, 2011 - 10:39pm

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Saturday’s matchup at Bethune Point Park was just as billed, a tough matchup between the top two teams in HBCU baseball. Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) champion Alcorn State traveled to Florida in a late-addition game to...

• FVSU’s Oglesby Triples as NCAA Triple Jump Champion

  Created: Sat May 28, 2011 - 12:39pm

  In last night’s NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships held at the Al Brenda Track on the campus of the University of California Stanislaus, Fort Valley State University’s Antoinette Oglesby pushed back a challenge from Amanda Ouedraogo of Abile...

• MEAC and SWAC Baseball Champions set for Saturday Face-Off

  Created: Fri May 27, 2011 - 12:09am

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - In a dream matchup for black college baseball fans, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion Bethune-Cookman Wildcats will take on the Alcorn State Braves, titleholder from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). In a...

• MEAC announces Hampton women and Norfolk State men as 2011 All-Sports Award Winners

  Created: Thu May 26, 2011 - 10:33pm

  NORFOLK, Va., May 26, 2011 - Hampton University won its tenth consecutive Mary McLeod Bethune-Cookman Women’s All-Sports Award and Norfolk State University captured its seventh consecutive Talmadge Layman Hill Men’s Award, the league announced on Wedn...

• Howard women's basketball selected for 2011 Preseason WNIT

  Created: Thu May 26, 2011 - 4:48pm

  The 16-team field for the 2011 Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament was announced today and Howard's Lady Bison are in the mix. Top 10 teams Baylor, Notre Dame, and UCLA headline the field that also includes Akron, Chattanooga, Detroit, Dre...

• Alabama A&M promotes Willie Hayes to head men's basketball coach

  Created: Thu May 26, 2011 - 4:20pm

  NORMAL, AL -- Alabama A&M University has promoted assistant coach Willie Hayes to be the next head coach in the Bulldog men’s basketball program. He had been an assistant coach at A&M for the past 16 years.Hayes A former point guard for the Bulldogs fr...

• Morehouse, Fort Valley State take SIAC All-Sports Trophies

  Created: Thu May 26, 2011 - 8:37am

  Morehouse College and Fort Valley State University have captured SIAC men's and women's All-Sports Awards for the 2010-2011 season.  This was the Maroon Tigers' fourth consecutive All-Sports trophy and their fifth in the last seven years.  For F...

• Southwestern Athletic Conference Official Statement on APR Release

  Created: Wed May 25, 2011 - 12:00pm

  Birmingham, Ala. – The Southwestern Athletic Conference is committed to the success of its student-athletes, both athletically and academically. The conference is aware of the APR findings from the NCAA, not only in the penalty phase released Tuesday, b...

• Winston-Salem State sweeps CIAA All-Sports Awards

  Created: Wed May 25, 2011 - 8:53am

  NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Winston-Salem State University Department of Athletics ended the 2010-11 year in style, earning several awards Tuesday at the 2011 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Awards Program at the Newport News Marriott at ...

• So what does all this APR staff really mean?

  Created: Wed May 25, 2011 - 7:54am

  Commentary by ALVIN HOLLINS JR. Now that the NCAA has released this year’s Academic Progress Rate or APR report, we once again find some Division One HBCU athletic programs struggling to stay afloat in this most crucial area of athletic operations.&nbs...

• Twelve HBCU football and basketball teams lose scholarships, four hit with postseason bans

  Created: Tue May 24, 2011 - 8:54pm

  By ALVIN HOLLINS JR. The NCAA released its’ annual Academic Progress Rate (APR) report on all Division One conference members and independents Tuesday afternoon and for several HBCU football and men’s basketball teams, the returns were not good. ...

• NCAA working with HBCUs to clear APR barriers

  Created: Tue May 24, 2011 - 6:56pm

  By Michelle Brutlag Hosick NCAA.org The 2011 release of Academic Progress Rate data revealed that Historically Black Colleges and Universities continue to struggle with the academic metric that measures the eligibility and retention of student-athletes a...

• Alabama State coaching changes announced

  Created: Tue May 24, 2011 - 2:49pm

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Longtime Alabama State Head Baseball Coach Larry Watkins has stepped down to take an administrative position within the Athletic Department, Athletic Director Stacy Danley announced Tuesday. In other coaching moves, Head Volleyba...

• Black College Baseball names Edward Waters Div II/NAIA Champ for 2011

  Created: Tue May 24, 2011 - 3:34am

  2011 will go into the history books for the Edward Waters program. The Tigers participated in the NAIA Tournament for the first time in the program history after a dominating performance in the NAIA Unaffilated Tournament. Head Coach Melvin Marshall ...

• Stillman's baseball season ends at NCAA South Regional

  Created: Mon May 23, 2011 - 5:33pm

  May 19, 2011: West Florida 10, Stillman 1 PENSACOLA, FL – The University of West Florida baseball team defeated Stillman 10-1 on Thursday in the opening round at the NCAA South Regional. The UWF offense looked fresh after the two week layoff, following...

• Alcorn Braves win SWAC Baseball Championship for first time in school history

  Created: Sun May 22, 2011 - 8:31pm

  Shreveport, La. - For the first time in school history, Alcorn State is celebrating a SWAC baseball championship. The Braves continued their offensive assault on the rest of the teams in the tournament with a 12-6 victory over Southern in Sunday’s champ...

• Alcorn President wants a return to 'Soul Bowl', Appoints committee to study withdrawing from Capital City Classic

  Created: Sun May 22, 2011 - 8:25am

  Alcorn, State, Mississippi – In response to recent media reports concerning Alcorn State University's future involvement with the Capital City Classic, Dr. M Christopher Brown II, 18th President of Alcorn, announced his intention to return to a home-and...

• Jackson State finishes 14th in NCAA Men's Golf Regional

  Created: Sun May 22, 2011 - 8:05am

  OCALA, Florida - The Jackson State men's golf team completed the final round of the 2011 NCAA Southeast Regional in Ocala, Florida finishing in 14th place. The University of Florida hosted the event at the Golden Ocala Golf Course. After shaving 14 strok...

• Bethune-Cookman wins 2011 MEAC Baseball Crown

  Created: Sat May 21, 2011 - 8:46pm

  Daytona Beach, Fla., - Bethune-Cookman University won the 2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Baseball Championship title with a 9-3 victory over the Norfolk State Spartans at Jackie Robinson Ballpark on Saturday afternoon. The championship c...

• Jackson State and Bethune-Cookman eliminated from NCAA Softball Tournament

  Created: Sat May 21, 2011 - 8:41pm

  Chattanooga 8, Jackson State 1 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Chattanooga Mocs beat Jackson State 8-1, eliminating the Tigers in game four of the 2011 NCAA Softball Tuscaloosa Regional being held at the Rhoads Softball Complex this weekend. The game was scorele...