WINSTON-SALEM STATE ANNOUNCES ATHLETIC CONFERENCE DECISION
Nancy Young
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (September 11, 2009) -- Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) today announced that it would inform the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference (MEAC) that the university intends to remain a Division II institution for intercollegiate athletics.   The process to remain in Division II will begin immediately, but the school will continue to compete in the MEAC at the Division I level through the 2009-2010 season. BCSO: WSSU Chancellor  D. J. Reaves  press conference comments.

Jones Named Director of Athletics at Clark Atlanta
Danielle R. Wright 01/04/10
Atlanta, Ga. - Dr. Tamica Smith Jones, a native of Atlanta, Georgia was appointed Liaison to the Office of the President for Athletics in January 2008 after serving in the role of Senior Woman Administrator/Compliance since her arrival to CAU in 2002.
Winston-Salem State University Names Bill Hayes Athletic Director
Christopher Zona 10/29/09
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Bill Hayes, whose career in college sports spans 36 years, has been named the new athletic director for Winston-Salem State University. He will begin work at WSSU on January 1, 2010.
Hayes is currently athletic director at Florida A&M University and was head football coach at WSSU for 12 seasons, during which the team won three CIAA championships.
UMES VOTED INTO EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE - MAGGIE HAYON
CAPE COD, Mass. - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore was recently announced as a new member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference by Commissioner Rudy Keeling and
President Dan Mara.