NSU Football Season Tickets on Sale Now

NORFOLK, Virginia — Season tickets for the 2014 Norfolk State football season are now on sale at the NSU Ticket Office and online at www.nsuspartanstickets.com.

The Spartans have five home games lined up for 2014, beginning with a non-conference matchup with Big South co-champion Liberty on Saturday, Sept. 6. Other home games include the MEAC slate of Morgan State for the Fish Bowl Classic on Sept. 27, Homecoming against Delaware State on Oct. 11, and two straight conference contests in November against defending MEAC co-champion Bethune-Cookman (Nov. 8) and North Carolina Central (Nov. 15).

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Season ticket prices are $80 for reserved seating, $65 for general admission, and $40 for NSU faculty and staff (maximum of two). The NSU Ticket Office is open Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased anytime at www.nsuspartanstickets.com. First time users of the online ticket portal system will need to register a user name and password before making a purchase. Online users can print their tickets at home or choose to pick them up at the NSU Ticket Center.

Single-game tickets will also be available beginning July 28.

For more information, visit www.nsuspartans.com or call (757) 823-9009.


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MEAC Football Press Luncheon is July 25

NORFOLK, Virginia  --  The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will host the annual Football Press Luncheon on Friday, July 25, at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel (235 E. Main St., Norfolk, VA 23510/ (757) 627-4200). MEAC head football coaches and two student-athletes from each team will be on hand to offer an inside view of the 2014 football season.

A limited number of tickets are available to the public for the press luncheon and can be purchased by calling Jane Vega at (757) 951-2055 or jvega@themeac.com. Tickets are $30 per seat or $300 per table (10 persons) and must be purchased by 5:30 p.m. on Friday, July 18.

Media members may obtain a credential for the luncheon and/or one-on-one interviews by completing an application found on www.MEACSports.com. One-on-one interviews will begin promptly at 10 a.m. in the James I-III room.

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Hampton Track Sends Eight to NCAA Outdoors Championships

JACKSONVILLE, Florida – The Hampton University men's and women's track & field teams will send a combined eight student-athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships after a strong showing this past weekend in the NCAA East Preliminary hosted by the University of North Florida.

  

Six Pirates will be heading to Eugene, Ore., while the Lady Pirates will send two.

  

Sophomore Ce'aira Brown (Philadelphia, Pa.) punched her ticket to Eugene in the 800-meter run, beating the school record in the event by nearly a second after turning in a 2:03.76 in the semifinals – recording the second-fastest time overall.

  

Junior Le'Quisha Parker (Silver Spring, Md.) qualified for NCAAs in the 200-meter dash after running a 23.46 in the semifinals – after turning in a 23.42 in the preliminary heats.

  

Parker was seventh overall in the 200-meter dash.

  

On the men's side, the Pirates 4x400-meter relay squad set a new school record in qualifying for the NCAA Championships, turning in a 3:05.21 to break a record that had stood for 13 years. Hampton notched the 10th-fastest overall time in the heats.

  

Senior Je'Von Hutchison (Boynton, Fla.), junior Chidi Okezie (Philadelphia, Pa.), graduate student Paris Reddick-Simmons (Alexandria, Va.), and junior Edose Ibadin (Glendale, Md.) made up the relay squad.

  

Hutchison also qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400-meter dash, running a season-best 45.71.

  

Sophomore Trey Holloway (Chesapeake, Va.) reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the second straight season in the 110-meter hurdles, turning in a season-best 13.74 to post the eighth-fastest time in the semifinal round.

  

Senior Stefano Nardini (Milan, Italy) continued his strong season, reaching NCAA qualification in the javelin throw with a ninth-place effort of 68.40 meters (224 feet, five inches).

  

Ibadin broke his own school record in the 800-meter run, turning in a 1:48.37 in the semifinals.

  

The 2014 NCAA Div. I Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held June 11-14, hosted by the University of Oregon. The Lady Pirates have five Div. I national champions in their history, while the Pirates are seeking their first.

  

For more information on Hampton University track & field, 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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PEACH STATE PIGSKIN PREVIEW: FVSU restocking with returnees

MACON, Georgia  -- Each summer, Fort Valley State opens practice without a number of underclassmen who played the season before but, for a variety of reasons, aren’t suiting up that fall.
And in many cases, they’re back in uniform in a year or two.

That’s the case again this season, and just in time, as far as Keith DeGrate is concerned.

He filled in Tuesday for head coach Donald Pittman, who was out of town, and said three key players who should be back on the field this fall are running backs Seth Hill, Germaine Tate and Travis Richmond.

Hill went out with a season-ending knee injury in the opener against Valdosta State. Tate and Richmond, the former Peach County standout, sat out 2013 for different reasons, primarily academic oriented.

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PEACH STATE PIGSKIN PREVIEW: Valdosta State coach excited to open season vs. Albany State

MACON, Georgia  — Two years ago, Valdosta State football coach David Dean stood in the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and talked about his desire to resume a rivalry with Albany State.

 

He’s finally getting his wish — and on Tuesday he said the atmosphere for this year’s season opener between the two South Georgia Division II programs will be intense.

 

“We always enjoy playing them because of the crowd and the intensity that goes along with that game,” he said. “For us being so close, it’s easy for both fan bases to be able to travel. It’s always a packed house, and that’s good for our guys to be able to play in that type of atmosphere and pressure.”

 

The Rams and Blazers will open their seasons Sept. 6 at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium in Valdosta, renewing a rivalry game that has been played just once in the past six years.

 

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FAMU's Robinson Has Big League Dreams

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Last month, for the first time in the NFL draft era, which started in 1967, no players were selected out of the MEAC or SWAC.

The Major League Baseball Amateur Draft is this week, and one FAMU Rattler is focused on not being left out.

FAMU's Bennie Robinson has a good shot of getting picked in this year's Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.

"I'm just going to wait for the call, I'm going to go about my day. Probably be on the field working out. Just go about my day and when it happens, it happens," Robinson said.

If it happens, it won't change him, still the likable kid with the big smile. As far as the scouts are concerned there is plenty to like.

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68 MVSU student-athletes earn degrees

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ITTA BENA, Mississippi  -- A total of 68 current and former Mississippi Valley State University student-athletes earned their degrees as part of the May 10 commencement ceremony on the MVSU campus.

The MVSU football program led all teams with 25 graduates while the baseball and women's track and field/cross country teams each had eight student-athletes walk across the stage.

Football
Donta Reed (Master's of Science / Bioinformatics)
Leployer Franklin (Master's of Science / Criminal Justice)
Ernest Brown (Music)
Jeremy Johnson (Mathematics)
Jeremy Collins (Biology)
Wesley Steele (Applied Technology)
Antonio Benson (Business Administration)
Antonio Griggs (Business Administration)
Timothy Johnson (Communications)
Kevin Eugene (Communications)
Napoleon Brewer (Communications)
Richard Drake (Communications)
Jackie Simpson (HPER)
Brandon Powe (HPER)
Eddie Ivory (HPER)
Marquez Floyd (HPER)
Patrick Durr (HPER)
Carl Davis, Jr. (HPER)
Kenneth Dabney (HPER)
Lakendrick Carter (HPER)
Justin Barner (HPER)
Jacob Avery (HPER)
Rico Shaw (Social Work)
Worrell Troup (Speech Communications)
Paul Cox (Criminal Justice)

Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Denai Greene (Mathematics)
Joyce Chumo (Biology)
Tambriya Barney (Political Science)
Winny Tanui (Biology)
Queona Williams (Accounting)
Alicia Wimley (Biology)
Trudy Burke (HPER)
Jovanna Peterson (Communications)

Softball
Cassandra Rivera (Chemistry)
Brianna Holmes (Biology)
Brittany Lilly (Communications)

Men's Track & Field
Micah Hill (Biology)
Daniel Kibet (Chemistry / Biology)
Quantrail Fleming (Business Administration)
David White (HPER)
David Pulliam (HPER)

Women's Basketball
Brittney Lakes (Master's of Science / Criminal Justice)
Davina Jefferson (Business Administration)
Joncyee Sanders (HPER)
Jasmyne Sanders (HPER)
Malea Malone (HPER)
Olivia Kennedy (HPER)

Men's Basketball
Ervin Thomas (HPER)
Marcus Johnson (HPER)
Cortland Henry (HPER)
Julius Francis (Social Work)

Soccer
Kristin Swanson (Master's of Science / Bioinformatics)
Jerrica Salido (Biology)
Shanesse Spratt (Biology)
Shelby Willcocks (HPER)
Alexandra Neumann (HPER)
Nicolle Forcier (HPER)

Volleyball
Mika Krienke (Biology)
Chylla Nault (Business Administration)

Baseball
German Hays (Business Administration)
Mark Kaplan (Business Administration)
Montana Kiler (Business Administration)
David Lostra (Business Administration)
Kameron Stady (Business Administration)
Grant Reifers (HPER)
Blake Palasini (HPER)
Luke Brumfield (Criminal Justice)  

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