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WILLIAMS, MILLER HIGHLIGHT 2009-10 NCAA DIVISION I ALL-INDEPENDENT TEAM Reah P. Nicholson 03/31/10
DURHAM, N.C. - CSU Bakersfield guard Katie Williams was named Player of the Year, North Carolina Central guard Joanna Miller was selected as Newcomer of the Year, while CSU Bakersfield head coach Tim La Kose was honored as Coach of the Year Wednesday morning, as the 2009-10 NCAA Division I All-Independent Women’s Basketball Team was announced.
 
Poison: Lady Aggies in WNIT Sweet 16
Money Player for NC A&T is First team MEAC, Fayetteville, NC native senior guard Ta'Wuana " Tweet" Cook   quarterbacks the Lady Aggies surveying the opponent making decision whether to pass the ball, shoot the trey, penetrate  looking for the foul or duce.
Players to watch Senior quarterback Ta'Wuana Cook , Freshmen guard Amber Calvin, Senior Forward Lamona Smalley,  Junior Forward Jaleesa Sams and everybody else.
Fayetteville native leads Aggies 
MEAC All-rookie team Selection, Freshmen guard Amber Calvin , from Fayetteville, NC handles the ball, shoot  the  trey, and penetrates looking for the foul or duce.
 
 
Student Athlete
Agile,  Mobile, and Versatile
NCCU Women Basketball Player Jori Nwachukwu set out her senior year on the basketball court to take an internship with the
 Philadelphia 76ers.  Student Athlete NCCU Jori Nwachukwu A native of Upper Marlboro, Md. North Carolina Central
5'10 junior center Jori Nwachukwu knocked down 34 points and garnered 13 rebounds and four assists in the Lady Eagle January 15 victory over Norfolk State on the road, was recognized as the Student-Athlete of the Month of January 2009. Video Report : Agile,  Mobile, and Versatile
 

In The News
PIRATES TO FACE WAKE FOREST IN 2010 NIT SEASON TIP-OFF
Maurice D. Williams 08/17/10
New York - The 16-team field for the 26th edition of the Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off was announced today by C.M. Newton, chair of the NIT Selection Committee. The bracket has the Pirates of Hampton University traveling to Winston-Salem, N.C. to face off against the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest University on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010
Phillips Is One of Three To be Awarded By NCAA‏
Jason J. Pompey 06/07/10

Former Lady Trojan two-year starter, Leslie Phillips (Riverdale, GA) was awarded an NCAA Division II Degree-Completion Grant. Leslie Phillips will graduate from Virginia State University in December 2010. Phillips was also a two year member of the Lady Trojans basketball team that recorded back-to-back 20 win seasons.
Jones repeats as an Ashe first-team selection
Ed Cassiere 06/07/10

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Danielle Jones is a first-team Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar in women's basketball for the second consecutive year.
NCCU CENTENNIAL SPORTS HISTORY: DID YOU KNOW?
Kyle Serba 05/24/10

DID YOU KNOW? Charles "Tex" Harrison, one of the most esteemed members of the Harlem Globetrotters with more than 50 years dedicated to the organization as a player and coach, was a basketball all-American at North Carolina Central University.
BRONCOS END YEAR WITH SERVICE ON THEIR MINDS  Adrian F. Ferguson 05/13/10

FAYETTEVILLE, NC - Far from the cheering crowds of the CIAA and the glitz and glamour of the
annual conference tournament, the Fayetteville State men’s basketball team has accomplished something
great.
NCCU CENTENNIAL SPORTS HISTORY: DID YOU KNOW?
Kyle Serba 04/27/10

NCCU’s Hunter First African-American to Sign NBA Contract

DID YOU KNOW? On April 26, 1950, North Carolina College (now North Carolina Central University) guard Harold Hunter became the first African-American to sign an NBA contract.
Washington Named Grambling State Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Roderick Mosley 04/21/10

Grambling, LA---Almost seven months after taking over the interim helm of the program, Bobby Washington has been named the tenth head men’s basketball coach at Grambling State University as announced by GSU Athletic Director Lin Dawson.
COOK NAMED FIRST-TEAM ALL-STATE‏
A&T Athletics 04/14/10

GREENSBORO – Ta’Wuana “Tweet” Cook has worn the North Carolina A&T Aggies jersey for the last time, but that still hasn’t stopped her from picking up another accomplishment.

Cook has been named first-team Division I all-state by the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association. Cook adds this to her list of accomplishments that include being a three-time All-MEAC selection with one of those selections being a first-team honor.
Dan DeRose Poised to Take Over CU's Men's Basketball Program
Meredith Long 04/07/10

MURFREESBORO – Dennis Helsel, Vice President for Athletics at Chowan University, announced today the hiring of Dan DeRose as Chowan University's new men’s basketball coach at a press conference held on the University’s campus.
WSSU Junior Forward Vontisha Woods Named to All-Independent First Team
Trevin Q. Goodwin 03/31/10

DURHAM, NC – Winston-Salem State junior forward Vontisha Woods earned first team honors on the NCAA Division I All-Independent team which was announced Wednesday afternoon.
CU's Talaya Lynch Named DII Freshman All-American Meredith Long 03/30/10 
MURFREESBORO - Chowan University's Talaya Lynch has another honor to add to her list of achievements in just one season with the Hawks women's basketball program after being named to the Women's Division II Basketball Bulletin's All-American Freshman Team. 		TIFFANY HAYWOOD SELECTED TO NCCSIA ALL-STATE TEAM Adrian F. Ferguson 03/30/10

SALISBURY, NC – Already MVP of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Tournament and an All-CIAA selection, Tiffany Haywood has received another award for this past basketball season. 
   
NCCU CENTENNIAL SPORTS HISTORY: DID YOU KNOW?
Kyle Serba 03/29/10

NCCU, Duke Play Illegal, Racially-Integrated ‘Secret Game’ in 1944

DID YOU KNOW? On Sunday morning March 12, 1944, during a time of heated racial segregation, the men’s basketball team from the North Carolina College for Negroes (now North Carolina Central University) competed against a squad from the Duke School of Medicine on the campus of NCCU in the first racially integrated college-level basketball game in the South.
NCCU CENTENNIAL SPORTS HISTORY: DID YOU KNOW?
Kyle Serba 03/23/10

DID YOU KNOW? On March 25, 1989, in the NCAA Division II men’s basketball national championship game in Springfield, Mass., North Carolina Central University defeated Southeast Missouri State, 73-46, to capture the school’s first NCAA team national championship.
Crews Named to NABC All-District Second Team
Gregory Goings 03/17/10

(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) released its 2010 NABC Division II All-District teams, recognizing the nation’s best men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes. Among those being honored include Bowie State senior Duke Crews (Hampton, VA, Bethel, Univ. of Tennessee) as a member of the Atlantic Region Second Team.
Week of Fun and Excitement at the 2010 SIAC Basketball Tournament in Atlanta (RECAP)
Ruben R. Perez, Jr.03/16/10

2010 saw the return of the SIAC Basketball Tournament to Atlanta, Georgia for the first time since 1998. The tournament, which ran from March 2nd through March 6th, was held at Frank L. Forbes Arena on the campus of Morehouse College.
Clark Atlanta’s Stellar Season Comes to an End in Arkansas
Danielle Wright 03/14/10

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – In their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1996, the Clark Atlanta (CAU) Panthers entered this year’s dance as the No. 5 seed, taking on intrastate foe and No. 4 seed Valdosta State (VSU).
#2 UAPB 50, #5 TEXAS SOUTHERN 38
Duane Lewis 03/13/10

Tavaris Washington 14 points and tournament MVP Allen Smith added 11 as the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff defeated Texas Southern 50-36 in the Farmers Insurance SWAC Basketball Tournament Men’s Championship.