Annual PVAMU-TSU Football Lucheon & Gala set for Sunday, August 27th

Prairie View A&M University Marching Storm

HOUSTON, Texas - The Touchdown Club of Houston will host the Annual Prairie View A&M- Texas Southern luncheon and gala on Wednesday, August 27th at the Power Center, located at 12401 So. Post Oak.

Prairie View A&M head football coach Henry Frazier will co-headline the event with first-year Texas Southern head coach Johnnie Cole. Also speaking will be PVAMU acting athletics director Fred Washington and first-year TSU athletics director Charles McClelland.

The special guest speaker will be Steve McNair, former quarterback for the Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens.

"All fans of PVAMU and TSU are invited to attend this event, which always spices up the rivalry between the two schools the week of the game," said TD Club executive director Neal Farmer. "And this year promises to be even more spicy."

Texas Southern University Ocean of Soul Marching Band


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PVAMU Captures Emotional Win Over Southern Jaguars

BATON ROUGE, La.- The Prairie View A&M Panthers captured and emotional 5-4 victory over the Southern Jaguars in Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball action in the two team’s second meeting of the tourney.

PVAMU rallied from a 5-3 deficit to claim the win on Southern’s home turf. The win sets up a winner take all match-up where the victor will be awarded with an opportunity to participate in the SWAC’s title game where they will face Texas Southern.

PVAMU All-SWAC First Team Pitcher Wardel Taylor.

The Texas Southern Tigers remain as the only unbeaten team in tournament play as they have amassed a perfect 3-0 mark. TSU eliminated the Jackson State Tigers from title contention with a convincing 9-2 victory.

Prairie View A&M’s game versus Southern is set for 5:00 p.m. at Lee Hines field located on the campus of SU.

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Defense, big hits key to Southern U victory

Archive Photo: Jaguars head coach Roger Cador (left).

The Prairie View-Southern University baseball game unfolded as just the kind of go-for-broke donnybrook that was expected, so let’s get right to the crucial sequence where Southern won the game 14-9 Saturday at Lee-Hines Field.

With amazing defense to close the fourth inning. And with two big, first-pitch hits in a four-run fifth. That span of about 20 minutes lifted SU (28-16) into today’s 1 p.m. bracket championship game at the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament.

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Prairie View A&M selects interim AD

PRAIRIE VIEW — Prairie View A&M named Fred Washington as its interim athletic director Wednesday, effective May 1.

Washington has served as the school's vice president of administration and auxiliary services and will oversee the Panthers' athletic program in the wake of Charles McClelland's departure to Texas Southern last week.

"Mr. Washington is the right person for the job; as a part of the university's Athletic Council, he is knowledgeable about the current projects and all the program's activities," said Prairie View president George C. Wright.

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Gold Team prevails at PVAMU Annual Purple and Gold Football Game

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas- The Prairie View A&M Panthers football team concluded their 2008spring camp with the Annual Purple and Gold game played at Blackshear Field. Both teams offensive units began the game sluggish as both teams committed turnovers early in the contest. Regulation play concluded with both teams knotted at 3 points apiece.

During the overtime periods both teams added touchdowns as the Purple team's Calvin Harris reached the end zone for a rushing score while the Gold team's Lynderrick Williams scored a TD on a 15 yard reception from quarterback Austin Nwokobia.

The game was decided by a 30 yard field goal by Brady Faggard which gave the Gold team a three-point advantage at 13-10. The Purple unit would get a chance to force the game into another overtime exchange but Kyle Matthews 42 yard field goal attempt fell short giving the Gold team the victory.

The Panthers will now look toward off-season workouts as they get set to open the season against rival Texas Southern in the Annual State Farm Labor Day Classic football game.

UAPB Golden Lions split double header with Prairie View

The opening pitch was perhaps a symbolic gesture of the type of day it was going to be for Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

The Golden Lions booted a routine grounder by Rashad White to open the day, and Prairie View A&M went on to take advantage of five UAPB miscues in an 8-2 victory in the opening game a three-game Southwestern Athletic Conference series on Saturday at Regional Park.

UAPB came back in the second game of the doubleheader to defeat Prairie View 9-5.

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Taylor boosts Prairie View in win over Southern Jaguars

Photo: PVAMU senior pitcher Wrandal Taylor #3, discuss game strategy with teammates. The 5-10/190 Two-Time ALL-SWAC First Teamer is from Beaumont, Texas/Ozen H.S.

Prairie View senior pitcher Wrandal Taylor, the face of the program’s rise from obscurity, did Sunday what he’s done for so long: produce a gem when his team needed him most.

Taylor (3-2) struck out six in a complete-game 6-2 win over Southern at Lee-Hines Field. Entering Sunday, the Panthers had gone 3-15, including two losses to SU on Saturday, since March 5 and Taylor had lost twice since winning last on March 1.
“This team needed it. Golly,” PV coach Michael Robertson said.

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Ekworomadu's three leads Lady Bobcats to improbable win over PVAMU Panthers

Photo: Candice Thomas paced the PVAMU Lady Panthers' attack, contributing 26 of her career-high 40 points in the first half. The 5-9 sophomore guard is from Waco, Texas/University H.S.

SAN MARCOS – Joyce Ekworomadu dribbled right, pulled up and shot a fadeaway three pointer just over a Prairie View A&M defender that rattled in with 1.4 seconds left to give Texas State an 84-83 win over the Lady Panthers and send the Bobcats into the second round of the WNIT.

The win marks the first-ever postseason win for either Texas State men’s or women’s basketball since the Bobcats moved to NCAA Division I prior to the 1987-88 season. It is also the first time a Southland Conference school has won a WNIT game since Northwestern State advanced to the WNIT championship game in 1995.

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PVAMU set to face Texas State in the WNIT

The PVAMU Lady Panthers are set to kickoff a 2008 Women's National Invitational Tournament run

FORT COLLINS, Colo.- The Women’s Invitational Tournament announced its field of 48 teams on Monday, March 17th with Prairie View A&M scheduled for a first round match-up versus Texas State of the Southland Conference.

Prairie View A&M enters the game with a 22-11 overall record while Texas State brings a 20-10 mark into the contest. The Lady Panthers continue to break barriers under the leadership of head coach Cynthia-Cooper Dyke as this mark their first WNIT appearance.

The Lady Panthers had a history making season as they brought home the schools first out right regular season title in women’s basketball. The Lady Panthers also made history by having three of their players selected for All-Conference First Team honors, which marked the most selections the program has ever received.

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PVAMU Panthers Football Ready To Begin 2008 Spring Camp

Photo: PVAMU head coach Henry Frazier receives celebratory dunking of gator aid after historic seventh win last season.



Prairie View A&M Panthers eager to start 2008 title run

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas- Fresh off a history making 7-3 season the Prairie View A&M Panthers football team is set to kickoff their spring workouts. The Panthers 2008 camp will be a valuable tool in assisting the PVAMU coaching staff with the evaluation of their talent as well as accessing needs of improvement.

“Spring football is a huge asset for our coaching staff,” said head coach Henry Frazier III. “The practice sessions give us a great indication as to how well our players are absorbing the schemes and fundamentals that we’re trying to teach them.”

The 2008 PVAMU Panthers football team will feature a veteran unit headlined by the return of over 45 lettermen. Frazier feels that his team’s depth and experience will pay big dividends for the program next season.

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PVAMU Lady Panthers one win away from second straight SWAC title

Photo: Shavonne Smith, 5-7 senior guard, Riverside, Calif.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- One more win is all the Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers will need to secure their second consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference Title after a convincing 83-70 win over the Lady Golden Lions of Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

The Lady Panthers shot a blazing 49 percent from the field which included a 54 percent showing from behind the arc. Candice Thomas scored a game high 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the floor. Thomas also went perfect from the charity stripe going 5-of-5.

Freshmen Dominique Smith contributed 17 points off the bench on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor. Smith helped ignite Prairie View A&M's fast break attack in the second half which subsequently helped the Lady Panthers secure momentum of the contest.

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Alabama State no match for PVAMU Lady Panthers

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- After defeating the Alabama State Lady Hornets 74-57, two victories is all that stands between the Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers (21-10, 15-3 SWAC) and their second consecutive NCAA tournament berth.

The Lady Panthers used an all around team effort to knock off ASU in the quarterfinal round of the 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament. Shavonne Smith had a huge night offensively scoring a game high 30 points on 10-of-19 shooting from the floor.

Smith contributed 25 of the Lady Panthers 40 first half points. The 5-8 senior guard also connected on 4-of-9 three point attempts while dishing out 3 assists and tallying 2 steals.

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Grambling baseball takes two from Prairie View

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas- Grambling State won the first two games of a three-game series against the Prairie View by the score of 4-2 and 3-0 in games one and two respectively.

The Panthers struggled offensively, tallying only one hit in game one against grambling ace Mario Jefferson. In seven innings of work, Jefferson struck out nine and didn't allow a run.

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Lewis lifts Southern Lady Jaguars over SWAC Champs Prairie View

There’s still magic left in senior center Fredrieka Lewis and Southern. Lewis had 15 points to pace Southern’s 43-34 win over Southwestern Athletic Conference regular-season champ Prairie View on Thursday night at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

Despite the loss, Prairie View won the regular-season title outright after sharing the regular-season crown with Jackson State last season. Jackson State fell out of contention with a 65-57 loss at Alabama A&M on Thursday night.

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Jackson State sends Prairie View into deep freeze in O.T.

Photo: Jackson State's Carena Easley, senior 5-10 guard scored 10 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block in the upset win over Prairie View. This former All-Stater is from Romulus, Michigan, Inkster H.S.

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas- The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers (15-8, 10-1 SWAC) had a 12-game winning streak snapped with a 70-60 loss to the Jackson State Lady Tigers (12-10, 10-2 SWAC) in overtime. The Lady Panthers held a ten point advantage at 54-44 with 3:57 remaining in the contest. From that point JSU managed to go on a 12-2 run which was sparked by Dequisha Davis three point basket at the 3:38 mark of the half.

Jackson State went on to bring the game to a 56 all tie with fifteen seconds left to play in regulation. Prairie View A&M would subsequently answer taking a two point lead after a successful Candice Thomas lay-up with seven ticks left on the game clock.

The Lady Tigers weren’t quite ready to concede a PVAMU victory as they battled back to tie the game on an Erlexis Cooper lay-up as the game clock expired. The overtime period was all JSU as the Lady Tigers went on to outscore Prairie View A&M 12-to-2, in what was the games final stanza.

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Alabama State wrecked by PVAMU Smith's 35 points

Photo: Chari Smith, junior, 6-3 guard from Los Angeles, CA and Mt. Sac JC had a WNBA night against the Lady Hornets.

Montgomery, AL - The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers (14-7, 9-0 SWAC) have swept the first half of conference play after coming away with a 93-82 win over the Alabama State Lady Hornets (7-13, 3-6 SWAC).

After to pulling to within one point at 45-44 in the second half of play, the ASU Lady Hornets fell behind double digits at the 15:21 mark of the half at 56-46. Prairie View A&M would let Alabama State get no closer than six points from that point as they went on to capture their eleventh consecutive victory.

Chari Smith had a career night, putting up 35 points on 13-of-18 shooting from the floor. She tallied a double-double also contributing 14 rebounds. Candice Thomas scored 19 points on 5-of-10 shooting while Gaati Werema chimed in with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field.

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Alabama State Hornets outgun PVAMU Panthers

The Hornets opened up a 25-point lead midway through the second half and coasted to a 98-86 win, improving to 12-7 overall and 8-1 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. "This was a good win for us," ASU coach Lewis Jackson said. "We played well for portions of the game, but we also have some things to work on."

First on Jackson's list is getting his players to put games away when they have the chance. "When we got up by 25, the guys thought the game was over," Jackson said. "We made a substitution there to get some guys a breather and we just lost all aggression. We spent the rest of the game going through the motions. And that's not going to get it done. We need to have that killer instinct."

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PVAMU Lady Panthers remain undefeated in SWAC

Photo: PVAMU #20 Sophomore 6-0 guard/forward Gaati Werema, from Orlando Christian Prep, Orlando, Florida in eariler game at North Carolina. Werema was leading Lady Panther scorer at Alabama A&M with 15 points.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.- After running into a tie ball game at 43 all with 10:59 remaining in the second half the Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers (13-7, 8-0 SWAC) managed to pull out a 58-55 victory over the Alabama A&M Lady Bulldogs (6-11, 4-4 SWAC) clinching their tenth consecutive win.

The Lady Panthers put a total of four players in double figures with sophomore forward Gaati Werema leading the way with 15 points on 6-of-15 shooting from the floor. Shavonne Smith, Candice Thomas, and Chari Smith round out the list of PVAMU double digit contributors tallying 14, 13, and 10 points respectively. Prairie View A&M shot 42 percent from the field while holding AAMU to just 28 percent from the floor for the game. Junior Aminata Dieye came up big for PVAMU on the defensive end racking up six blocks and four rebounds.

Rebekkah Barnes scored 15 points while Christian Malone added 10 points and six assists for Alabama A&M.

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SWAC announces '08 preseason baseball honors

Photo: PVAMU's Wrandal Taylor is named Pre-season SWAC Pitcher of the year. The senior is from Ozen HS., Beumont, Texas

MVSU’s Bard, PVAM’s Taylor tabbed for All-Conference selections.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The ballots have been tallied and Mississippi Valley State’s Sean Bard was selected as the 2008 SWAC Baseball Preseason Player of the Year. Wrandal Taylor of Prairie View A&M University, the defending SWAC champions, was named Preseason Pitcher of the Year.

Taylor, a 5-foot-11, 195 pound senior from Beaumont, Texas, helped lead the Panthers to the 2007 SWAC championship. He led the conference in strikeouts with 89 and was second with 92 innings pitched. He was ranked second in the SWAC in wins with nine and fifth in the SWAC with a 4.11 earned run average. Taylor was named Pitcher of the Year in 2006 when he threw 78.1 innings with 75 strikeouts with an average of 8.62 strikeouts per nine innings pitched.

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Prairie View survive Grambling State for win

A 14-0 second half run by Prairie View A&M broke open a deadlocked contest as the Lady Panthers handed Grambling State a 66-50 loss in SWAC action on Monday evening in the Assembly Center.

Grambling State put together one its best halves of the year on both ends of the court as they nailed 12 baskets en route to shooting 48 percent from the field. Defensively, GSU was a thorn in PV’s side as they forced the defending SWAC Champions into committing 10 turnovers along with holding them to only nine baskets as both teams were tied at 29 entering halftime.

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Prairie View Lady Panthers are (10-7, 5-0 SWAC) and Grambling State (1-15, 0-6 SWAC) on the season.