SU recognizes 82 students for academic excellence

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  Southern University Athletics recognized 82 student-athletes for their academic success, naming them to the newly established "Athletic Council List."

The list recognizes students who achieved a 3.0 or above in Fall 2012, or, maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA. The students will be recognized at a basketball doubleheader in the coming weeks.

"Beyond the accomplishments of these students in competition, folks rarely think of how hard they work to excel in the classroom and work toward graduation," said Director of Athletics Dr. William Broussard.

"Our academic advisement staff and faculty and administrators across campus share in this success."

The list includes individuals from every varsity sport and also varsity cheerleaders.

"I am extremely proud of these student-athletes who recognize the importance of excelling in the classroom as well as in their respective sports," Southern faculty athletics representative Dr. Doze Butler said.

"Recognition of their academic achievement in this way is long overdue. These young men and women clearly understand that as student-athletes, their roles as ‘students' come first. We will encourage them to continue to serve as role models for their student-athlete peers and the general student population."

FALL 2012 ATHLETIC COUNCIL LIST

Baseball
Luis Cruz
Jose De Leon
Chase Dicharry
Jose Francisco
Daniel Garcia
Camilo Godoy
Elliott Jones
Tyler Kirksey
Marcus Lewis
Leronn Morton
Brandon Oswald
John Pagan
Zephan Rochelle
Bryan RowrySantos Saldivar
Marcus Tomlin
Darryl Wesley

Cheer
Shelby Clayton
Henry Henderson
Antonio Jackson
Shartazia Warren
Tanisha Williams
Kim Butler
Duane Pigott
Caitlyn Woodard
Lonzetta Willis
Taylor Franklin
Bowling
Kaylene Adams

Football
Hansoni Alfred
Clinton Boyd
Zach Brown
Demetrius Carter
Darrius Coleman
John Douglas
Matthew Hill
Michael Jones
Devante Lawrence
Kadeem Lewis
Jamaal Martin
Dion Palmer
Gregory Pittman
Benay Pryor
Eddie Smith IV
Marlon SmithLenard Tillery
Richard Tuten
Men's Basketball
Brandon Moore

Men's Track and Field
Anthony Collins
Taylor Ferguson
Michael McCulloch
Victor Nicholls

Soccer
Courtney Bahadursingh
D'Nae Capron
Jazmine Harrell

Softball
Carla Arismendi
Alicia Barajas
Shabanese Brown
Whitney King
Jasmine Payne
Shawntall Steamer
Emily Wright

Tennis
Lois Alexis
Carlista Mohammed
Demetria Woods

Volleyball
Simone Beasley
Chanda Journet
Payton Mitchell
Michelle Williams

Women's Basketball
Joslyn Allen
Jasmine Jefferson
Jasmine King
Lechell Rush

Women's Track and Field Maya Anderson
Tershauna Broadnax
D'Ellionne Davenport
Deandra Deveaux
May Dozier
Shannon Jones-Butts
Brittany Lacy
Shariece Pinkston
Raquel Sims
Kashmia Weary

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Alabama A&M Releases 2013 Football Schedule

NORMAL, Alabama – The Alabama A&M Bulldogs has released their proposed 2013 football schedule.

Head coach Anthony Jones 12^th season will include non-conference contests versus Tuskegee University, South Carolina State and Georgia Tech University.

Bulldog fans will have the opportunity to see the 103^rd edition of football on “The Hill” five times in Louis Crews stadium.

The Maroon & White football teams’ game with Georgia Tech will be the second year in a row against a Bowl Championship Subdivision opponent.

Future BCS opponents will include the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2014 and the University of Cincinnati in 2015.

"The opportunity to compete against top competition, BCS schools, not only provides more exposure to Alabama A&M University, the football program, and Alabama A&M Athletics, but it’s vital to our growth as a Division I athletics program,” Director of Athletics Bryan Hicks mentioned.

A&M will travel to Grambling, LA on Aug. 31^st for their earliest meeting with the Tigers. They will return home on September 7^th for their first home game of 2013 welcoming in-state rival Tuskegee University.

Two straight trips on the road will see AAMU in Orangeburg, South Carolina on Sept. 14^th and Prairie View, Texas on Sept. 21^st. They then return home for two dates on Sept. 28^th versus Texas Southern then Homecoming versus Mississippi Valley on Oct. 5^th.

The state of Louisiana awaits one more visit from the Bulldogs as they travel to Baton Rouge, LA on Oct. 12^th.

The 72^nd annual Magic City Classic falls on Oct. 26^th then A&M will venture to the reservation on Nov. 2^nd for a date with Alcorn State. The final two home games will be played on Nov. 9^th vs. Jackson State and Nov. 16^th versus the 2012 SWAC football champions Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

The final game of the regular season will see the Bulldogs in Atlanta, Georgia for another historic meeting this time versus the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech on Nov. 23^rd.

“As always we feel it is a tough schedule as our three non-conference games include opponents who have competed for championship,” said coach Jones. “A schedule like this will give our student-athletes a chance to compete against the best competition in the country.”





2013 Football Schedule

August 31^st -         AWAY vs.     Grambling University

September 7^th -   HOME vs.     Tuskegee

September 14^th- AWAY vs.      South Carolina State University

September 21^st - AWAY vs.      Prairie View A&M University

September 28^th - HOME vs.    Texas Southern University

October 5^th -         HOME vs.     Mississippi Valley State University
(HOMECOMING)

October 12^th -       AWAY vs.     Southern University

October 19^th -       OPEN

October 26^th -       AWAY vs.     Alabama State University (MCC)

November 2^nd-     AWAY vs.     Alcorn State University

November 9^th -     HOME vs.    Jackson State University

November 16^th -   HOME vs.   University of Arkansas Pine Bluff

November 23^rd -   Away vs.     Georgia Tech

December 7^th -      SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME


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PVAMU Baseball Announces 2013 Schedule

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas  --  The 2012 SWAC Champion Prairie View A&M University baseball team will begin defense of its championship in February with a 48-game slate highlighted by three games in the Houston Astros' Minute Maid Park for the annual MLB Urban Invitational.

The season kicks off with a rematch of last year's SWAC Tournament Championship as the Panthers will travel to Itta Bena, Miss. to battle Mississippi Valley State on Feb. 16-17 in a four-game series. Prairie View A&M will remain on the road for a quick trip to Houston on Tuesday, Feb. 19 against Houston Baptist at 2 p.m. followed by three games in the annual MLB Urban Invitational at Minute Maid Park in Houston from Feb. 22-24. This year's invitational will be an All-SWAC affair as the Panthers will face Alabama State, Texas Southern and Southern. The TSU contest will once again be a prime time affair on Saturday, Feb. 23 as it'll be broadcast live on the MLB network for the second straight year.

“We are excited to be participating in the MLB urban invitational at Minute Maid Park for consecutive years,” said head coach Waskyla Cullivan. “This event brings national exposure to the university thanks to MLB network broadcasting the games.”

After a midweek home-opening doubleheader versus Texas College on Feb. 26, SWAC play begins on Saturday, March 2 as the Panthers will host Grambling State in a three-game series. Following the GSU series, Prairie View A&M will hit the road for quite some time as they'll travel to Texas A&M on March 5, Lamar on March 12, Texas Southern (March 16-17) and Huston-Tillotson (March 19). The Panthers briefly return home for a SWAC series versus Southern on March 23-24 and a midweek doubleheader versus Jarvis Christian on Jan. 26.

Prairie View A&M closes out the first half of SWAC play on March 30-31 with a three-game set at Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The team kicks off the month of April at Texas State on Apr. 2 before beginning the second half of SWAC play at Grambling State on Apr. 6-7. PV returns home for a midweek affair versus Huston-Tillotson on Apr. 9 and a weekend series against Wiley on Apr. 14. PV travels to Sam Houston State on Apr. 17 and will return back to campus to host TSU on Apr. 20-21 followed by Houston Baptist on Apr. 23.

The Panthers head to Southern for SWAC Western Division showdown on Apr. 27-28 in Baton Rouge, La.  They'll return to the state of Texas on Apr. 30 to face the University of Texas in Austin on Apr. 30.  The Panthers will close out the 2013 regular season at home versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff on May 4-5.

The 2013 SWAC Tournament is scheduled for May 15-19 in Baton Rouge, La.

 2013 Panthers Baseball Schedule 

 

Day	Date	Opponent	Location / Stadium	Time/Result	TV	Live Stats
Sat.	2/16/2013	Mississippi Valley State (DH)	Itta Bena, Miss.	12 p.m.
Sun.	2/17/2013	Mississippi Valley State (DH)	Itta Bena, Miss.	12 p.m.
Tue.	2/19/2013	Houston Baptist University	Houston, Texas	2 p.m.
Fri.	2/22/2013	Alabama State	Houston, TX - Minute Maid Park	6:30 p.m.
Sat.	2/23/2013	Texas Southern University	Houston, TX - Minute Maid Park	7:30 p.m.
Sun.	2/24/2013	Southern University	Houston, TX - Minute Maid Park	3:30 p.m.
Tue.	2/26/2013	Texas College (DH)	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Sat.	3/2/2013	Grambling State University (DH)	Prairie View	12 p.m.		Live Stats
Sun.	3/3/2013	Grambling State University	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Tue.	3/5/2013	Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	6 p.m.
Tue.	3/12/2013	Lamar	Beaumont, Texas	4 p.m.
Sat.	3/16/2013	Texas Southern University	Houston, Texas	12 p.m.
Sun.	3/17/2013	Texas Southern University	Houston, Texas	1 p.m.
Tue.	3/19/2013	Huston-Tillotson College (Texas) (DH)	Austin, Texas	1 p.m.
Sat.	3/23/2013	Southern University (DH)	Prairie View	12 p.m.		Live Stats
Sun.	3/24/2013	Southern University	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Tue.	3/26/2013	Jarvis Christian College (Texas) (DH)	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Sat.	3/30/2013	University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff (DH)	Pine Bluff, Ark.	12 p.m.
Sun.	3/31/2013	University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff	Pine Bluff, Ark.	1 p.m.
Tue.	4/2/2013	Texas State University	San Marcos, Texas	6 p.m.
Sat.	4/6/2013	Grambling State University	Grambling, La.	12 p.m.
Sun.	4/7/2013	Grambling State University	Grambling, La.	1 p.m.
Tue.	4/9/2013	Huston-Tillotson College (Texas) (DH)	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Sun.	4/14/2013	Wiley College (Texas) (DH)	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Wed.	4/17/2013	Sam Houston State University	Huntsville, Texas	6:30 p.m.
Sat.	4/20/2013	Texas Southern University (DH)	Prairie View	12 p.m.		Live Stats
Sun.	4/21/2013	Texas Southern University	Prairie View	12 p.m.		Live Stats
Tue.	4/23/2013	Houston Baptist University	Prairie View	2 p.m.		Live Stats
Sat.	4/27/2013	Southern University	Baton Rouge, La.	12 p.m.
Sun.	4/28/2013	Southern University	Baton Rouge, La.	1 p.m.
Tue.	4/30/2013	University of Texas	Austin, Texas	6 p.m.
Sat.	5/4/2013	University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff (DH)	Prairie View	12 p.m.		Live Stats
Sun.	5/5/2013	University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff	Prairie View	1 p.m.		Live Stats
Wed.	5/15/2013	TBA	TBA	TBA		Live Stats

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Quinn Gray takes over reins of FAMU's offense

New FAMU head football coach Earl Holmes promotes Rattlers
QB coach Quinn Gray to the offensive coordinator position. 
Gray, 33 years old, replaces Lawrence Kershaw, who was
selected as the head football coach at Fayetteville State University.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  --  The FAMU football team will definitely run a new-look offense under new head coach Earl Holmes, but one thing that won’t change is the competition that has gone on for the past two seasons between Holmes and Quinn Gray.

The football knowledge that Gray demonstrated during the times they matched wits as assistant coaches in the game-planning room is why Gray has been given the offensive coordinator position, Holmes said Monday. Both have played in the NFL – Gray as a quarterback for five of his seven years as a pro and Holmes as a linebacker for 10 years.

Holmes, who was named head coach almost two weeks ago, was defensive coordinator under Joe Taylor, who retired with two games left in the season. Gray was quarterbacks coach.

Holmes and Gray have tested each others’ football IQ since Gray joined Taylor’s staff two years ago. They won’t stop now, both coaches said.

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CIAA Tournament tickets on sale

HAMPTON, Virginia  --  Tickets for the CIAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments in Charlotte went on sale to the public Friday and are available at http://www.ciaatournament.org/.

The tournaments are scheduled Feb. 26-March 2 at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte.

There are four levels of all-session ticket books — platinum ($275), silver ($225), gold ($175) and bronze ($75).

Fans interested in terrace tables, box seats, uptown suites and courtside seats should call the CIAA office at 757-865-0071.

Despite Great Strides, HBCUs and NCAA-Recognized Athletic Conferences Face Challenges

HAMPTON, Virginia  --  In 1912, nine college administrators gathered on the campus of Hampton Institute to discuss collegiate athletics at Black institutions of higher learning. The result of this meeting was the formation of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the first athletic conference designated for Black collegiate sports.

A century later, the CIAA (now the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) is still around and is one of four NCAA-recognized conferences made up completely or predominantly of historically Black colleges and universities. The others include: the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, formed in 1913; the Southwestern Athletic Conference, formed in 1920; and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, formed in 1970.

At the time, the formation of an athletic league composed specifically of institutions designed for African-Americans made sense, if only as an extension of the logic that formed HBCUs in the first place. African-Americans were shunned from all of mainstream American life in the early part of the 20th century. And in the South, where the majority of Black colleges and universities were located, the Black community may as well have been on another planet.

More than a century later, however, much has changed in the country as a whole and at the institutions that compose the CIAA, SIAC, SWAC and MEAC.

The United States just re-elected a president, who 100 years ago, not only would have been limited to an all-Black institution, but he would not have been able to vote for himself. As a result of integration efforts that started in the Jim Crow era, institutions of higher learning are no longer allowed to discriminate based on race, gender or religion. And Black student-athletes are front and center at many of the institutions that would not allow them in the front door just 50 years ago.

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XU Gold Rush's No. 11 rank is the highest in nearly two years

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana climbed two places to 11th Tuesday in the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll. It's the highest national position for the Gold Rush since a No. 10 ranking on Feb. 7, 2011.

Voting was based on games through Sunday. The following day Xavier lost 74-65 at home to Gulf Coast Athletic Conference rival Fisk to snap a six-game winning streak. XU's two most recent victories were 70-68 in overtime against SUNO on Jan. 14 and 84-79 Saturday against then-No. 22 Philander Smith. The Panthers, who share first place in the GCAC with Xavier, fell to 23rd.
Also receiving votes from the GCAC was SUNO, which is 29th with 24 points.

Xavier is in the top 25 for the 30th time in 31 polls and the 55th time overall during Dannton Jackson's 10 seasons as head coach. Xavier's current streak is 17 consecutive polls, fifth longest among this week's top 25.

Xavier will visit GCAC and city rival Dillard at 7 p.m. Saturday and Mobile at 7:30 p.m. Monday. The next poll will be released Jan. 22.

NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll (first-place votes in parentheses — records through Sunday, Jan. 20) Rank Team Record Points Last 1 Columbia (Mo.) (11) 20-0 281 1 2 Lee (Tenn.) 17-1 264 6 3 Pikeville 18-2 260 2 4-tie John Brown 17-3 247 10 4-tie Lewis-Clark State 19-2 247 3 6 Westmont 16-3 243 7 7 Lindsey Wilson 18-2 229 tie-8 8 William Carey 16-3 212 4 9 Cal State San Marcos 16-4 210 tie-8 10 Oklahoma Baptist 16-4 209 5 11 Xavier 17-3 184 13 12 Bethel (Tenn.) 18-2 176 15 13 Montana State Northern 17-4 168 12 14 Emmanuel (Ga.) 18-2 159 18 15 Hope International 18-2 158 16 16 Southwestern Assemblies of God 15-3 156 17 17 MidAmerica Nazarene 15-6 126 25 18 Rogers State 15-5 125 20 19 Evangel 14-5 118 11 20 Faulkner 17-3 115 21 21 Science & Arts 10-4 85 23 22 Westminster (Utah) 16-4 84 19 23 Philander Smith 13-5 80 22 24 Shawnee State 11-7 76 RV 25 Cumberlands 15-5 60 14 Others receiving votes: LSU-Shreveport 54, Great Falls 44, Arizona Christian 34, SUNO 24, Georgetown (Ky.) 19, Culver-Stockton 19, Mid-Continent 8, St. Thomas (Texas) 7. By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director XULAATHLETICS XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA