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GENERAL INFORMATION

Name of School ... North Carolina Central UniversityCity/Zip ...................................... Durham, NC 27707Founded ......................1910 by Dr. James E. ShepardEnrollment ......................................................... 8,575Nickname ........................................................ EaglesSchool Colors ................................... Maroon & GrayFacility .....................................NCCU Tennis CourtsLocation ..............................................Campus Drive........................ Behind McDougald-McLendon GymNational Affiliation ..NCAA Div. I (Reclassification)Conference ............................................. Independent ................................. MEAC recognized in July 2010Chancellor ...........................................Charlie NelmsAlma Mater (Year) .........Arkansas Pine Bluff (1968)Athletics Director ....... Ingrid Wicker-McCree, Ed.D.Alma Mater (Year) ..........George Washington (1989)

Coaching StaffHead Coach ....................................D. Curtis LawsonAlma Mater (Year) .... North Carolina Central (1987)Assistant Coach ............................... John McLean IV Tennis Office Phone .......................... (919) 530-5127Tennis Fax ......................................... (919) 530-5426

Sports Information

Men’s Tennis Contact ..........................Ariel GermainOffice Phone ...................................... (919) 530-7054Cell Phone ......................................... (919) 491-8720 Fax ..................................................... (919) 530-5426E-mail ........................................ agermain@nccu.eduSports Information Director ..................... Kyle SerbaSID Office Phone .............................. (919) 530-7054SID E-mail .....................................kserba@nccu.eduSID Mailing Address ..... 116 McDougald-McLendon ............................................................................Gym.................................................... Durham, NC 27707Athletics Dept. Phone ....................... (919) 530-7057Athletics Dept. Web Site ........................................................................ www.NCCUEaglePride.com

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THE CREDITS

The 2009 North Carolina Central University men’s tennis information guide is production of the NCCU Sports Information Office. Written and edited by Ariel Germain, sports information graduate student assistant. Covers and interior designed by Ariel Germain. Photography by Ariel Germain, Kyle Serba and Robert Lawson.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents ................................................2

Schedule/Team Information ...............................3

NCCU Men’s Tennis Team.................................4

Head Coach D. Curtis Lawson ...........................5

Assistant Coach John McLean IV ......................6

Meet the Eagles ............................................ 7-10

2008-09 Season Review ............................. 11-12

Chancellor Charlie Nelms ................................13

A.D. Ingrid Wicker-McCree, Ed.D. .................14

Athletics Department .................................. 15-16

NCCU Athletics .......................................... 17-18

North Carolina Central University ...................20

The Campus ......................................................21

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2009-2010 Match Schedule

September 24 HBCU Nationals Atlanta, Ga. 8 a.m.

October15-16 ITA Carolina Regional Chapel Hill, N.C. All Day23 UNC Wilmington Invitational Wilmington, N.C. 8 a.m.

January17 N.C. State Raleigh, N.C. 5:30 p.m.24 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 p.m.31 UNC Asheville Chapel Hill, N.C. TBA

February7 Duke Durham, N.C. 6 p.m.14 Winston-Salem State Durham, N.C. 9 a.m.14 Shaw Durham, N.C. 3 p.m.20 Kennesaw State Atlanta, Ga. 3 p.m.21 Morehouse Atlanta, Ga. 9 a.m.

March6-9 MEAC Round-up Sumter, S.C. TBA7 Florida A&M Sumter, S.C. 2 p.m.8 Coastal Carolina Myrtle Beach, S.C. 3 p.m.9 Presbyterian Myrtle Beach, S.C. 12 p.m.13 Hampton Cary, N.C. 10 a.m.23 Morgan State Cary, N.C. 1 p.m.27 Norfolk State Norfolk, Va. 12 p.m.27 Virginia State Petersburg, Va. 4 p.m.

April2 Longwood Cary, N.C. 10 a.m.2 Mount Olive Cary, N.C. 2 p.m.4 University of Richmond Durham, N.C. 10 a.m.5 The Citadel Durham, N.C. 2 p.m.10 Campbell Cary, N.C. 12 p.m.15-16 Independent Tournament Farmville, Va. TBA

*ALL HOME MATCHES ARE INDICATED IN BOLD

Team Information

2008-09 Overall Record ........................................................................................................................... 7-142008-09 Home Record ............................................................................................................................... 1-72008-09 Away Record ................................................................................................................................ 6-72008-09 Neutral Record ............................................................................................................................. 0-1Letterwinners Returning/ Lost .................................................................................................................... 5/2

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2009-2010 Eagles Roster

Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown High School/Previous SchoolStephen Allsop 5’6” 135 Sr. Beltsville, Md. High Point High SchoolTrey Chatman 5’9” 145 Jr. High Point, N.C. Ragsdale High SchoolAlejandro Espitia 5’9” 150 So. Bogota, Columbia Colegio Fontan Jose Fabara 5’10” 150 So. Quito, Ecuador Lycee Francais Christopher Mack 5’8” 145 Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. Erasmus Hill High School Patrick Olobo 5’7” 162 Jr Kalaki, Uganda California Baptist UniversityJack Waissen 6’2” 165 So. Basingstoke, England High School Brighton Hill

Head Coach/ Director of Tennis: D. Curtis LawsonAssistant Coach: John McLean IV

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D. Curtis Lawson, the Director of Tennis and Head Men’s Tennis Coach at North Carolina Central University, has 20 years of tennis instructing, coaching

and officiating experience to his credit. In 1995, Lawson guided NCCU’s men’s team to its first division championship in more than 10 years, while finishing second place overall in the CIAA which had not been accomplished since the mid 1970s. Later that year, he was elected President of the CIAA tennis coaches association. A native of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, Lawson has assumed the roles of Instructor, Head Tennis Professional, Director of Tennis and from 1990-1996 served as Head Coach of Men’s Tennis at North Carolina Central University. As a student-athlete, Lawson competed in both basketball and tennis during his collegiate career. Following college, Lawson remained competitive at the amateur ranks, amassing State, Sectional and National rankings in both singles and doubles. Injuries have recently slowed Lawson’s activities. Lawson graduated from North Carolina Central University in 1987, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. A true `Eagle,’ he earned a master’s degree in Bio-Chemistry from NCCU in 1994 after completing a Research Fellowship at Duke University. Lawson is a certified tennis teaching professional through the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) and has memberships or affiliations with the following organizations: Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), Wilson/ITA Coaches Advisory Committee, United States

Tennis Association (USTA) Life Membership, North Carolina Tennis Association (NCTA), United States Tennis Officials Association, and North Carolina Umpires Associations. He and his wife, Tawanda, are the parents of two sons, Tory and Curtis Jr.

“Excellence without Excuse”

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John McLean IV was named an assistant coach at North Carolina Central August 2007. McLean came to North Carolina Central after competing on the professional tour for three

years. During his professional tenure, McLean played some of best tennis athletes in the world and earned ranking points. Prior to competing at the professional level, McLean was a student-athlete at Southern University. When McLean is not on the courts, he enjoys reading and traveling. Born June 12, 1983, McLean resides in Durham, N.C.

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Personal: Stephen Azariah Allsop ... son of Inskip and Cynthia Allsop ... born on Oct. 26, 1988 in Brooklyn, N.Y. ... enjoys playing the piano .... majoring in biology with a minor in jazz studies.

Did You Know: Prior to arriving to NCCU, Stephen was a multi-sport athlete and was the number one tennis player for High Point

High School.

Along with the Faculty Athletic Council Award, the men’s tennis team received for the 2008-09 academic year, Allsop received the Barry Goldwater Scholarship for his 2009-10 academic year.

Founded in 1986 to honor Senator Barry M. Goldwater, the scholarship program was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate award of its type in these fields.

“This is indeed a true honor for Stephen and for the University,” said Dr. Ingrid Wicker-McCree, NCCU Director of Athletics. “This is a great example of the types of top quality student-athletes we have at NCCU. We continue to encourage all of our student-athletes to excel academically so that these types of opportunities become available to further enrich their lives professionally.”

Allsop, who is majoring in biology, plans to attend medical school after graduating from NCCU.

“Stephen has an outstanding academic record,” said Regina R. Alston, Director of the Office of National and International Fellowships at NCCU. “He has completed a number of research projects through coursework

at NCCU and as a participant in various summer programs at other universities, including Harvard University. NCCU is extremely proud to have one of its students win such a nationally competitive award.”

The Goldwater Scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of nearly 1,100 mathematics, science, and engineering students who were nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide. The one and two year scholarships will cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.

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Personal: Junius Daniel Chatman III ... son of Junis and Karris Chatman Jr. ... born on July 7, 1988 in Richmond, Va. ... enjoys watching basketball and football ... majoring in business management with a minor in administration.

Did You Know: Trey was a 3A State Champion in North Carolina in doubles. During the 1970s, his father was an All-American tennis player at North Carolina.

Personal: Patrick Patsun Olobo ... Son of Orache Pachotoo and Kalaki Uganda ... born March 6, 1984 ... enjoys soccer, swimming, golf, camping and fashion ... majoring in sociology with a minor marketing.

Did You Know: Patrick is well-known throughout Eastern and Central Africa for his athletic accomplishments and his appearance in “A Uganda Tennis Story”. He was a former Uganda Davis Cup player and a former NAIA All-American.

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Personal: Alejandro Espitia ... son of Ricardo Espitia and Ana Lucia Castro ... born on March 3, 1990 in Bogota, Columbia. ... enjoys soccer, reading, hiking, golf and theater ... majoring in political science.

Did You Know: Alejandro was the fourth ranked tennis player in Columbia.

Personal: Jose Roberio Fabara ... son of Marcelo Fabara and Jeannette Nunez ... born on Nov. 30, 1988 in Quito, Ecuador ... enjoys going to the movies, spending time with friends, visting new places, dancing, reading ... majoring in business management with a minor in marketing.

Did You Know: Jose was a top ranked tennis player in Ecuador. Jose aspires to run his family’s business and give back to the people of Quito.

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Personal: Jack Peter Waissen ... son of Peter and Jan Waissen ... born on Jan. 17, 1990 in Basingstoke, England ... enjoys soccer, listening to music, watching television, sports and socializing ... majoring in business with a minor in history.

Did You Know: Jack was ranked in the top eight in the country when he was 13 years old.

Personal: Christopher Grafton Mack ... son of Franklyn and Debra Small ... born on Nov. 6, 1990 in Brooklyn, N.Y. ... enjoys tennis, music reading and writing ... majoring in public health education.

Did You Know: Christopher plans to make the world a healthier and safer place.

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2008-09 STATISTICSSINGLES OVERALL DUAL TOUR CONF. 1 2 3 4 5 6 STREAK

Allsop 1-13 1-13 0-0 0-0 --- --- --- --- 0-1 1-12 L 4Byrd 2-5 2-5 0-0 0-0 --- --- 0-1 --- --- 2-4 L 2 Chatman 11-10 11-10 0-0 0-0 --- --- 4-0 4-8 3-2 --- W 1 Espitia 9-12 9-12 0-0 0-0 --- 0-2 1-2 3-4 5-4 --- L 3Fabara 5-15 5-15 0-0 0-0 0-4 1-6 1-2 0-1 3-1 0-1 L 6Perez 12-9 12-9 0-0 0-0 2-1 4-1 4-6 1-0 1-1 --- L 1 Waissen 9-12 9-12 0-0 0-0 6-8 3-4 --- --- --- --- L 1

Totals 50-76 50-76 0-0 0-0 8-13 8-13 10-11 8-13 12-9 4-17

Percentage .397 .397 .000 .000 .381 .381 .476 .381 .571 .190

DOUBLES OVERALL DUAL TOUR CONF. 1 2 3 STREAK LAST 10

Epsitia/ 8-11 8-11 0-0 0-0 7-10 1-1 --- L 1 4-6Waissen

Chatman/ 6-5 6-5 0-0 0-0 --- 6-5 --- W 1 6-4Perez

Byrd/ 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-0 --- --- 2-4 L 3 2-4Fabara

Allsop/ 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 --- --- 1-2 L 1 1-2Fabara

Allsop/ 0-4 0-4 0-0 0-0 --- --- 0-4 L 4 0-4Byrd

Chatman/ 4-6 4-6 0-0 0-0 --- 3-5 1-1 L 1 4-6Fabara

Byrd/ 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 --- 0-1 L 3 0-3Perez

Allsop/ 0-4 0-4 0-0 0-0 --- --- 0-4 L 4 0-4Perez

Espitia/ 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 --- --- L 1 0-1Perez

Totals 22-40 22-40 0-0 0-0 7-12 10-11 4-15

Percentage .355 .355 .000 .000 .350 .476 .238

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(Trey Chatman, Stephen Allsop, Andres Perez, Jermaine Byrd, Head Coach D. Curtis Lawson, Faculty Athletic Representive Dr.

Les Brinson, Jack Waissen, Jose Fabara, Alejandro Espitia, Assistant Coach John McLean IV)

NCCU MEN’S TENNIS CLAIMS HIGHEST GPA AWARD

Every year during the North Carolina Central University athletic banquet, one sports team is honored with the Faculty Athletic Council Award. This is award is given to the sports team with the highest overall grade point average.

For the past four years, the men’s tennis team has been the recepient of this award.

NCCU MEN’S & WOMEN’S TENNIS TEAMS RECIEVE ITA ACADEMIC AWARDS

The North Carolina Central men’s and women’s tennis team recieved the All-Academic Team and Student-Athletes from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) for the 2009 season.

The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All eligible student-athletes whose names appear on the NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA eligibility form and have competed in one or more varsity matches must average into the GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2008 and spring 2009).

Representing the men’s tennis team on the ITA Student-Athlete list is senior, Stephen Allsop and sophomores Alejandro Espitia and Jose Fabara.

NCCU juniors Ashley Rogers and Tatiana Velasquez represented the Eagles on the women’s side.

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Chancellor Charlie Nelms assumed his duties as chancellor of North Carolina Central University August 1, 2007.

Prior to joining the NCCU family, Nelms served as vice president for Institutional Development and Student Affairs at Indiana University, which enrolls approximately 100,000 students on eight campuses. In his role as IU’s vice president for Institutional Development and Student Affairs, Nelms was responsible for a combination of duties on the Bloomington campus and systemwide that spanned university planning, institutional research and effectiveness, enrollment management, student affairs, academic support services, K-12 outreach initiatives, student retention, honors programs, and diversity and equity efforts. In September 2001, TIME magazine named IU’s Bloomington campus the number-one student-centered research university in the nation. Many of the programs cited by TIME were under Nelms’ oversight and direction.

A native of Crawfordsville, Arkansas, Nelms majored in agronomy and chemistry at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, graduating in 1968. He later earned a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs (1971) and a doctoral degree in higher education administration (1977) from Indiana University. Early in his career, he rose through the faculty and administrative ranks as associate dean for Student Development at Earlham College in Indiana (1973-1977), associate director of the Center for Human Development and Education Services at the UAPB (1977-1978), associate dean for Academic Affairs at Indiana University Northwest (1978-1984) and vice president for Student Services at Sinclair Community College in Ohio (1984- 1987).

In 1987, Nelms began a seven-year tenure as chancellor of Indiana University East, a commuter campus serving east-central Indiana. During his tenure there, the campus was the fastest-growing college in the State of Indiana. In 1994, Nelms was named chancellor of the University of Michigan at Flint (UMF), an urban campus that enrolls over 6,500 students and offers a full spectrum of undergraduate and master’s degree programs. Before being recruited to Indiana University in 1998, he resolved a significant campus budget deficit, reversed a four-year enrollment decline, and secured more than $75 million in private gifts to UMF.

A former American Council on Education Fellow

and Ford Fellow, Nelms holds honorary degrees from Earlham College and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Over the course of his career, he has received numerous awards for his contributions to education and service to students, including the Benjamin Hooks Award for Meritorious Achievement from the Gary (IN) branch of the NAACP, the Distinguished Alumni Service Award from Indiana University, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the IU School of Education, the President’s Medal from the University of Michigan, and the State of Indiana’s Sagamore of the Wabash—the highest civilian award bestowed by the governor.

Nelms is married to Jeanetta Sherrod Nelms. They have one son, Rashad, a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School who serves as a policy officer with the United Nations World Food Programme.

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Ingrid Wicker-McCree, Ed.D., was appointed as the Director of Athletics at North Carolina Central University on April 23, 2008 after holding the interim position for five months.

She officially began her new leadership role on May 1, 2008.

Wicker-McCree, who joined the rank of only a handful of women athletic directors in the UNC system, previously served as NCCU’s associate athletics director for internal affairs. She has served in a variety of leadership positions in both conference and national level organizations, 8most notably as president of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Executive Board from 2004-06, becoming only the second woman to ever hold that position in the league’s history. In addition, she served as a member of the NCAA’s Division II Legislation Committee from 2003-07.

In recognition of her work, Wicker-McCree received the CIAA Leadership Award for Service as president of the Executive Board and was named the CIAA Senior Woman Administrator of the Year in the spring of 2006.

Now entering her 16th year at NCCU, Wicker-McCree has been one of the driving forces behind NCCU’s reclassification to NCAA Division I. Since 1998, she has overseen the internal operations of the Athletics Department, including all compliance and eligibility programs.

Wicker-McCree began her career at NCCU as the head coach for women’s volleyball and softball. She became the first coach in NCCU history to win conference championships in multiple sports, capturing the school’s first-ever CIAA titles in softball (1998) and volleyball (1999, 2004, 2005). A three-time CIAA Volleyball Coach of the Year (1999, 2002, 2005) and former member of the NCAA Division II National Volleyball Committee, Wicker-McCree earned 239 match victories in 12 seasons as head volleyball coach at NCCU. She was also inducted into the NCCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004 as head coach of the 1998 softball team.

A native of Durham and a graduate of C.E. Jordan High School, Wicker-McCree played on two North Carolina high school state volleyball championship teams, while also lettering in basketball and track and field. She continued her volleyball playing career as a student-athlete at George Washington University.

Wicker-McCree earned her undergraduate degree in criminal justice from George Washington University in 1989, and a master’s degree in recreation resources administration from North Carolina State University in December 1991. She also completed doctoral studies in higher education administration at North Carolina State University in June 2008.

She began her coaching career as a graduate assistant coach for the women’s volleyball program at N.C. State (1989-90). She then spent two seasons (1992-93) as head volleyball coach and student-athlete academic counselor at North Carolina A&T State University before returning to her hometown to begin her NCCU tenure in August 1994.

Wicker-McCree has been involved as a player and coach in the USA Volleyball Carolina Region. She also served as director of three USAV Junior Olympic Teams (ages 18, 16, 14 and under) and director of the Y.M.C.A. Middle School Girls’ Volleyball Camp (ages 10-14).

Wicker-McCree and her husband, Geno McCree, a three-sport collegiate student-athlete and 1991 graduate of Elon University, are the proud parents of Alexia (11), Quinton (8) and Sydney (5).

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JAMAUL ALEXANDERAccountant

CAROLYN ARRINGTONAssistant A.D. for Business/Finance

ANTHONY BENNETTDirector of

Student-Athlete Services

DR. LES BRINSONFaculty Athletic Council Chairman

LOUISE BROTHERSBusiness & Finance

Assistant

RECO CHAVISFacilities/Event

Coordinator

BRIGITTE COUNCILATC, LAT/

Asst. Athletic Trainer

NATHAN CROCKETTMS, ATC, LAT/

Asst. Athletic Trainer

ARIEL GERMAINSports Information

Graduate Assistant

CHRIS HOOKSAsst. Sports Information Director/

Broadcast Media

BARRY MARROWFacilities/Turf Management

REAH NICHOLSONAssistant Sports

Information Director

ADRIAN POWELLEquipment Manager/

Evening Building Supervisor

DARRELL SANDERSStrength & Conditioning

Assistant Coach

BRENDA SCARBOROUGHExecutive Assistant to the

Athletics Director

TYRONE IRBYStrength & Conditioning

Assistant Coach

MARLYNN JONESAssistant A.D. for

Compliance

NICOLE MITCHELLSports Information/Marketing Assistant

KYLE SERBAAssociate A.D. for Media Relations

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GEORGE SMITHAssociate A.D. for

External Affairs/S&C

ETIENNE THOMASAssociate A.D. for

Internal Operations/SWA

SEAN THOMASMS, ATC, LAT/

Head Athletic Trainer

BRENDA WILLIAMSAdministrative Assistant

DANNY WORTHYAssistant A.D. for

Corporate Relations

MIKE CHARLTONSoftball

GEORGETTE CRAWFORD-CROOKSVolleyball

CURTIS LAWSONMen’s Tennis/

Director of Tennis

MICHAEL LAWSONTrack & Field/Cross Country

LEVELLE MOTONMen’s Basketball

DAVID NASSWomen’s Tennis

PAUL PERRYGolf

MOSE RISONFootball

JOLI ROBINSONWomen’s Basketball

KAREN SANFORDWomen’s Bowling

DR. HENRY WHITEBaseball

DARKINA WARDMS, ATC, LAT/

Asst. Athletic Trainer

HEAD COACHES

INGRID WICKER-MCCREEDirector of Athletics

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North Carolina Central University is competing in its third year of reclassification as an NCAA Division I institution (Football Championship Subdivision), and the Eagles will be playing as an independent during the 2008-09 athletics campaign.

Fourteen men’s and women’s sports teams participate in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition at the Division I-FCS level. Men’s intercollegiate teams include football, basketball, baseball, indoor and outdoor track & field, tennis, golf and cross country. Women’s intercollegiate teams include basketball, volleyball, indoor and outdoor track & field, tennis, softball, bowling and cross country.

NCCU’s athletic programs have enjoyed regional and national recognition for years, headlined by the 1989 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship.

NCCU’s commitment to a balanced athletic program, providing equitable resources to all of its sports teams, is abundantly apparent. In five of the last eight years in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), NCCU claimed the Loretta Taylor All-Sports Trophy, recognizing the top all-around women’s program in the conference.

In 2007-08, NCCU’s first season of Division I (FCS) competition, the women’s volleyball team kicked off the Division I era with a dramatic, come-from-behind win over N.C. State, then cruised to 21 victories, all against Division I opponents. The football team finished its first Division I season with a 6-4 record, the Eagles fourth straight winning season. The men’s and women’s cross country teams each won four of their seven events. The men’s basketball team played one of the toughest schedules in the country, while traveling more than 22,000 miles and playing in 13 different states. The squad earned a road victory over the eventual Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champions and capped the season with a win over rival Winston-Salem State University at the MEAC Tournament. Finally, the track and field program won two events at the prestigious Penn Relays and qualified two student-athletes for the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Boston.

In 2006-07, NCCU’s final season in the NCAA Division II, the Eagles placed 24th in the final standings of the U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cup, the prestigious award presented annually to the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country.

In 2006-07, NCCU won four CIAA team championships and participated in nine NCAA Division II Championship events.

2006 CIAA Women's Cross Country Champions

2007 CIAA Women’s Basketball Champions

2006 CIAA Women's Volleyball Champions

2006 CIAA Football Champions

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS2007 Women’s Basketball (CIAA)2006 Football (CIAA)2006 Women's Volleyball (CIAA)2006 Women's Cross Country (CIAA)2006 Softball (CIAA)2005 Women’s Volleyball (CIAA)2005 Football (CIAA)2005 Women’s Cross Country (CIAA)2004 Women’s Volleyball (CIAA)2004 Men’s Cross Country (CIAA)2001 Women’s Bowling (CIAA)1999 Softball (CIAA)1999 Women’s Volleyball (CIAA)1998 Men’s Tennis (CIAA)1998 Softball (CIAA)1984 Women’s Basketball (CIAA)1980 Football (CIAA)1975 Men’s Tennis (MEAC)1974 Men’s Track & Field (MEAC)1974 Men’s Tennis (MEAC)1973 Football (MEAC)1973 Men’s Track & Field (MEAC)1973 Men’s Tennis (MEAC)1972 Football (MEAC)1972 Men’s Track & Field (MEAC)1972 Men’s Tennis (MEAC)1971 Men’s Track & Field (CIAA)1965 Men’s Track & Field (CIAA)1965 Men’s Tennis (CIAA)1964 Men’s Track & Field (CIAA)1964 Men’s Tennis (CIAA)1963 Football (CIAA)1961 Football (CIAA)1959 Men’s Tennis (CIAA)1958 Men’s Tennis (CIAA)1957 Men’s Tennis (CIAA)1956 Football (CIAA)1954 Football (CIAA)1953 Football (CIAA)1950 Men’s Basketball (CIAA)1946 Men’s Basketball (CIAA)

Several former student-athletes and coaches are nationally and internationally known.

Heading the charge of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games was Dr. LeRoy T. Walker, President of the U.S. Olympic Committee, who lifted the Eagle track & field program to international prominence during his unprecedented tenure as head coach at NCCU.

Under Walker’s reign, the Eagles produced 30 national titles, 77 All-Americans, and eight Olympic medalists. Legendary basketball practitioner, John B. McLendon, a member of the National Basketball Hall of Fame, established a remarkable record of 239-68 (.779) as an Eagle head coach from 1940 to 1952. A student of Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball, McLendon is credited with the development of the zone press, fast break and four corners offense.

Boston Celtics great Sam Jones, a student-

athlete under McLendon and a fellow Hall-of-Famer, became the first black player to be drafted in the first round after scoring a record 1,745 points during his stellar NCCU career. Internationally-renowned artist, Ernie Barnes - best-known for his famous paintings seen on the 1970s sitcom “Good Times” - played football for the NCCU prior to a professional gridiron career with the Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos.

The LeRoy T. Walker Physical Education Complex houses a multi-purpose gymnasium, Olympic-sized swimming and diving pool, athletic training facilities, strength and fitness center, and much more.

O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium hosts NCCU football action for a capacity crowd of 10,000 dedicated Eagle fans. In mid-November, McLendon-McDougald Gym lights-up with men’s and women’s basketball excitement.

NCCU’s Shari Matthews was selected as the 2006 NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball National Player

of the Year.

1975 TENNIS TEAMThe 1975 MEAC Tennis Championship Team was coached by Dr.

James W. Younge. The Eagles edged Howard University 22-20 on May4 to capture their fourth consecutive conference title. Competing in thefinals for NCCU were Ricardo Jones, William Torres, Michael Taylor,

Bennett Miller, Leonard Lewis and Larry McCollum.

Legendary track & field coach Dr. LeRoy T. Walker, president of the U.S. Olympic Committee in 1996, led the Eagles to 30 national titles, 77 All-America

citations, and eight Olympic medals.

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HISTORYIn 1910, Dr. James E. Shepard envisioned and founded a school that prepared African American adults for leadership roles in our nation’s communities. Founded as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, North Carolina Central University (NCCU) became the nation’s first state-supported historically black liberal arts college. In 1923, the National Training School became the state-supported Durham State Normal School, devoted to “the training of teachers for the Colored Public Schools of North Carolina.”

Two years later, Dr. Shepard was able to persuade the General Assembly to take a revolutionary step, making the institution a liberal arts college and naming it North Carolina College for Negroes in 1925. The School of Law was established in 1940 and the School of Library Science in 1941. By the time of Dr. Shepard’s death on October 6, 1947, the institution that had become North Carolina College at Durham was fully-accredited, highly respected and had become the alma mater of a growing list of distinguished alumni.

Today, under the leadership of Chancellor Charlie Nelms, NCCU is a comprehensive university offering more than 100 bachelor’s degrees in various disciplines, 40 master’s degree programs and three professional degrees in law. The university reaches out to all racial and ethnic groups, and has a diverse student population of more than 8,000.

NEW INITIATIVESNCCU is on the cutting edge with its Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise known as BRITE. The institute offers new bachelor’s and master’s degrees in pharmaceutical science. These programs provide students with core scientific competencies in biology or chemistry as well as hands-on laboratory practice. In addition, there are seminar courses in drug development operations, FDA regulations, quality assurance and control, and intellectual property and patent law. NCCU’s BRITE is

an important part of the statewide initiative to make North Carolina a premiere provider of skilled workers for the biotechnology industry.

The School of Law has won kudos for providing top-notch legal education. According to Vault, Inc., a publishing firm that researches and collects data on diverse professions, the law school has not received the acknowledgment it is due. Vault surveyed 512 recruiters who identified 25 “underrated” schools, and the NCCU School of Law was ranked at number 14.

NCCU and the African American Jazz Caucus are partnering to form the NCCU/AAJC Jazz Research Institute (NAJRI) in an effort to preserve the integrity of jazz as an African American art form. One of the functions of the Institute will be to address the critical artistic and economic situation of jazz in the African American community as well as develop other initiatives such as a North Carolina Hall of Fame dedicated to highlighting the work of jazz artists from North Carolina.

In an effort to bring more study abroad options to students, NCCU has been accepted as a member of the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP), a nonprofit membership organization that provides affordable and diverse study abroad and exchange opportunities to students around the world. NCCU is only one of four historically black college or university in the ISEP network. ISEP membership makes it possible for NCCU students to study abroad at over 135 different universities in 39 countries.

NCCU is the first historically black institution in the nation to have an athletic training education program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.

Built upon the motto of Truth and Service, NCCU is a university committed to preparing and equipping students with the knowledge and skills to compete in the global marketplace.

NCCU HIGHLIGHTS

• NCCU was the fastest growing institution in the University of North Carolina System. At 5.5 percent for fall 2006, NCCU surpassed the UNC System’s average rate of growth of 3.1 percent.

• Black Enterprise magazine named NCCU one of the Top 50 Colleges for African Americans in the nation in its September 2006 edition. NCCU was ranked No. 30.

• The Golden LEAF Foundation awarded $2.3 million to the Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise.

• In 2006, NCCU’s School of Law students passed the State Bar Examination at a rate of 86 percent; the highest of any other historically black school in the country.

• NCCU received accreditation of its bachelor’s and master’s programs in business administration from the Assembly of American Colleges and Schools of Business International.

• NCCU received a $150,000 grant from the Darden Restaurants Foundation to establish a Culinary Teaching Laboratory at the university to support its Hospitality and Tourism Program.

• An endowment in the amount of $100,000 was awarded for the Christopher S. Meldrum Chemistry Scholarship Fund to establish a scholarship for chemistry majors.

• NCCU led in recruiting National Achievement Scholars. NCCU was No. 3 in the state and tied for third place among historically black colleges and universities across the nation.

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2009-2010 North Carolina Central University Men’s Tennis Match Schedule

September 24 HBCU Nationals Atlanta, Ga. 8 a.m.

October15-16 ITA Carolina Regional Chapel Hill, N.C. All Day23 UNC Wilmington Invitational Wilmington, N.C. 8 a.m.

January17 N.C. State Raleigh, N.C. 5:30 p.m.24 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 p.m.31 UNC Asheville Chapel Hill, N.C. TBA

February7 Duke Durham, N.C. 6 p.m.14 Winston-Salem State Durham, N.C. 9 a.m.14 Shaw Durham, N.C. 3 p.m.20 Kennesaw State Atlanta, Ga. 3 p.m.21 Morehouse Atlanta, Ga. 9 a.m.

March6-9 MEAC Round-up Sumter, S.C. TBA7 Florida A&M Sumter, S.C. 2 p.m.8 Coastal Carolina Myrtle Beach, S.C. 3 p.m.9 Presbyterian Myrtle Beach , S.C. 12 p.m.13 Hampton Cary, N.C. 10 a.m.23 Morgan State Cary, N.C. 1 p.m.27 Norfolk State Norfolk, Va. 12 p.m.27 Virginia State Petersburg, Va. 4 p.m.

April2 Longwood Cary, N.C. 10 a.m.2 Mount Olive Cary, N.C. 2 p.m.4 University of Richmond Durham, N.C. 10 a.m.5 The Citadel Durham, N.C. 2 p.m.10 Campbell Cary, N.C. 12 p.m.15-16 Independent Tournament Farmville, Va. TBA

For updated schedule and results information, visit www.NCCUEaglePride.com.