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JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri -- Lincoln junior Diana Cauldwell is the NCAA Division II Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year while Victor Thomas is the NCAA Division II Women's Outdoor Head Coach of the Year, the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced on Thursday morning (May 31). Cauldwell played an integral role in helping the Blue Tigers win the national title this outdoor season. She scored 18 points at the NCAA Division II Championships after winning the triple jump with a mark of 13.16m and finishing second in the long jump with a leap of 6.23m. Cauldwell won MIAA outdoor titles in both events, and sat first on the NCAA Division II Descending Order List this season in the long jump with a leap of 6.34m (20-9¾).
Cauldwell becomes the first athlete from Lincoln (Mo.) to win Women's National Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year honors. Thomas, in his 17th season at Lincoln, guided the Blue Tigers to its eighth outdoor national championship, as well as its first since 2014. Scoring a total of 60 points, Lincoln's 4x100m relay team won the national championship, while Diana Cauldwell was the victor of the triple jump and Rene Medley won the national title in the 200m. During the regular season, the Blue Tigers recorded 12 top-10 NCAA Division II Descending Order List marks, including the top marks in the 200m, 4x100m relay and the long jump.
This is Thomas' fourth Women's National Outdoor Head Coach of the Year honors. He also won the award in 2016, 2010 and 2006. He also won Women's National Indoor Head Coach of the Year during the 2014 season. Dan Carr, Assistant AD for Media Relations LINCOLN UNIVERSITY BLUE TIGERS MEDIA RELATIONS
SAINT LOUIS, Missouri -- Harris-Stowe State University has announced the hiring of Fred Lewis as the Director of Track and Field for the 2018-2019 season.
Lewis is a well-known coach and athlete around the Saint Louis area where he has produced multiple Missouri State Champions as well as NAIA and Olympic athletes.
In 1987, Lewis returned to his alma mater, University City High School, and developed his first state long jump champion that first year. That would be the beginning of his winning pedigree. Lewis' high school coaching production includes 11 Missouri State jump championships, several top state performances in history, state triple jump record, and several Metro St. Louis Athletes of the Year and All-State recipients.
At Greenville University, Lewis had a profound impact on every athlete he coached. Thirteen jumpers improved large amounts in the long, triple, and high jump in one indoor season. His high jumper, Greg Mitchell, improved 8.5 inches to become the collegiate NCCAA Indoor Nation Leader and set the school record. At the NCCAA National Track and Field Indoor Championship, the triple jumper produced 4 NCCAA All American Titles.
Lewis changed the dynamics at the 2004 NAIA National Collegiate Championships. In his first year at Lindenwood University, his athletes compiled 11 All-American performances in the high jump and long jump. In the triple jump, two were first and second place jumpers at the national championship. Lewis also coached the NAIA 100 meter hurdle national record holder. Several of these athletes went on to become professional World Class competitors and Olympians.
As a high school athlete from University City, which holds the Missouri State record for most Boy State Track and Field Championships totaling 18, Lewis was undefeated in the triple jump during his high school career and was a state champion. He went on to compete for the University of Kansas where he was also undefeated in 1985 becoming the Texas Relay, Kansas Relay, and Conference Champion in the triple jump. That year he was also the only champion on University of Kansas track team.
During his college years, he often competed against the worlds' best like, Mike Conely Sr., and Kenny Harrison--both are 59 foot Olympic Gold Medalists.
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MARSHALL, Texas -- The awards keep rolling in for the NAIA champion Wiley College men's track and field team with Oraine Palmer (JR/Kingston, Jamaica) being named United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Men's National Track Athlete of the Year and head coach Marlon Baugh being named Men's National Coach of the Year.
Palmer won the 100-meter dash (10.35), the 200-meter dash (20.77) and ran a leg on the Wildcats' 4 x 100-meter relay team during the 2018 Men's NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championship. He scored 22.5 points and was named co-Most Valuable Performer.
Earlier this month, Palmer was named South-Central Men's Track Athlete of the Year. He was a three-time Red River Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week and won NAIA Track Athlete of the Week for March 19-25.
Baugh wins USTFCCCA National Men's Coach of the Year after leading the Wildcats to their first national championship in program history. Wiley College scored 92 points – which was 30 more than national runner-up Indiana Tech. Baugh coached six event champions and eight NAIA All-Americans. With the Wildcats' national title, Baugh was named NAIA Coach of the Year.
For the second consecutive season, Baugh was named South-Central Men's Coach of the Year. He was named Red River Athletic Conference Men's Coach of the Year for the third straight season after guiding the Wildcats to their fifth straight conference championship. FOLLOW THE WILDCATS
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JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri -- Randall Bickel has been selected as the next head coach of the Lincoln women's golf team.
For the past 15 years, Bickel has served as the head boy's and girls' golf coach at Jefferson City High School where he has developed numerous players who have competed at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels. In 14 of his 15 years at JCHS, Bickel has had at least one playe advance to the state tournament, and, in 2007, Bickel coached the boy's team to a fourth-place finish at the state championship.
Since 2013, Bickel has worked as the manager of Tanglewood Golf Course in Fulton, Mo., and from 2006-11 he served as the Junior Golf Director for the Missouri Golf Association.
Bickel played football and golf at the University of Central Missouri for a year before an injury prematurely ended his career. He later transferred to Lincoln and earned a bachelor's degree of science in marketing in 1983.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri -- The Lincoln athletic department has named Christine Engbers as the next head softball coach.
Engbers has won 45 games as the head coach at Covenant College over the past two years, and in the process became the first coach in program history to lead the Lady Scots to back-to-back winning seasons. Covenant qualified for the postseason both years, with four players earning All-USA South honors.
An alumna of Covenant, Engbers returned to her alma mater as a full-time assistant coach in 2016 and has helped turn around the program. After winning 28 total games from 2013-15, the Lady Scots have compiled 63 victories since the start of the 2016 season and have gone 27-29 in conference play.
Engbers began her coaching career at Dade County High in Trenton, Ga. in 2012, and led the program to three-straight state tournament appearances, highlighted by a Georgia High School Association Class AA championship in her first season. Engbers was named as the GACA Coach of the Year that season, as well as the Georgia Dugout Club Coach of the Year. Engbers followed that phenomenal debut season by coaching Dade County to an Elite Eight appearance in the state tournament in 2013.
During her four-year playing career at Covenant, Engbers earned NCCAA All-American first team honors, NCCAA Regional Player of the Year accolades and was selected to the NCCAA All-Tournament Team. Engbers holds Covenant's single-season (26) and career (59) records for stolen bases, and is fourth in program history with 162 hits.
Engbers, who also started 42 games during a three-year basketball career at Covenant, graduated in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in English.
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Covenant College, NCAA Division III, USA South Athletic Conference
Covenant College Head Coach 2016-Present
Covenant College Assistant Coach 2013-16
2012 Georgia AA State Champions (Dade County HS head coach)
Covenant College Captain 2009-2012
NCCAA 2nd Team All-American 2010
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nearly 26 years after Howard University opened its doors, collegiate football was established and HU welcomed a new kind of student to "The Mecca". 125 years later, Howard football boasts a legacy of historic wins and football alumni standouts. "The 2017 season was an exciting football season and incredible opening season for Head Coach Mike London," exclaimed Howard University Director of Athletics, Kery Davis. "This next season represents the 125th Anniversary of Howard University football. Showcasing the rich tradition of not only Howard football, but Howard athletics and the university as a whole."
In celebration of all these illustrious year of football. Howard will name the 2018 season of football – The Year of Legacies and Legends. Throughout the year, HU Athletics will showcase a number our outstanding football alumni and teams, comments from current head football coach Michael London and director of athletics Kery Davis and embark on an extended early bird ticket sale and a capital campaign to raise funds for a new press box and athletic needs. Over the last 125 years, HU Football boasts five National championships (1920 (Edward Morrison), 1925 and 1926 (Louis L. Watson), 1993 and 1996 (Steve Wilson), and three conference championships (1912 and 1914 (Edward Marshall) and 1993 (Steve Wilson). And most recently, HU's first winning season since 2012, guided by an historic 43-40 win over UNLV to open the 2017 season. Along with the team accomplishments, comes an array of expectational football alums. Willie Jeffries and Doug Porter (College Football Hall of Fame members) and over 20 Howard alumni who are current NFL players or played: Antione Bethea, Jay Walker, Ron Bartell, Gary Harrell, Billy Jenkins and Marques Douglas just to name a few. Under the direction of Charles Cook, Howard University established its first football squad in 1893. The program remained independent from 1893-1911, until HU, Hampton University, Lincoln University, Shaw University and Virginia Union University founded the Central Collegiate Athletic Association on 1912. In its last conference move, the Bison joined the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference as a founding member alongside Delaware State, Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State, North Carolina Central and South Carolina State. This season, the Bison will host five games: Savannah State - Community Day | Faculty & Staff Appreciation (September 15), Delaware State - Organization Day | Breast Cancer Awareness (October 13), South Carolina State - HOMECOMING (October 27), Florida A&M - Military Appreciation Day (November 3) and Bryant - Senior Day (November 17). HU will also participate in the 35th Circle City Classic in Indianapolis, Ind., against Bethune-Cookman (September 22). The matchup marks the first time in 20 years that Howard played in the classic. In 1998, Howard beat B-CU by a score of 32-25 inside the RCA Dome. For more information visit HUBison.com or contact Ariel V. Germain (202) 515-6623. HOWARD UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS MEDIA COMMUNICATION
DOVER, Delaware -- University Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, Community Partners & Friends:
Earlier today, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Dr. Wilma Mishoe as the 11th President of Delaware State University, effective July 1, 2018. In so doing, we have named a dynamic leader and a four-decade veteran in higher education with deep roots at what has been, for 127 years, one of the most important institutions for access to higher education in the country.
Dr. Mishoe assumes a uniquely important role in the history of leaders at this institution. Last July, she was named the first woman to Chair the Board of Trustees, and when former President Dr. Harry Williams stepped down to become the President at Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Dr. Mishoe became the first woman to assume the role as Acting President in January. Not only had the time come for these history-setting events, but they have been rightfully coupled with her exceptional leadership: in short order, she has repositioned the focus of the institution squarely on our students, requiring that we all—trustees, faculty, and staff—look through the lens of the student in everything we do. Dr. Mishoe routinely says, “Some people may love my students just as much as me, but no one loves them more,” a point made perfectly clear in her successful advocacy for the fourth year of the Inspire Scholarship, effectively affording Delaware High School Students with a 2.75 to come to Delaware State University tuition free.
Additionally, she has made stronger communications and accountability a top priority, while leading a comprehensive review of every policy and practice at the University. This review is transparent and includes overdue discussions in facilities improvement, better customer service, student life, teaching and instruction, athletics, and budgeting and accounting. Nor has she has been shy about taking our case to the Delaware General Assembly. After years of capital appropriations falling well short of our needs, Dr. Mishoe boldly asked for $100 million dollars in State support to deal with critical deferred maintenance issues that have gone unattended for far too long.
At the Board level, we are pleased but not surprised by Dr. Mishoe’s leadership. She has dedicated her life to higher education for those too often overlooked and often marginalized, and has story after story of student achievement that in large measure can be attributed to her leadership. Whether she was Dean of Students at Delaware Technical Community College and at Wilmington College, or Acting President at Wilberforce University – the oldest privately held HBCU in the country – Dr. Mishoe has led with distinction, integrity, and care. We are fortunate to have her at the helm.
Also important to Delaware State University is Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Tony Allen, who began his tenure with the University last August. Tony is the transformational leader we were looking for after two years without a Provost. In nine months, he has significantly strengthened the University’s academic enterprise, built unique partnerships across the State of Delaware and enhanced the profile of the University.
I am also pleased to report that the Board of Trustees has also voted on its slate of officers. I am humbled by the opportunity to serve as your Chair and to announce alumnus John Ridgeway as Vice-Chair. John along with Trustee Ms. Lois Hobbs, led the Presidential Search Committee, composed of faculty, staff, students, alumni and community partners. It’s worth noting that early in their process, the Search Committee deliberated faithfully and ultimately recognized the talent inside the University in Dr. Mishoe and Dr. Allen. They fully support today’s announcement.
Dr. Mishoe and I are now off to China for ten days to visit our partnering Universities in Ningbo and Changchun, and to begin building partnerships with many more. At Ningbo University of Technology, we will participate in the seventh graduation of Chinese students from our Accounting program. They are every bit part of Hornet Nation, and like the 700 before them will become proud Alumni of this wonderful institution of ours. Back home, Dr. Allen will be the executive in charge and when we return, we will convene all of you to share in this great news on the eve of our 25th Anniversary as a University. You will hear more about this grand celebration soon.
Thanks to each of you for all you do, everyday! Devona E. Williams, Ph.D.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Howard University Department of Athletics is proud to announce its 2018 Hall of Fame. This year's class is comprised of three teams and 16 individuals. The new Hall of Fame initiates will be honored along with the Buffalo Soldiers awardees at a ceremony on November 16, 2018 at Martin's Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD. The Hall of Fame game is November 17 against Bryant University.
"Boasting several multiple sport athletes, the 2018 Hall of Fame class is one of the most accomplished classes we've seen. We salute this group for their outstanding contributions to Howard Athletics," stated Bruce Williams, Bison Express president. The Hall of Fame inductees are former athletes who excelled in their sport. Teams and individuals either won a championship, set a record, earned MEAC All-Conference or were recognized as NCAA All-Americans.
During the ceremony, the 2018 Buffalo Soldier Award winners will also be recognized. The Buffalo Soldiers are individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Howard Athletics via financial support and participation in athletics' programs.
The following will be recognized:
Robert Eugene Adams Swimming 1964-1968
Anthony Becks Football - Baseball 1968-1977
Festus Cameron Football - Wrestling 1969-1973
Andre Cropper Swimming 1979-1984
Marques Douglas Football 1995-1999
Novell Fuller Football 1970-1974
Lawrence Jones Football 1968-1971
Alphonzo Rozier Jordan Baseball 1980-1984
Leslie McFarland Women's Basketball 1973-1977
Larry Strickland Tennis - Coach 1984-Present
Milton Thompson Baseball 1977-1978 1968-1969 Track Team
Wilmer L. Johnson Track - Coach
Ronald Lassiter Track 1968-1972
Michael Nixon Track 1968-1972
Desmond Shakespeare Track 1969-1973
Herb Thompson Track 1967-1971 1982 Women's All American 1600 Relay Team
Kim Brooks
Repurta Charles
Deborah Murphy
Dorothy Wilson 1991-1992 Men's Basketball Team – NCAA Tournament 2018 Buffalo Soldiers Induction Class
Johnny Fairfax
Clarence Glikes, DDS
Roberta McLeod
Roy Moss
Clifton "Skeeter" West Jr.
For media inquiries contact Brittany Bell Surratt, brittany.bell@howard.edu.
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The Howard University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics sponsors 19 NCAA Division I men and women varsity sports. The programs represent six conferences: the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA), Sun Belt Conference, Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and Atlantic Sun (ASUN) Conference. Visit www.hubison.com to learn more.
HOUSTON, Texas -- Coach Davis has informed us that he will be stepping down as head coach here at Texas Southern University. Since arriving at TSU Coach Davis has helped establish a basketball program that has consistently competed highly on a national level year in and year out.
The championship and postseason banners that currently hang in our arena will only tell part of the story of the outstanding legacy he leaves behind. We wish him and his entire family well in all of their future endeavors.
A national search to fill the TSU men's basketball head coach position will begin immediately.
DETROIT, Michigan (6/14/218) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball program welcomes a successful and veteran coach to lead the Titans back to championship contention as Mike Davis was named the 22nd head coach in program history on June 14, 2018.
Robert C. Vowels, Jr. Director of Athletics at Detroit Mercy, said that the hiring of Davis gives the men's basketball team a proven coach who works well with student athletes and has big-game experience.
"We are pleased to have Mike Davis join us as our new men's basketball head coach," he said. "Mike has achieved great success as a coach and leader of young men, and as an individual, he reflects the values upon which our University is built. I am confident he will help return Titan basketball to a championship level."
Detroit Mercy President Antoine Garibaldi said that with Coach Davis's experience, he will be a strong representative of the University's Jesuit and Mercy mission and attract players from around the country.
"Coach Davis has not only proven that he can win on the basketball court, but he has also demonstrated that his players can excel in the classroom, as demonstrated by his team GPA of 3.0, four consecutive semesters of a perfect 1000 Academic Progress Rate and graduation of 18 of 20 players over his last six years at his previous institution. I am confident that his motivation and inspiration will energize the entire university and the city of Detroit," Garibaldi said.
The hiring of Davis is yet another major milestone for Detroit Mercy over the past two years. In 2017, the University reported a third consecutive year of increased enrollment for new students with more than 5,100 students attending classes at all three campuses. In addition, Detroit Mercy was ranked in the top tier of Midwest Best Regional Universities in the 2018 edition of the U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges." Detroit Mercy was ranked #19 and is the only school in the state to crack the top 20. In October 2017, the University, The Live6 Alliance, Kresge Foundation and City of Detroit broke ground on the Ella Fitzgerald Park and Live6's headquarters, HomeBase, which will help spur business and community development efforts in Northwest Detroit.
The University also announced the public phase of a $100 million campaign in late October, with more than $87 million raised to date. And in late November 2017, the University launched the Assure Your Boundless Future Tuition Reset, which reset tuition from $42,000 to $28,000 and puts a Detroit Mercy education in reach of students and families who did not previously consider the University in their college plans.
Davis comes to Detroit Mercy from Texas Southern University (TSU), where he spent the last six seasons building the Tigers into a perennial power in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) with five postseason tournament appearances, including four NCAA bids.
A high school basketball star in the state of Alabama, Davis played collegiate basketball for the University of Alabama before embarking on a professional career. His coaching resume includes more than 20 years of experience in coaching. This includes 18 years of head coaching experience as he amassed a 352-241 record with 14 postseason trips, nine appearances in the NCAA Tournament and guiding Indiana to a national championship runner-up effort. His squads have recorded at least 20 wins nine times, while posting a winning record in 14 of his 18 campaigns.
"First and foremost, I'd like to thank God for this opportunity. I'd also like to thank the President, Dr. Antoine Garibaldi and Athletics Director, Robert Vowels, Jr. of Detroit Mercy for entrusting me with their men's basketball program," Coach Davis said. "I am enthusiastic and optimistic about its future. My family and I look forward to getting to know the city of Detroit as well as the students, faculty, administration, alumni, donors and fans," he added.
In his six seasons at Texas Southern, he posted a 115-89 (.564) record, including an 88-20 mark in conference play. His teams won four regular-season titles, four conference tournament championships and advanced to four NCAA Tournaments. In his final season at the helm of TSU, the Tigers won their first-ever NCAA Tournament game as they defeated North Carolina Central in the First Four.
He started his collegiate head-coaching career at Indiana University from 2000-06 after serving as an assistant coach for three seasons and following in the footsteps of hall of famer Bobby Knight. At IU, he compiled a 115-79 record, 55-41 in the Big Ten, and led the Hoosiers to five postseason tournaments, including a run to the NCAA Championship game in 2002. Davis' teams played some of their best basketball during the postseason tallying a 21-12 record in the month of March and a 7-4 NCAA Tournament mark.
During his time at IU, he was instrumental in recruiting some of the nation's best high school basketball players, as well as developing several players. They include A.J. Guyton, the Big Ten's Most Valuable Player in 2000; Kirk Haston, a first-round NBA selection in 2001; and 2002 Big Ten MVP and consensus second-team All-American Jared Jeffries, who was the 11th overall pick of the 2002 NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards.
"Our vision in the Horizon League is to be a nationally recognized NCAA Division I conference that develops student-athletes to their fullest potential," said Jon LeCrone, Horizon League Commissioner. "Mike is a proven winner and brings the knowledge, skill and values that our League embraces."
After Indiana, Davis was named the head coach at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB), where he led the Blazers to 122-72 (.629) overall record with a 62-34 mark in Conference USA during his six years (2006-12). Davis had a highly successful season at UAB in 2010-11 leading the Blazers to the program's first-ever Conference USA regular season title. In doing so, he was named the 2011 Conference USA Coach of the Year, while also earning NABC All-District Coach of the Year accolades.
Davis also led his teams to success off the court and in the classroom as the team had four consecutive semesters of a perfect 1000 APR score.
Davis is married to Tamilya Davis and the couple has one son, Antoine. Davis is also the father of Mike Davis, Jr., who was a member of the Indiana and UAB men's basketball team that he coached and was an assistant with him at Texas Southern, and he also has one daughter, Lateesha.
About University of Detroit Mercy
University of Detroit Mercy is Michigan's largest and most comprehensive Catholic university, sponsored by the Religious Sisters of Mercy and the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). Today's University boasts the heritage of two founding institutions: the University of Detroit, founded in 1877 by the Jesuits, and Mercy College of Detroit, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1941. The two consolidated as University of Detroit Mercy in 1990. Detroit Mercy offers more than 100 undergraduate, graduate and professional academic degrees and programs through seven schools and colleges. Detroit Mercy educates the whole person, focusing on the value of excellent academics, service to the community and a deeper spirituality to prepare graduates to live lives of purpose. For more information, please visit www.udmercy.edu.
GRAMBLING, Louisiana – Grambling State and head football coach Broderick Fobbs have reached a contract extension agreement for a new four-year, $1.28 million deal.
His current contract running out at the end of the 2018 season, the four-year agreement keeps Fobbs the coach at his alma mater until Dec. 31, 2022 at an annual base salary rate of $198,000 and includes numerous annual auxiliary incentives that could accrue an extra $87,500.
Approval of the agreement is pending from the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors and will more than likely will be approved at their next meeting on Thursday, June 21.
The new contract raises Fobbs’ annual salary a total of $124,000 from the two-year extension he signed back in October 2016. The $124,000 includes the Grambling State Foundation's $121,000, the first time the Foundation has contributed to the salary package, as well as two percent raise that all GSU faculty received from the UL system. CONTINUE READING
