FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 8 - 14, 2012

Minority Golf Championships tees off in Florida

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla - The 2012 edition of the PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship will be held this week (May 11-13) at the Tom Fazio-designed Ryder and Wanamaker PGA Courses in Port St. Lucie, Fla.. The 26th edition of the championship is presented by Brown Capital Management and will feature more than 180 participants from 40-plus colleges and universities. The 54-hole, stroke-play event will consist of three team divisions -- NCAA Men's Division I and II, and a Women's Division.. Virginia State, led by men's golf coach Jeff Hamilton, is the defending Division II champion. Other defending team champions returning to the eld include Texas-Pan American (Women's division) and Bethune-Cookman (Division I men's), coached by new head coach Loritz Clark and assisted by Cy McLairen. Each team claimed a fth overall title in 2011. In addition to the team competition, a mens and womens Individual Invitational is open to collegiate golfers who are African-American, Hispanic-American, Native or Alaskan American, Asian or Pacic Island American. Brown Capital Management will mark its second consecutive year as a presenting sponsor. The investment management rm is also the presenting sponsor of the one-hour Golf Channel highlight show scheduled to air this summer. For the 18th consecutive year, the Championship will also include a Business of Golf Career Expo, featuring golf industry associations and companies that enable student-athletes to learn about additional employment opportunities in manufacturing, media, trade, golf course management and the games premier governing bodies. "We always look forward to this National Championship, where we get to watch some of golf's bright young stars compete at our own PGA Golf Club," says PGA President Allen Wronowski. "The playing opportunity, as well as the Business of Golf Career Expo will provide each participant with the chance to express talents both on and off the golf course." The PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship originated from a meeting in November 1986 following the Jackson State University Golf Tournament. The meeting resulted in a group of founders: the late Dr. Herschel Cochrane, Dr. Joe D. Saunders of the National Negro Golf Association; Jackson State University Golf Coach Eddie Payton; Rose Harper-Elder of the Sports Management Institute; and William (Bill) Dickey, founder of the Bill Dickey Scholarship Association and recipient of the 1999 PGA Distinguished Service Award. The founders' goal was to elevate the game of golf in minority colleges and universities by giving each a chance to compete in a championship after being denied opportunities to compete in NCAA Collegiate golf events. The inaugural Championship was conducted in the spring of 1987 at Highland Park Golf Course in Cleveland, Ohio. Since 1998, PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla., has been host to the Championship, and in 2006, The PGA of America was granted complete ownership and management of the Championship by the National Minority College Golf Scholarship Fund.

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SPRING THINGS

TEE TIME: Black college golf teams take to the links for annual PGA-sponsored event.

NEW WOMEN'S HOOPS COACHES AT NC A&T, UAPB; TRACK DOMINANCE IN SWAC, MEAC

UNDER THE BANNER

WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS

GREENSBORO, NC North Carolina A&T has a new head women's basketball coach. Director of Athletics Earl Hilton announced last week that former A&T player and women's assistant coach Tarrell Robinson will head the program. Robinson replaces legendary coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs, who resigned last month to take the VCU Sports Photo head women's basketball coachROBINSON ing position at her alma mater Grambling State University. Robinson, 34, served as an assistant coach to Bibbs for four seasons. Prior to the 2008-09 season, he was promoted to associate head coach. The four-year working relationship resulted in the program's most prosperous era in terms of championships and player accolades. Robinson has spent the previous three seasons at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to the start of the 2011-12 season, he was promoted to associate head coach after serving as the program's recruiting coordinator in 201011. During his rst two seasons at VCU, the Rams earned WNIT bids, including a run to the third round in 2010. After a 9-19 season in 2005-06, Robinson's recruiting efforts helped the Aggies compile a 51-15 record, two MEAC regular-season championships and a MEAC tournament championship from 2007-09. Three current players guard Amber Calvin, forward JaQuayla Berry and center Nikia Gorham were also a part of Robinson's recruiting efforts. Berry is one of the 1,000-point career scorers and all-conference performers recruited by Robinson. Robinson played for the Aggies men's basketball team for four seasons, starting in 1997. He scored more than 900 points and grabbed more than 700 rebounds during his career. As a junior, he led the Aggies in rebounding. "I think he is just the person to replace a coaching legend," Hilton said of Robinson replacing Cage-Biggs. "He worked under Coach Bibbs for a number of years, and therefore is knowledgeable on what it takes to win here. It is important to me that we take what has already been established as one of the best programs in the MEAC, and make it better. I think Coach Robinson can get us there." PINE BLUFF, Ark. Nate Kilbert, the reigning Southwestern Athletic Conference coach-of-the-year who led Mississippi Valley State to the 2011-12 league championship and to a berth in the Women's National Invitation Tournament, has been chosen as the new head coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. MVSU Sports Photo The hiring of Kilbert was anKILBERT nounced at a press conference Friday (May 4) by UAPB athletics director Lonza Hardy Jr. Kilbert, a 49-year-old native of Sallis, Miss., has more than 25 years of coaching experience, including an 11-year stint as MVSU's head coach, his rst stint as a head coach. He also excelled as the assistant women's coach at Alcorn State from 1991 to 2001 and as an assistant coach at MVSU from 1989-91. While at Alcorn State, and working alongside legendary coach Shirley A. Walker, the Lady Braves captured seven SWAC regular-season championships, including ve straight between 1991 and 1995. At MVSU, the Devilettes were runners-up in the 2005 SWAC tournament and last season's team captured the 2011-12 SWAC regular-season championship, earning a berth to the WNIT, where they lost a close contest at Tulane. Kilbert's teams at MVSU also performed well in the classroom, earning SWAC accolades for amassing the highest combined grade point average of any women's basketball team in the conference in 2010-11. Kilbert's tenure at UAPB will start July 1.
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NEW ORLEANS - Grambling State's stranglehold on SWAC Men's Track and Field continued as the Tigers claimed their fourth straight conference title. GSU scored 149.5 points to earn their eighth title overall, earning Bertram Lovell Coach of the Year honors. Alabama State blew away the eld en route to their seventh SWAC Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship. It's the third consecutive title for the Lady Hornets who won the meet on cruise control. ASU piled up 243 points, far outdistancing second place Prairie View who nished the meet with 166 points. Erick Thomas of Arkansas-Pine Bluff scored 24 points to win meet Most Outstanding Performer honors. He nished second in both Discus and Javelin, while coming in fourth in the Hammer Throw and sixth in the Shot Put. On the track, Darwin Price of Grambling claimed top honors with 32 points. He won both 1500m and 3000m Steeplechase, while nishing third in the 800m and 5000m races. Prairie View was second in the team standings, scoring 125 points. Southern (112.5), Texas Southern (103) and Jackson State (91) rounded out the top ve. Alabama State was sixth with 75 points, Mississippi Valley nished seventh with 63, followed by Arkansas-Pine Bluff (48), Alabama A&M (27) and Alcorn State (18). Texas Southern nished third with 98 points, while Mississippi Valley State was fourth with 95 points and Grambling fth with 49 points. Southern led the second ve with 47 points, Arkansas-Pine Bluff was seventh with 34, Alcorn State eighth with 32, Alabama A&M ninth with 28 and Jackson State 10th with 25. The Most Outstanding Performer in the eld events was Shexnieavia Bryant of Alabama State. She totaled 25 points in the eld events, earning 10 points in both the Discus and Hammer Throw, while picking up ve in the Shot Put. Meanwhile, Joyce Chumo of Mississippi Valley State was the Outstanding Track Performer after winning three distance events and nishing third in another. She was the top nisher in the 10000m, 5000m and 3000m Steeplechase and was third in the 1500, totaling 36 points. ASU head coach Ritchie Beane was named women's outdoor Coach of the Year.

Grambling State men, Alabama State women claim SWAC track and eld titles

BCSP Notes

Women's Outdoor title. Maryland Eastern Shore followed in second place with 106 points, followed by North Carolina A&T in third with 84 points. Shamire Rothmiller of South Carolina State tallied 26 points to earn the Outstanding Field Athlete award while Maryland Eastern Shore's Cynthia Anais posted 25 points and was named the Outstanding Runner. Hampton's Maurice Pierce was selected as the Women's Track and Field Outstanding Coach for the eighth time in his career. It was a record setting day as Bethune-Cookman's Sasha Smallwood posted a meet record in the pole vault with a mark of 3.58m (11-09.00). Anais topped her own meet record with a time of 2:05.97 in the 800m run. Kadian Dunkley of Bethune-Cookman ran a time of 11:06.99 in the 3000m steeplechase to earn a new conference record. In men's action, the Norfolk State tallied 145.50 points en route to their seventh consecutive Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship. North Carolina A&T nished in second with 95 points and Bethune-Cookman rounded out the top three with 78 points. Morgan States Emmanuel Stewart recorded 28 points in the eld events and was named Outstanding Field Athlete. NSU's Keith Nkrumah and Florida A&M's Elias Chesire each tallied 20 points on the track to earn Co-Outstanding Runner honors. Delaware States Donte Holmes captured gold in the 800m run breaking a nine-year-old record in 1:48.55. Norfolk State head coach Kenneth Giles was named the Men's Track and Field Outstanding Coach for the seventh year in a row. Bryan Hicks has been named the next athletic director at Alabama A&M University. He succeeds Betty Austin who retired at the end of February. Hicks previously served as Missouri State's associate athletics director for student development. Prior to his arrival in Springeld in August 2009, Hicks spent 12 years at the University of Louisville and ve as assistant athletic director for academics, overseeing the academic responsibilities for the Cardinal football team and stadium computer lab. A college basketball and baseball standout at Hicks Tuskegee University, he received his bachelors degree in marketing from Alabama A&M in 1992 and earned his master's degree in public administration (MPA) from Portland State in 1996. He had served as a compliance coordinator, associate director for academic services, and an academic advisor prior to taking on his role at Louisville in 2003. He also has coaching and multi-cultural admissions experience at Warner Pacic College in Portland, Ore.

Hicks takes over as Alabama A&M AD

GREENSBORO, N.C., The Hampton women's and Norfolk State men's track and eld teams won the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the Irwin Belk Track on the campus of North Carolina A&T State. The Hampton women tallied 136 points to win their ninth MEAC

Hampton women, Norfolk State men continue dominance in MEAC Track & Field

MVSU'S KILBERT MOVES TO UAPB:

BLACK COLLEGES IN NCAA SPRING SPORTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

NCAA DIV. II SOFTBALL CIAA Champion Winston-Salem State lost to Kutztown, 1-0, in the rst round of the Atlantic Regional in Kutztown. The Lady Rams (32-19) were eliminated in a 6-1 loss to Indiana (Pa.). NCAA DIV. I GOLF The SWAC champion Alabama State Hornets will head to Bowling Green, Ky. to play in the NCAA Men's Regional on May 17-19. The Tournament will be played at The Club at Olde Stone with Western Kentucky as host. SWAC Medalist Clay Myers of Jackson State will play in the Athens Ga. Regional. SWAC women's champion Jackson State is one of 24 teams playing in the NCAA West Regional at the Colorado National Golf Club in Erie, Co. on May 10-12. NCAA DIV. II GOLF CIAA champion Fayetteville State shot a team total of 324 and was in 13th place after Monday's rst day of the NCAA Div. II Atlantic/East Super Regional in Hershey, Pa. The Broncos are 11 shots behind fth-place Concord. The top ve teams advance to the NCAA Championship in Louisville, Ky later this month. FSU junior Jacob Barge shot a 6-over-par 77 and was in a tie for 14th after the rst round. NCAA DIV. II TENNIS SIAC men's champion Fort Valley State fell to West Alabama, 5-0 and was eliminated in the rst round of the NCAA Regional in Pensacola, Fla. CIAA women's champion Shaw defeated West Virginia State 5-1 for its rst-ever win in NCAA Regionals. The Lady Bears (26-2) advanced to the nals of the NCAA but were eliminated in the by California (Pa.), 5-0, CIAA men's champion Shaw advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16, the National Tournament after beating Bloomsburg (5-4) in the Regional Final. The tournament is set for Louisville, Ky. on May 16-19. NCAA DIV. I TENNIS Women's MEAC champion SC State (19-0) will take on host and defending national champion Florida (21-1) on Friday, May. 11. The MEAC men's champion SC State (20-2) will meet SEC champion Georgia (23-2) in the Georgia Regional Saturday, May 12 at noon. SWAC men's champion Alcorn State heads to Starkville, Miss. to face Mississippi State in the rst round on Friday, May 11. SWAC women's champion Southern travels to Oxford, Ms. and will face host Ole Miss on Friday, May 11.

2012 BLACK COLLEGE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL

(Standings and Weekly Honors)

SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE DIV ALL

BASEBALL NORTH

MEAC

Delaware State Norfolk State Md. Eastern Shore Coppin State

SOUTH

MID EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CONF ALL W L W L

20 11 10 0

1 9 11 20

31 17 11 1

14 26 34 45 20 30 29 33 40

SOFTBALL NORTH

MEAC

Bethune-Cookman NC Central Savannah State NC A&T State Florida A&M

16 13 10 9 5

4 10 11 12 16

28 17 18 15 7

Delaware State Coppin State Norfolk State Hampton Howard Morgan State Md. Eastern Shore
SOUTH

MID EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CONF ALL W L W L

14 13 12 9 8 6 0 12 11 10 7 3 1

3 5 6 9 10 12 17 3 4 4 8 12 13

25 20 23 22 11 12 0

16 20 23 31 36 23 33

MEAC SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT May 10-12 Ormond Beach Sports Complex Ormond Beach, Fla MEAC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT May 16-20 Marty Miller Field Norfolk, Va. SWAC SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Shea Brothers Softball Complex May 10-13 - Irondale, AL SWAC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Lee Hines Field May 16-20 - Baton Rouge, LA

BASEBALL EAST

SWAC

Jackson State Alabama State Alcorn State Miss. Valley St. Alabama A&M
WEST

21 14 14 10 1 17 15 13 8 6
W

3 10 10 14 23 7 8 11 15 18
L

32 20 17 14 8 31 24 21 23 8
W

13 32 32 35 42 14 22 23 24 37
L

SOFTBALL EAST

SWAC

SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE DIV ALL

Miss. Valley St. Jackson State Alabama A&M Alabama State Alcorn State
WEST

16 12 7 7 2 13 10 6 5 4
W

0 4 10 10 14 3 6 11 12 12
L

30 29 12 12 8 27 19 8 11 7
W

17 26 25 36 38 13 17 34 25 34
L

MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Carter Williamson, So., C, NCCU - Hit .400 with two runs and three RBI in three Eagle victories. Also had three assists and seven putouts. In second game was 2-for-3 with an RBI. PITCHER Montana Durapau, P, B-CU - Had 1-1 week with 1.00 ERA against FIU and Miami. Held FIU to seven hits, walking one and strking out four. Vs. Miami, did not allow a hit and struck out four in three innings. ROOKIE Brandon Wilkerson, Fr., DH, NC A&T - Had a triple and three RBI in ve games. Was 5-for-7 ina doubleheader vs. Savannah State in two wins.

Savannah State Bethune-Cookman Florida A&M NC A&T State SC State NC Central

24 26 24 14 14 4

22 29 27 30 29 44

Southern Prairie View A&M Grambling State Texas Southern Ark. Pine Bluff

Texas Southern Prairie View A&M Ark. Pine Bluff Grambling State Southern

MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER - Madison Headley, Jr., 1B/P, SSU - Hit .500 in 12 appearances with 1 home run, a double and four RBI in three wins. Also pitched 10 innings with 0.70 ERA, allowing one run with 12 strikeouts. PITCHER - Casey Beighley, Sr., P, DSU - Was 1-0 with 0.00 ERA in seven innings. Stuck out 10, gave up one hit in six scoreless innings vs. UMES. ROOKIE - Amber Halman, Fr., 3B, SSU - Was 5-for-9 (.556) with one triple and four runs in three games.

SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK HITTER NA PITCHER NA

SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Diana Prada, 3B, MVSU - Was 6-for-9 (.667) with a home run, double and three RBI and three runs scored in 4-0 week. Devilettes swept Alabama State in three games and defeated Ole MIss, 4-1. PITCHER Alicia Lorenz, Jr., MVSU - Had two complete games in 20 innings with 13 strikeouts while giving up 15 hits, six runs and ve walks.