Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Ram Ramblings: CIAA commish ready for all challenges

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Being the commissioner of the CIAA is no easy job. That’s something I’ve learned in the 17 years of covering Winston-Salem State. But I was looking forward to meeting and talking with the new commissioner, Jacqie Carpenter, on Saturday during WSSU’s homecoming.

I interviewed her at length at the Bowman Gray Stadium fieldhouse for a story that will run in Wednesday’s Winston-Salem Journal. She comes across as a very positive person and is excited to steer the CIAA through the good and the bad times.

While she’s the first women CIAA commissioner in the 101-year history she’s also a former student-athlete in the conference. Carpenter, 43, played volleyball and basketball at Hampton so she’s familiar with what it’s like as a student in the CIAA.



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