Duck Joins Chowan's Women Basketball Coaching Staff

MURFREESBORO -- The Chowan University athletic department along with Associate Athletic Director/Head Women's Basketball Coach Patrick Mashuda announced the addition of Dominique Duck to the women's basketball coaching staff.  Duck enters her first season with the Hawks and serves as the Assistant Women's Basketball Coach. 

Mashuda noted, "We are blessed to find such a quality person with a true passion for the game.  Dominique brings with her outstanding experience as a player at Western Kentucky as well as her time as a coach in the Western PA Bruins AAU program.  I believe we have two young coaching superstars working with our program". 

Duck added, "I am extremely excited to work with Coach Mashuda and to be part of the Chowan Hawks family.  I look forward to this upcoming season and to bringing my passion and love for the game of basketball with me every day to work". 

Prior to coming to Chowan, Duck gained coaching experience in the youth basketball arena.  She has served as head coach for the Western PA Bruins tenth and fifth grade AAU teams, respectively, and has also served as Assistant Coach/Head Junior Varsity Coach at Penn Hills High School and the Pittsburgh Obama Academy.  At each stop, Duck worked to mentor youth basketball players while teaching them fundamentals of the game, sportsmanship, teamwork and discipline. 

Duck served as a graduate assistant at Slippery Rock University from 2010-2011 where she assisted in opponent scouting, developed practice plans, monitored student-athlete academic progress and aided the coaches' recruiting efforts. 

Duck competed as a women's basketball student-athlete at Western Kentucky University.  She served as a team captain for two seasons and was named Sun Belt Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player in 2008.  Duck concluded her collegiate playing career as the No. 16 scorer in Western Kentucky program history with 1,344 points while setting the school record for career games played (137), tied for third in games started (121) and was ranked seventh in blocked shots (113). She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies from Western Kentucky University.  The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native resides in Murfreesboro.  

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Clemons Joins NSU Spartans Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff

C.J. CLEMONS
ASSISTANT MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH
NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY

NORFOLK, Virginia --  The Norfolk State athletics department announced today that local native and Norfolk State graduate Carlton "C.J." Clemons has joined the Spartan men's basketball program as an assistant coach.

Clemons arrives at NSU after spending two seasons as the head coach of Bryant & Stratton College in Virginia Beach. A graduate of Salem High School, Clemons brings extensive knowledge of Hampton Roads basketball after spending time at Booker T. Washington High in Norfolk and coaching with the Boo Williams 17 and under AAU team.

"Adding C.J. to our program was a huge accomplishment," said NSU head coach Robert Jones. "He has a big presence in Virginia basketball and especially in the 757 community. He will immediately strengthen our recruiting ties in the area. As an NSU grad, he possesses a special Spartan passion. He is a great basketball mind, and I look forward to working with him."

In addition to his coaching duties at Norfolk State, Clemons will serve as the liaison for the athletics compliance department, supervise the team's student managers, help run the program's summer camps, and handle all of the team's community outreach initiatives. Because of his extensive ties in the area, Clemons will also be in charge of local recruiting.

He led Bryant & Stratton, a Division II member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), to a two-year record of 38-16 during the program's first two years of existence beginning in 2013-14. The Bobcats advanced to the NJCAA Region 10 semifinals in 2015 on the way to averaging 78 points per game and finishing as the No. 13 ranked team in NJCAA D-II.

Before joining Bryant & Stratton, Clemons spent time as the junior varsity head coach and assistant varsity coach at Booker T. Washington HS from 2008-13. Prior to his start with NSU, he coached with the Boo Williams 17 and under AAU team from 2009-15, including the final three years as the head coach. Clemons also coached with the S.M.A.R.T. Athletes Basketball Camp, run by former Spartan Kyle O'Quinn, from 2012-15.

Clemons graduated from Norfolk State in May 2005 with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies. His hiring completes NSU's coaching staff after the appointment of Kevin Jones as an assistant coach earlier this month.

 

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Savannah State University security remains heightened; Deal comments; GBI says killer still unknown

SAVANNAH, Georgia -- As Savannah State University President Cheryl Dozier took the podium in front of Hill Hall late Friday morning, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation forensics truck was parked in front of the school’s police department.

“The Savannah State University family is grieving today,” she told reporters and faculty members in the wake of the Thursday night slaying of 22-year-old student Christopher Starks on campus. “Each of our students’ lives are precious and valued. It is a sad day any time a life is taken by senseless violence, and this is a particularly sad day for the Savannah State University family.”

Starks, a junior from Stone Mountain, died at Memorial University Medical Center after being shot at 9:15 p.m. during a fight in the university’s Student Union, said Cathy Sapp, the special agent in charge of the GBI’s local office.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Starks was an aspiring musician who started his college career at Appalachian State University on a football scholarship.



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WSSU Rams' Johnson doing it all on special teams

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Just about every day, Winston-Salem State’s Will Johnson gets asked a simple question by fellow students.

“So, do you play on the baseball team?”

And Johnson, who is white, usually answers with a no, but sometimes he can’t resist.

“A few times I’ve said: ‘Yes, I’m a pitcher,’” he said with a smile.

That’s how life is for a kicker on the Rams’ football team.

Johnson is one of the more valuable players this season because he’s a rarity. He’s an actual returning starter for a team that lost close to 35 players off a 9-2 team from a year ago.

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Meet the Hampton Pirates Set for Saturday

HAMPTON, Virginia  -- University President Dr. William R. Harvey, Hampton University, and the Department of Athletics invite fans to the Hampton University football team's annual "Meet the Pirates" Day, which will be this Saturday.

The event will start at 9 a.m. with the team's final scrimmage before the start of the season.

"We would like to invite our fans to come out and support Coach Maynor and the football student-athletes as they wrap up their preparations leading up to the start of what should be a successful 2015 season," Dr. Harvey said.

Admission is free and open to the public.

The first 200 fans in attendance will receive something in a giveaway. There will also be a Quarterback Challenge and a bouncy house for children.

Players will also be available for autographs after the scrimmage.

For more information on Hampton University football, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.


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Hampton Announces Time Change for Richmond Game

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HAMPTON, Virginia --  Hampton University Director of Athletics Eugene Marshall, Jr. and athletic officials at the University of Richmond have announced a change in the kickoff time of the football game on Saturday, Sept. 12, at Armstrong Stadium.

Originally scheduled for 6 p.m., the game will now kick off at 12 p.m.

Marshall and Keith Gill, Director of Athletics at Richmond, mutually agreed that an earlier start time would be in the best interest of both parties, with Hampton holding a major event on campus the same evening as the game.

"We want to thank the University of Richmond, the Department of Athletics, Athletic Director Keith Gill and head coach Danny Rocco for accommodating Hampton on this time change," University President Dr. William R. Harvey said.

For more information on Hampton University football, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.

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Randall Kerrick, North Carolina Police Officer, Won't Be Retried For Killing Jonathan Ferrell

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- The North Carolina police officer who shot an unarmed former college football player to death in 2013 won't be retried, an official said Friday, a week after a judge declared a mistrial in the case.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Randall "Wes" Kerrick, 29, killed Jonathan Ferrell, 24, after a traffic accident on Sept. 14, 2013, and was accused of voluntary manslaughter. Kerrick is white; Ferrell was black.

Prosecutors argued Kerrick should have used nonlethal force to subdue Ferrell, a former defensive back for Florida A&M, after Ferrell climbed out of his wrecked car and dragged himself to a nearby house to get help. The woman in the house called 911 to report a possible break-in.

North Carolina senior deputy attorney general Robert Montgomery said the case would not be retried after the jury deadlocked, with eight jurors voting for an acquittal and four for a conviction.



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