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SeniorToria Silver

SeniorShalisha Ejimakor

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General InformationName of School .....North Carolina Central University

City/ Zip ........................................ Durham, NC 27707

Founded ............................ 1910 Dr. James E. Shepard

Enrollment ...........................................................8,612

Nickname ........................................................... Eagles

School Colors .....................................Maroon & Gray

Facility ..................................... NCCU Bowling Lanes

Location .........................Alfonso Elder Student Union

Conference ...............Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

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

Alma Mater (Year) ............Arkansas Pine Bluff (1968)

Athletics Director ......... Ingrid Wicker-McCree, Ed.D.

Alma Mater (Year) ............ George Washington (1989)

Coaching StaffHead Coach ........................................... Karen Sanford

Assistant Coach ...................... Anthony “Tony” Smith

Team Manager .....................................Jamille Monroe

Sports InformationBowling Contact ....................................Ariel Germain

Office Phone ........................................(919) 530-6892

Cell Phone ............................................(919) 667-7966

Fax .......................................................(919) 530-5426

E-mail ..........................................agermain@nccu.edu

Sports Information Director ........................Kyle Serba

SID Office Phone .................................(919) 530-7054

SID E-mail ....................................... kserba@nccu.edu

SID Mailing Address ....116 McDougald-McLendon Gym

...................................................... Durham, NC 27707

Athletics Dept. Phone ..........................(919) 530-7057

Athletics Dept. Website ................................................

........................................www.NCCUEaglePride.com

Table Contents

Table of Contents ..................................................3

Roster ....................................................................4

Schedule ................................................................5

Meet the Eagles ................................................. 7-9

Chancellor ...........................................................11

NCCU .................................................................12

Athletics Director ................................................13

Faculty/Staff/Coaches ................................... 14-15

NCCU Athletics ............................................ 16-17

Credits

The 2010-11 North Carolina Central University women’s bowling information guide is a production of the NCCU Sports Information Office. Written, designed and edited by Ariel Germain, sports information assistant. Covers designed by Ariel Germain and Chris Hooks. Photography by Dyann Busse, Red Rocket Photography.

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Roster

Name Class Major R/L Hometown

LaTia Blacknell Senior Psychology R Durham, N.C.

Shalisha Ejimakor Senior Business Management R Raleigh, N.C.

Kristyne Garrett Freshman Forensics L Raleigh, N.C.

Laverne Jones Sophomore Pharmacy Science R Goldsboro, N.C.

Krystal Richardson Junior Elementary Education R Matteson, Ill.

Toria Silver Senior Child Development R Durham, N.C.

Karen Sanford- Head Coach

Anthony “Tony” Smith- Assistant Head Coach

Jamille Monroe- Team Manager

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Left to Right: NCCU assistant coach Anthony Smith, Laverne Jones, LaTia Blacknell, Shalisha Ejimakor, Toria Silver, Krystal Richardson, Kristyne Garrett, and NCCU head coach Karen Sanford

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NCCU 2010-11 Bowling ScheduleMEAC Southern Division Greensboro, N.C. November 13-14, 2010South Carolina State Invitational Orangeburg, S.C. November 20-21, 2010MEAC Southern Division Chesapeake, Va. December 4-5, 2010MEAC Southern Division Tallahassee, Fla. January 8-9, 2011Frederick E. Underwood Lady Laurel, Md. January 22-23, 2011

Bulldog Bowling ClassicSouth Carolina State Sumter, S.C. February 12-13, 2011

Bulldog ClassicMorgan State Collegiate Classic Baltimore, Md. February 18-20, 2011

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Personal- Kristyne Nacole Garrett ... Born Sept. 2, 1992 in Bronx, N.Y. ... Daughter of Carl and Sanara Garrett ... Majoring in Forensics ... Enjoys solving problems and plans to receive an internship with CCBI or SBI lab.

Personal- LaTia Cherelle Blacknell ... Born March 3, 1989 in Durham, N.C. ... Daughter of Tawanna Farrow ... Majoring in Nursing.

Personal- Shalisha Faye Ejimakor ... Born Oct. 4, 1988 in Raleigh, N.C. ... Daughter of Jude Ejimakor and Shelia Cooper ... Majoring in Business Administration ... Enjoys playing sports, especially basketball, also enjoys shopping , working out and talking to friends.

LaTia BlacknellSenior

Durham, N.C.Riverside H.S.

Shalisha EjimakorSenior

Raleigh, N.C.Enloe H.S.

Kristyne GarrettFreshman

Raleigh, N.C.Enloe H.S.

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Personal- Laverne Nenita Jones ... Born Jan. 20, 1991 in Goldsboro, N.C. ... Daughter of Vernon and Nenita Jones ... Majoring in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Laverne JonesSophomore

Greensboro, N.C.Eastern Wayne H.S.

Krystal RichardsonJunior

Matteson, Ill.Rich Central H.S.

Personal- Krystal Latrice Richardson ... Born Sept. 30, 1990 in Chicago, Ill. ... Daughter of Gregory and Sandra Crowther ... Majoring in Elementary Education ... Interests include art, fashion and animals ... Krystal joins the Eagles from Winston-Salem State University

Toria SilverSenior

Durham, N.C.Josephine Dobbs Clement Early College H.S.

Personal- Toria Christina-Belle Silver ... Born June 5, 1990 in Durham, N.C. ... Daughter of Ricky and Victoria Silver ... Majoring in Education ... Interests include shopping.

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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 system wide 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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HISTORY

In 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 INITIATIVES

NCCU 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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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 17th 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 and her husband, Geno McCree, a three-sport collegiate student-athlete and 1991 graduate of Elon University, are the proud parents of Alexia, Quinton and Sydney.

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DR. LES BRINSONFaculty Athletic

Council Chairman(919) 530-5166

LUANN EDMONDS-HARRISMarketing Director,

Cheerleading Coach(919) 530-6713

ANTHONY BENNETTDirector of

Student-Athlete Services(919) 530-6906

CAROLYN ARRINGTONAssistant A.D. for

Business & Finance(919) 530-5125

BRENDA SCARBOROUGHExecutive Assistant to the

Athletics Director(919) 530-7057

SEAN THOMASMS, ATC, LAT

Head Athletic Trainer(919) 530-6215

WILLIE JUDE IIAssistant A.D. for

Development(919) 530-6724

GEORGE SMITHAssociate A.D. for

External Affairs/S&C(919) 530-5126

KYLE SERBAAssociate A.D. forMedia Relations(919) 530-7054

NATHAN CROCKETTMS, ATC, LAT

Assistant Athletic Trainer(919) 530-7595

VINCENT BROWNAssociate A.D. for

Finance & Business(919) 530-6868

ETIENNE THOMASAssociate A.D. for

Internal Operations/SWA(919) 530-7053

JAMAUL ALEXANDERAccountant

(919) 530-6866

RECO CHAVISFacilities / Event

Coordinator(919) 530-6721

BARRY MARROWFacilities /

Turf Management(919) 530-5124

LOUISE BROTHERSBusiness & Finance

Assistant(919) 530-6802

CHRIS HOOKSAssistant Sports Information Director / Broadcast Media

(919) 530-6892

ADRIAN POWELLEquipment Manager,

Evening Building Supervisor(919) 530-7057

BRIGITTE COUNCILATC, LAT

Assistant Athletic Trainer(919) 530-6215

ARIEL GERMAINSports Information

Assistant(919) 530-7054

TYRONE IRBYStrength & Conditioning

Assistant Coach(919) 530-6722

MARLYNN JONESAssistant A.D. for

Compliance(919) 530-6725

NICOLE MITCHELLMarketing Assistant,

Life Skills Coordinator(919) 530-7525

DARKINA WARDMS, ATC, LAT

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DR. INGRID WICKER-McCREEDirector of Athletics

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KAREN SANFORDWomen’s Bowling,

Head Coach(919) 530-6484

MIKE CHARLTONSoftball,

Head Coach(919) 530-6723

DAVID NASSWomen’s Tennis,

Head Coach(919) 530-5127

CURTIS LAWSONMen’s Tennis, Head Coach

Director of Tennis(919) 530-5127

DR. HENRY WHITEBaseball,

Head Coach(919) 530-6723

PAUL PERRYGolf,

Head Coach(919) 530-7186

DANNY WORTHYAssistant A.D. for

Corporate Relations(919) 530-6726

BRENDA WILLIAMSAdministrative

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North Carolina Central UniversityDepartment of Athletics

I. Mission Statement North Carolina Central University places the highest priority on a quality academic and athletic experience as part of the overall education of student-athletes. We affirm academic excellence as the cornerstone to the mission of the institution; as well as the physical, mental and social well-being of those admitted. In so doing, we seek to strengthen the integration of the athletic program objectives with academic development objectives. NCCU recognizes the positive impact of athletic participation on the individual athlete, campus community and community at-large. Consistent with these we seek to encourage attitudes of integrity, fairness, respect for others, dedication to goals, equal access and zeal to present a national model program that culminates in strongly competitive performances in the classroom and on the athletic field.

II. Vision Statement The NCCU Athletics Program envisions being recognized as one of the nation’s leading institutions for academic and athletic excellence in a diverse cultural and educational environment.

III. Five Core Values1) Institutional Control and Compliance2) Academic Excellence and Integrity3) Fiscal Integrity4) Physical, Social and Emotional Student Well-being 5) Competitive Excellence with the highest ethical standards

IV. Strategic Goals 1. To recruit student-athletes to North Carolina Central University and provide them with the academic support that will ensure each student’s progress and completion of graduation requirements. 2. To enhance leadership qualities, character development, sportsmanship, physical development, emotional development, social development and academic excellence in student-athletes. 3. To sustain and enhance resources of the North Carolina Central University Athletics such that team performances are highly competitive and nationally recognized. 4. To recruit and attract coaches and staff members who are committed to the best in athletic instruction, program management, academic mission support and good sportsmanship. 5. To ensure compliance with Federal, State and University regulations in the hiring process to include but not limited to providing equal treatment and opportunity for student-athletes, coaches and staff in employment and in all department programs. 6. To maintain fiscal and operational integrity by establishing fiscally sound budgets and executing effective management practices. 7. To maintain compliance with all institutional, conference, and NCAA rules and regulations governing membership requirements to include but not limited to amateurism, recruiting, eligibility, playing and practice seasons, and finance. 8. To ensure diversity and equity among staff and student-athletes by providing an environment which promotes and emphasizes respect for sensitivity to diversity and equity.

MICHAEL LAWSONTrack & Field/Cross Country,

Head Coach(919) 530-5121

LEVELLE MOTONMen’s Basketball,

Head Coach(919) 530-7058

JOLI ROBINSONWomen’s Basketball,

Head Coach(919) 530-7051

GEORGETTE CRAWFORD-CROOKSWomen’s Volleyball,

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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, McDougald-McLendon 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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NCCU 2010-11 Bowling ScheduleMEAC Southern Division Greensboro, N.C. November 13-14, 2010South Carolina State Invitational Orangeburg, S.C. November 20-21, 2010MEAC Southern Division Chesapeake, Va. December 4-5, 2010MEAC Southern Division Tallahassee, Fla. January 8-9, 2011Fredrick E. Underwood Lady Laurel, Md. January 22-23, 2011

Bulldog Bowling ClassicSouth Carolina State Sumter, S.C. February 12-13, 2011

Bulldog ClassicMorgan State Collegiate Classic Baltimore, Md. February 18-20, 2011