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January 2015 Vol. 1
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Simone Biles
America’s
Next Great Gymnast
HBCU
Report
Hungary’s
Judit Polgár
WNBA Legend
Lisa Leslie
U.S.A.’s
Brenda Villa
Women in Sports
Inside
Gymnastics - Exercising
Photo Gallery - WNBA - LPGA
WTA - Chess - Spotlight On
Olympic History and Trailblazers
HBCU Report
South Korea’s
Lydia Ko
Baseball Hall of Fame
Internships
Baseball Hall of Fame Internship Program Provides Opportunity of a Lifetime for Youth Development
- Applications for 2015 Class of Frank and Peggy Steele Interns Due
January 31 (Cooperstown, NY) – The chance to spend the summer in Cooperstown is every baseball fan’s dream. For college
students aspiring to land a once-in-a-lifetime summer experience in the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2015 internship
program, only a handful of weeks remain before applications are due January 31.
The 2015 Frank and Peggy Steele Internship Program for Youth Leadership Development will provide students the
chance to join the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum team in a 10-week paid summer internship, offering
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applications received in Cooperstown each year.
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university, having completed at least their sophomore year of studies. Intern positions for 2015 are available in the
following fields:
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
COVER STORY
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Simone Biles: America’s Next Great Gymnast
SPECIALS
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No Pain No Gain: Annie Macdonald
FEATURES
PHOTO GALLERY
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Miles College Steaming Flags’ Flag Corp1
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Kentucky State University Cheerleaders
WNBA
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Lisa Leslie: Heads 2015 Induction Class into the Women’s Basketball
Hall of Fame
LPGA
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South Korea’s Lydia Ko: Youngest Person Ever to Win a LPGA Tour
Event
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Stacy Lewis: LPGA Tour Player of the Year
WTA
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Sloane Stephens: WTA Tennis Player on the Rise
CHESS
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Judit Polgar: The Strongest Female Chess Player in History
OLYMPIC HISTORY AND TRAILBLAZERS
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Brenda Villa: Female Water Polo Player of the Decade (2000 - 2009)
SPOTLIGHT ON:
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Martha “Pee Wee” Hudson: Tennessee State University Tigerbelle
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
(HBCUs)
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Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association [CIAA]
Southwestern Athletic Conference [SWAC]
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association [SIAC]
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference [MEAC]
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference [GCAC]
Other HBCUs
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No Pain No Gain
Annie Macdonald
By Tony Brooks
The definition of pain is the physical
suffering or discomfort caused by
illness or injury. Associated words
are ache, throb, sting and twinge.
Gain is defined as obtaining
something desired, favorable or
profitable. Associated words are
secure, acquire, earn and win. With
one flip of the calendar page,
January 1st has ushered in a new
year with the anticipation of
obtaining favorable position,
earning the wins, breaking through
the pain barrier and making good
on the gain.
Happy New Year sports fans and athletic enthusiasts. Over the
course of the next three to four weeks, health club memberships
will spike upward in enrollment. You may have to take a number
in order to use the exercise equipment, and the sauna may be
standing room only as people across the country will attempt to
make good on their resolutions of getting in shape, losing weight,
dieting and exercising. Resolutions however are often short lived
and the pathway to victory quickly becomes a complicated
conundrum for those traveling the road of least resistance.
The success to overcoming any obstacle starts with Positive
Mental Attitude (PMA). PMA must be the weapon of choice and
the state of mind long before the physical agility begins. It was
Seneca the ancient Roman philosopher and writer who said,
“Difficulties strengthen the mind as well as labor does the body.”
Nineteenth Century New York writer Christian Nestell Bovee
added, “Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist
cheerfulness, as exercise assist digestion.”
I recently had a chat with an exercise junkie addicted to doing
workouts six or seven days a week that included squats and
lunges under the watchful eye of a personal trainer all year, every
year for the last three decades. Enter from stage left the former
fashion model who you could say has “been there, done that
and got the T-shirt to prove it.”
To learn more about PMA, one only needs to talk to former Ford
and Elite agency model Annie Macdonald, who is on the rebound
from knee replacement surgery. She has plenty of PMA to share
and keeps a portion also in reserve. In her hip pockets are
maxims that she draws upon for her own personal
encouragement, as well as pass-a-longs to a reading audience.
Ms. Macdonald was born in New Mexico and raised in Texas.
She worked in New York City during her 13 year modeling career
in the 1970s and 80s. With a tall, thin frame and sleek height of
five-foot-nine, the green-eyed head turner had been previously
featured in sports related media. In a memorable 1970s ad with
former Dallas Cowboys six-foot-four, 225-pound tight end Billy
Joe DuPree, the two were shown seated at side-by-side white
linen clothed dinner tables with their meal portions. Macdonald
had a mere artichoke and a glass of white wine daintily set
before her. DuPree on the other hand had a feast of barbecued
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chicken, pork ribs, crayfish, shrimp, catfish, fried and stewed
vegetables, a Perrier and chocolate pie for desert that took up
the whole side of his table. In 1978, Macdonald appeared on the
Fall Fashion cover of the action catalog Sportpages adorned in
saddle-up Western gear.
Her career kicked off in the city of Boston, where she was
“discovered” by an agency representative, just simply walking
down the street. Macdonald is also laid back, Southwestern New
Mexico style. After her tour of duty on Madison Avenue in the city
that never sleeps with endless parties and demanding work
schedules, the dark-haired runway veteran retired in 1987, turned
off the high beam lights of New York, and headed back to the
roots of her birthplace.
Touching down in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she got to a quiet place
and quickly discovered she didn’t know how to be quiet. Cannot
leave out that Annie Macdonald is Texas Tough too now that she
is undergoing physical therapy-rehabilitation and personal
workout routines two hours a day, three times a week for the
reconstructive knee replacement. Her pain threshold is high,
but there have been no public utterances of negativity.
Macdonald is laser focused on being positive in the face of
physical workouts supervised once again with a personal trainer.
Through the grueling gauntlet of knee bends, physical exercises
with a new physical therapist to get the knee to a flat spot and
then the icing, she also uses meditative processes to guide her
to a cognitive place of peace where pain and healing can coexist.
The many hours and years she spent on her exercise routines
played a role in the wear and tear she has experienced, and has
taken its toll, leaving a bone against bone aftermath inside her
knee. Of the options to just give up, give in or give it all you got,
the first two possibilities simply do not compute, it’s not even a
part of her vocabulary. After all, it’s only pain; it’s going to eventually
go away. Meanwhile another dose of blood thinner will stop the
clotting.
At age 62, Annie’s focus now is living for the moment. Taxing
down life’s runway, her destination is unknown, it’s one day at a
time with no specific agenda other than healing and rehabbing.
She has lived a life envied by many; now she shares her
inspiration with all. Macdonald has had to slow down her
personal workouts of late due to some knee discomfort and
doctors orders; however, she says with a giggle, taking three
months off will cause her to turn into a middle-aged woman
physically speaking. Who was it that said, “Adversity introduces
a man to himself”? The same holds true for women.
Macdonald has been retired from the glitz, glamour and bright
hot lights of the fashion industry since 1987, but was willing to
step back into the pages of a magazine once more to share her
story of pain and her outlook for what can be gained in this
edition of BSTM. I think a fitting quote that sums up her PMA
comes from Bostonian author E.E. Hale, “Look up and not down;
look forward and not back; look out and not in; and lend a hand.”
Tony Brooks is a regular contributor to BSTM and can be reached
at [email protected].
January 2015
Photo credit: Anne Staveley
Annie Macdonald
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Although 9 in 10 women have at least one risk factor for developing heart disease, only
about half are aware of the issue at all. This new campaign sponsored by American Heart
Association’s Go Red For Women works to increase awareness about heart disease and
stroke in women and emphasize that they are not just a man’s disease. At
GoRedForWomen.org, women can sign up to be members, learn about heart
disease, their risk for developing it, and find tools for living heart healthy lives.
Sponsor Name: American Heart Association
Spotlight On:
Martha “Pee Wee” Hudson
Tennessee State University Tigerbelle
Martha “Pee Wee” Hudson
Martha Hudson, Olympic track and field Gold Medal winner and
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) All-American, was born March 21,
1939, in Eastman, Georgia. The oldest of three children of a
truck driver and a housewife, Hudson began her athletic career
as guard for her elementary school basketball team. She loved
to race and often beat the neighborhood boys. At Twin City High
School, a physical education teacher noticed Hudson’s natural
running ability and encouraged her to concentrate on track instead
of basketball. Although her basketball team elected her captain,
Hudson began to train and compete for track.
At the Tuskegee Relays in Alabama, Hudson, who was only 4
feet 10 inches tall, caught the eye of Edward Stanley Temple, a
track coach at Tennessee State University (TSU) in Nashville,
Tennessee, for forty-four years. At Temple’s invitation, Hudson
took part in his summer track clinics from 1955 through 1957,
outrunning some of the legendary coach’s Tigerbelles. In 1957,
she graduated from high school as salutatorian of her class,
and she accepted a scholarship to Tennessee State.
While at TSU, Hudson (nicknamed “Pee Wee” by a teammate)
won the National AAU 100-yard dash, set the 75-yard dash
record, and came in second in the 50-yard dash. One of her
biggest wins came during the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome,
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Italy, where she ran the first leg of the 400-meter relay against
competitors who were all at least six inches taller than she.
Hudson and the three other Tigerbelles on the American relay
team won the Gold Medal.
Upon returning to the United States, Hudson was treated to a
tremendous homecoming. In the TSU auditorium, the mayor of
Nashville and the governor of Tennessee welcomed the Gold
Medalists. Joking about her stature, Hudson told the large crowd,
“I doubt if ever so much depended on so little,” drawing cheers
and laughter from the stands.
Her hometown in Georgia also honored her by declaring a
Martha Hudson Day. Hudson graduated from TSU in 1962 with a
Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education.
Hudson competed nationally and internationally for six years.
She moved back to Georgia, where she married, raised a family,
coached girls’ basketball, and taught for more than thirty years
at Upson Lee North Elementary School in Thomaston.
She was inducted into the Tennessee State University Hall of
Fame in 1983 and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.
(Source: www.georgiaencyclopedia.org)
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Lisa Leslie
Heads 2015 Induction Class into the Women’s
Basketball Hall of Fame
WNBA legend Lisa Leslie and five others will be inducted into
the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. The six-member
class, the Hall of Fame’s 17th group of inductees, was announced
during the 2014 WNBA All-Star Game in Phoenix, Arizona. The
group includes three players and three coaches. They will be
inducted in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 13, 2015.
Joining Leslie are former WNBA Houston Comets star Janeth
Arcain, former University of Georgia standout Janet Harris, former
Oklahoma State coach Kurt Budke, former Duke and University
of Texas coach Gail Goestenkors and former Oregon City High
School coach Brad Smith.
Janeth Arcain
Janet Harris
Kurt Budke
Leslie won four Olympic Gold Medals for USA Basketball and
two WNBA Championships with the Los Angeles Sparks before
retiring in 2009. Arcain, who helped the Comets win four
consecutive WNBA Titles, also was a mainstay on the Brazilian
National Team. Harris, a three-time Kodak All-American, was
the first NCAA woman to tally 2,500 points and 1,250 rebounds.
Budke will be honored posthumously. After redefining success
at the junior college level, Budke rebuilt Oklahoma State as the
Big 12 emerged as one of the nation’s top conferences. Budke
and assistant coach Miranda Serna died in a plane crash in
2011.
Goestenkors built Duke into a national power, guiding the Blue
Devils to four Final Four appearances and seven straight
seasons with at least 30 victories.
Smith, who retired in 2006 with a 629-87 record over 27 seasons,
was honored in 2012 with the Morgan Wooten Award for lifetime
achievement for coaching high school basketball by the Naismith
Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
In addition to the Class of 2015, the Women’s Basketball Hall of
Fame will recognize the 1972-74 Immaculata College teams by
adding them to the “Trailblazers of the Game” display.
The Mighty Macs are the sixth group to be recognized at the Hall,
joining the All American Red Heads, Edmonton Grads, the Former
Helms/Citizens Savings/Founders Bank, the Wayland Baptist
Flying Queens, and the 1976 USA Olympic Team.
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Lisa Deshaun Leslie-Lockwood (born July 7, 1972) is a former
American professional women’s basketball player who played
in the WNBA. She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time
Olympic gold medal winner. The number seven pick in the 1997
inaugural WNBA draft, she followed a superb career at the
University of Southern California with seven WNBA All-Star
appearances and two WNBA championships over the course of
eleven seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks, before retiring in
2009. Leslie, a 6’5" center, is the first player to dunk in a WNBA
game. She was considered a pioneer and cornerstone of the
league during her WNBA career. In 2011, she was voted in by
fans as one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history.
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Gail Goestenkors
Brad Smith
Leslie was born July 7, 1972, the daughter of Christine Lauren
Leslie, who started her own truck driving business and Walter
Leslie, a semi-professional basketball player. Lisa’s mother
stood 6 feet 5 1/2 inches. Leslie has two sisters: Dionne, who is
five years older, and Tiffany, who is eight years younger. Lisa
played basketball on an all-boy basketball team in middle school.
She also played on an all-girls team with the record 33-1.
By the time Leslie was in middle school in California, she had
grown to over 6 feet and 1 inch, but never participated in athletic
activities besides tether ball and double Dutch. Her dream then
was to be a television weather reporter.
During the first few weeks of junior high, a classmate begged
Leslie to help out the basketball team. On her first day of
basketball tryouts, team members were told to split into two
groups for layup drills: lefties and righties. Leslie was the only
lefty in the lefty group, so from then on, she decided to become
right-hand dominant so she would not have to stand in a line by
herself. That decision worked to her advantage, as she became
ambidextrous.
In eighth grade, she transferred to a junior high school without a
girls’ basketball team, and joined a boys’ basketball team. Her
success there contributed to her confidence in her playing
abilities.
At 14, before Leslie had even started high school at Morningside,
she received more than a hundred college recruiting letters,
including some from top Division I programs at the University of
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Lisa Leslie
Tennessee and Stanford University.
Leslie continued her education in 1986, by enrolling at
Morningside High School in Inglewood, California. She made
an immediate impact on the basketball program, starting every
game for the girl’s varsity team. She also found time to join the
volleyball team and compete in track and field. She ended up
being a state qualifier in the 400-meter run and the high jump.
By the time she was a sophomore in high school, she was able
to dunk the ball in the open court, even though she was not able
to palm the ball. She was her team’s leading scorer and
rebounder, and led them to the 1989 California State
Championship. Leslie was so talented that she was invited to
participate on the USA’s Junior World Championship Team.
Entering her senior year, she developed into the top player in the
country. She led her team to a State championship, averaging 27
points and 15 rebounds per game.
Leslie decided to stay close to home, and attend women’s
basketball powerhouse, the University of Southern California
(USC), from 1990–1994. She graduated from USC with a
Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, and later completed
her Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the
University of Phoenix.
Leslie played in a total of 120 college games, averaging 20.1
points, hitting 53.4% of her shots, and knocking down 69.8% of
her free throws. She set the Pac-10 Conference records for
scoring, rebounding, blocked shots, accumulating 2,414 points,
1,214 boards and 321 blocked shots. She also holds the USC
single season record for blocked shots (95).
During her college career, USC compiled an impressive 89–31
record. They won one Pac-10 Conference Championship, and
earned four NCAA Tournament appearances. Leslie was
honored with All Pac-10 recognition all four years, as well as
becoming the first player in Pac-10 history to obtain First-Team
all four years and earn the prestigious Rookie of the Year Award
in 1991. She was also honored on the national platform by
earning the National Freshman of the Year Award in 1991, and
recognition as the nation’s best female basketball player, earning
the National Player of the Year Award in 1994. In 1992, 93 and
94, she earned All-American Honors as well. In 1994, she was
the winner of the Honda Sports Award for basketball.
Leslie was named to the USA Basketball Women’s Junior
National Team (now called the U19 team). She was 17 at the
time, the youngest player on the USA Team. The Team
participated in the second Junior World Championship, held in
Bilbao, Spain, in July 1989. The USA Team lost their opening
game to South Korea in overtime, then lost a two point game to
Australia. After winning their next game against Bulgaria, behind
22 points and nine rebounds from Leslie, the USA Team again
fell in a close game, losing by three points to Czechoslovakia.
After beating Zaire in their next game, the USA Team played
Spain, and fell three points short. Leslie led the team in scoring,
rebounds, and blocks, averaging 13.3 points and 7.0 rebounds
per game and recording 21 blocks over the course of the event.
The USA Team finished in seventh place.
Leslie was a member of the USA Team competing at the 1991
World University Games held in Sheffield, England. She was the
second leading scorer on the USA squad, averaging 13.0 points
per game, and helped the Tara VanDerveer coached team to an
8–0 record and the Gold Medal.
She competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 1992
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Jones Cup Team that won the Gold in Taipei for the first time
since 1987.
The WNBA was incorporated in 1996, and began playing in 1997.
Leslie was drafted on January 22nd by the Los Angeles Sparks
as part of the Initial Allocation phase of the draft. She helped the
Sparks make the playoffs five consecutive times, but the team
did not win a WNBA Title until 2001. That year, Leslie was named
the 2001 Sportswoman of the Year (in the team category) by the
Women’s Sports Foundation.
On July 30, 2002, she became the first woman to dunk the ball in
a WNBA game. That same year, she became the first WNBA
player to score over 3,000 total career points and contributed to
the Sparks winning their second straight World Championship
that season. Two seasons later, she became the first player to
reach the 4,000-career point milestone. Leslie remains the
Sparks’ career scoring and rebounding leader, as well as the
all-time league leader in rebounds. On August 11, 2009, she
became the first player to score 6,000 points in a career. Earlier
that month, she was the first player to reach 10,000 career PRA
(points + rebounds + assists), a statistic fundamental to the
WNBA “Pick One Challenge” fantasy game.
Lisa Leslie announced her retirement effective at the end of the
2009 season on February 4, 2009. The Sparks held a farewell
ceremony for her during their final home game of the season in
September. She finished holding the league records for points
(6,263), rebounds (3,307) and PRA (10,444). In 2011, she was
voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in the fifteen-year
history of the WNBA.
WNBA Honors
WNBA Award
MVP
WNBA Titles
Finals MVP
All-WNBA First-Team
All-WNBA Second-Team
All-Star Game MVP
All-Star Games
All-Decade Team
Defensive Player of the Year
All-Defensive First-Team
All-Defensive Second-Team
Player of the Week
Years
2001, 2004, 2006
2001, 2002
2001, 2002
1997, 2000–2004, 2006
1998, 1999, 2005
1999, 2001, 2002
1999–2003, 2005, 2006, 2009
1997–2006
2004, 2008
2006
2005
15 (league record)
Leslie has made four consecutive Olympic appearances, and
has earned four Gold Medals. She was the second female
basketball player ever to earn that many Gold Medals, after Teresa
Edwards. Leslie has also made appearances with the United
States National Women’s Basketball Team, where she won Gold
Medals in 1996 and 2000, and has also earned a World
Championship. She scored 35 points against Japan in the semifinals of the 1996 Olympics to set an American Olympic women’s
scoring record.
Leslie is one of seven USA Basketball’s three-time Olympians,
and one of two players with four Gold Medals. She led the U.S.
Team in scoring during the 2004 Olympic Games. During her
third Olympic completion, she became the USA’s all-time leading
scorer, rebounder and shot blocker in Olympic competition. Every
time she has competed in a major international event, she has
compiled double-digit scoring averages. Leslie, at age 20, was
also the youngest player to participate at the USA Olympic Trials
in 1992.
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South Korea’s Lydia Ko
Youngest Person Ever to Win
a LPGA Tour Event
Lydia Ko is a New Zealand
professional golfer. Born in
Seoul, South Korea, she had
been the top-ranked woman
amateur golfer in the world for
130 weeks, when she
announced she was turning
professional on October 23,
2013. She became the
youngest person ever to win a
professional golf tour event and
youngest person ever to win an
LPGA Tour event. In August
2013, she became the only
amateur to win two LPGA Tour
events. As an amateur, she
never missed a cut in 25
professional tournaments, and
by September 2013, had risen
to fifth in the Women’s World Golf Rankings in only 23
professional tournaments.
with a score of 275 (“13) at the
CN Canadian Women’s Open.
She surpassed the record set
by Lexi Thompson at 16 years
and
seven
months
in
September 2011. Her win also
made her only the fifth amateur
to have won an LPGA Tour
event, and the first in over 43
years. The 2012 CN Canadian
Women’s Open was a 72-hole
event with a purse of $2 million.
The winner’s share of
$300,000 went to runner-up
Inbee Park, who was three
strokes back.
Lydia Ko
Ko was born Bo-Gyung Ko, April 24, 1997. She began playing
golf as a five-year-old, when her mother took her into a pro shop
at the Pupuke Golf Club on Auckland’s North Shore (New
Zealand) owned by professional Guy Wilson, who continued as
her coach until December 22, 2013. Ko was a student at
Pinehurst School in Albany, New Zealand.
In April 2014, Ko was named as one of Time Magazine’s 100
Most Influential People. In the article, eight-time LPGA Tour Player
of the Year, Annika Sörenstam, said Ko is “exceptionally talented,
mature beyond her years and well liked by golf fans and
competitors alike. She is responsible for sparking increased
interest in our sport, not just in her native South Korea and
adopted homeland of New Zealand, but also among juniors
across the globe.”
The same month, she advanced to the No. 2 woman professional
golfer in the world, when she won the Swinging Skirts LPGA
Classic.
On January 29, 2012, Ko became the youngest person ever to
win a professional golf tour event by winning the Bing Lee/
Samsung Women’s NSW Open on the ALPG Tour. She was 14
at the time, and had placed second in the event the year before.
Ko successfully defended her
win at the 2013 CN Canadian
Open, shooting 265 (“15) for a five-stroke victory over Karine
Icher at the Royal Mayfair Club in Edmonton. The $300,000
winner’s share went to Icher.
After finishing runner-up to Suzann Pettersen in the Evian
Championship in France, Ko announced that she would turn
pro in 2014. However, on October 23, 2013, Ko stated in a
YouTube video, featuring New Zealand rugby player Israel Dagg,
that she was turning professional immediately and would play
her first professional tournament in Florida in mid-November.
She finished tied for 21st in her pro debut at the 2013 CME
Group Titleholders.
In October 2013, the LPGA Tour granted Ko’s request to join the
LPGA, waiving the Tour’s requirement of members being at least
18 years old. “It is not often that the LPGA welcomes a rookie
who is already a back-to-back LPGA Tour champion,” tour
commissioner Mike Whan said when he granted Ko’s request.
On April 27, 2014, Lydia earned her first LPGA Tour win as a
professional and her first win on U.S. soil, by winning the
Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. She celebrated her 17th birthday
during this tournament. In July, she won her second tournament
of the year, the Marathon Classic. She won the LPGA Rookie of
the Year.
Amateur Wins
o
The previous youngest person ever to win a professional golf
tour event was Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa at age 15 years and 8
months. Her record as the youngest winner of a professional
event was broken later in 2012 by 14-year-old Canadian Brooke
Henderson, who won the second event on that year’s Canadian
Women’s Tour on June 13th.
On August 26, 2012, at the age of 15 years and four months, Ko
became the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA Tour event, winning
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o
o
o
o
o
2011 Australian Women’s Amateur Strokeplay
Championship
2011 New Zealand Women’s Amateur Strokeplay
Championship
2011 New Zealand Women’s Amateur Matchplay
Championship
2012 Australian Women’s Amateur
2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur
2012 World Women’s Amateur Golf Championship
(top individual)
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Lydia Ko
Professional Wins
o
LPGA Tour (4)
Date
Aug 26, 2012
Aug 25, 2013
Apr 27, 2014
Jul 20, 2014
o
Margin of victory
3 strokes
5 strokes
1 stroke
1 stroke
Tournament
ISPS Handa New Zealand Women’s Open
(as an amateur)
Winning score
70-68-68=206
Margin of victory
1 stroke
Tournament
Bing Lee Samsung Women’s NSW Open
(as an amateur)
ISPS Handa New Zealand Women’s Open
(as an amateur)
Winning score
69-64-69=202
Margin of victory
4 strokes
70-68-68=206
1 stroke
Tournament
Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters
Winning score
68-68-69=205
Margin of victory
3 strokes
ALPG Tour (2)
Date
Jan 29, 2012
Feb 10, 2013
o
Winning score
68-68-72-67=275
65-69-67-64=265
68-71-68-69=276
67-67-70-65=269
Ladies European Tour (1)
Date
Feb 10, 2013
o
Tournament
CN Canadian Women’s Open (as an amateur)
CN Canadian Women’s Open (as an amateur)
Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic
Marathon Classic
KLPGA Tour (1)
Date
Dec 8, 2013
Summary
Tournament
Kraft Nabisco Championship
U.S. Women’s Open
Women’s British Open
LPGA Championship
The Evian Championship
Totals
Wins
0
0
0
0
0
0
2nd
0
0
0
0
1
1
3rd
0
0
0
1
0
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Top-5
0
0
0
1
1
2
Top-10
0
0
0
1
2
3
January 2015
Top-25
1
1
1
2
2
7
Events
2
3
3
2
2
12
Cuts made
2
3
3
2
2
12
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Sloane Stephens
WTA Tennis Player on the Rise
Sloane Stephens is an American professional tennis player, who
was ranked World No. 33 by the Women’s Tennis Association
(WTA). Stephens has yet to make a WTA Tour singles final, but
has reached four semi-finals, most notably at the 2013 Australian
Open, in which she defeated Serena Williams.
Stephens often stays well behind the baseline, relying on her
athleticism to chase and return balls. She is capable of defending
against powerfully-hit shots, and occasionally turns defensive
shots into offensive shots. Fitness is one of Stephens’ biggest
strengths on the tennis court.
Stephens was born March 20, 1993, in Plantation, Florida, to
Sybil Smith and John Stephens, a professional American football
player. John Stephens was killed in a car accident on September
1, 2009, just before the start of the U.S. Open. Stephens attended
her father’s funeral in Louisiana,
but remained entered in the U.S.
Open. Her younger brother,
Shawn Farrell, played baseball
and football at Notre Dame High
School in Los Angeles.
Stephens had a breakthrough year in 2008, when she finished
the U.S. Open Junior doubles as runner-up alongside partner
Mallory Burdette. Later at the Grade A Orange Bowl, she made it
to the semi-finals as a wildcard, before losing in three sets to
compatriot Christina McHale.
She continued her form in 2009,
capturing the singles and
doubles titles at Grade 1 USTA
International
Spring
Championships. Stephens then
traveled to Italy, where she
captured the Grade A Italian
Open Singles Title. The
following week, she participated
in her first overseas junior Grand
Slam, the French Open. As a
qualifier, she reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual
champion Kristina Mladenovic.
She started playing tennis at the
age of nine, at the Sierra Sport
and Racquet Club, in Fresno,
California, where her mother and
stepfather introduced her to the
sport. Two years later, Stephens
relocated from Fresno to Boca
Raton, Florida, where she began
training at the prestigious Evert
Tennis Academy.
The following month, Stephens
A year later at the age of 12,
reached the quarter-finals at the
Stephens stepped up her
junior Wimbledon, before losing
training once again by joining the
again to Mladenovic. She
Nick Saviano High Performance
reached a career-high junior
Tennis Academy, and switching
ranking of world No. 5 on August
to
online-based
home10, 2009.
schooling, which allowed her to
maximize her time spent on the
Seeded fourth at the junior U.S.
court. She graduated from high
Open, Stephens lost in three
school in 2011. Stephens
sets to 14th seed Jana Èepelová
currently splits time between her
in the third round.
home in Florida and Los
At the 2010 Junior Wimbledon
Angeles, where she trains at the
Sloane Stephens
USTA training center in Carson,
Championship, she made it to
California. She stated that her favorite surface is clay, when she the quarter-finals of the singles. She won the doubles title with
Tímea Babos, winning a tough three-setter in the final.
entered the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.
She has cited Kim Clijsters, Venus Williams and Serena
Williams as her main inspirations in tennis. She also cited her
grandfather as her biggest influence growing up.
Stephens is an all-court player. She hits her forehand with a
large swing and as a result, the shot can be either a strength or
a weakness for her. She sports a powerful two-handed backhand.
Cross-court, she tends to hit a very steady ball, often hoping to
run around her backhand in order to hit an aggressive forehand.
Stephens often finishes points at the net, and is a competent
volleyer. In her 2013 Australian Open match against Serena
Williams, she won 18 of 20 (90%) net points. She also has a
good serve with a very fluid motion.
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Stephens played her first professional events on the ITF Circuit
in late 2007. In spring 2008, she received a wildcard into her first
WTA event, the Sony Ericssson Open in Miami, but lost to
Ekaterina Bychkova in the first round. During the summer, she
won a small ITF doubles tournament with partner Christina
McHale. She received a wildcard into the U.S. Open qualifying
rounds, where she defeated seventh-seeded Melinda Czink, but
then lost in straight sets to Stefanie Vögele.
In 2009, she received another qualifying wildcard into the Sony
Ericsson Open, losing in the first round to Akgul Amanmuradova.
In the summer, Stephens received another qualifying wildcard
into a WTA tournament: the LA Women’s Tennis Championships.
January 2015
Sloane
Stephens
There, she won her first WTA match against Lenka Wienerová,
but fell in the second round of qualifying to Anastasia Rodionova.
Stephens’ last professional tournament of the 2009 season was
the U.S. Open, where she received a qualifying wildcard for the
second year in a row. She lost in the first round of qualifying.
Stephens qualified for the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, where she
defeated Lucie Hradecká in the first round. She then lost against
the defending champion, 12th-seeded Vera Zvonareva.
Stephens made another run at the 2011 BNP Paribas Open,
where she defeated fellow American Jamie Hampton in the first
round. In the second round, she lost to World No. 1, and eventual
champion, Caroline Wozniacki. The next week, as a wildcard
entry, she won both matches at the qualifying stage of the 2011
Sony Ericsson Open to qualify for a spot in the main draw.
No. 1 and defending champion, Victoria Azarenka. As a result of
reaching the semi-finals, Stephens achieved a new career high
singles ranking of World No. 17 following the event, making her
the youngest player (and the only teenager) in the top 20.
Following the Australian Open, Stephens lost opening round
matches in Doha, Dubai and Indian Wells, 4th round of the 2013
Sony Open Tennis, 2nd round of the 2013 Family Circle Cup, and
the opening round of 2013 Mutua Madrid Open.
Stephens broke her losing streak at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia
by defeating Flavia Pennetta and Kiki Bertens to reach the third
round, where she lost to the World No. 2 and two-time defending
champion, Maria Sharapova. At the Brussels Open, she reached
the quarter-finals. Stephens finished the clay court season by
reaching the fourth round of the 2013 French Open for the second
consecutive year, before losing to second seed and defending
champion, Maria Sharapova.
In May 2011, Stephens won the $50,000 2011 Camparini Gioielli
Cup. It was her first tournament win on the ITF circuit. Stephens
then participated in the qualifying draw of the French Open as
the 21st seed. She beat Anastasia Pivovarova in the qualifying
competition to qualify for the main draw event. She lost to Elena
Baltacha in the first round.
Stephens was seeded 17th at the Wimbledon Championships.
She reached the quarter-finals for the first time, where she lost
in straight sets to fifteenth seed and eventual champion Marion
Bartoli. She was defeated in the first round in the 2013 Citi Open,
and reached the third round of the 2013 Rogers Cup.
At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, she was the 12th seed
in qualifying. She lost in the second round to Nina Bratchikova.
Following her improved performance at Wimbledon, she reached
a career-high ranking of world No. 125 on July 4, 2011.
She defeated third-seeded Maria Sharapova in the second round
of the 2013 Western & Southern Open, though lost in the next
round. Seeded 15th in the 2013 U.S. Open, she lost in the fourth
round to eventual champion Serena Williams in straight sets.
Being granted a wildcard to the U.S. Open, she won her first
main-draw Grand Slam match by beating Réka-Luca Jani in the
first round. She backed up this win by beating 23rd seed Shahar
Pe’er in the second round. She then lost to former world No. 1
Ana Ivanovic.
She finished the year ranked World No. 11 and the only woman
in top 30 under the age of 22.
Stephens ended the year as the youngest player in the year-end
top 100 at No. 97.
In 2012, Stephens, the teenager had several minor successes:
2nd round lost in the Australian Open, 2nd round lost in the 2012
Indian Wells Masters, 3rd round lost in Miami Masters, 2nd round
lost in the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, semi-finals lost in the
Strasbourg Open (her first trip to the semi-finals of a WTA
tournament), 4th round lost in the French Open, 3rd round lost at
Wimbledon, semi-finals lost in the Citi Open, and a 3rd round
lost in the U.S. Open.
Stephens ended the year as the youngest player in the year-end
top 50, and the only teenager.
She began the year by reaching the quarter-finals of the 2013
Brisbane International, defeating Dominika Cibulková and Sofia
Arvidsson before losing to Serena Williams in straight sets in
the quarter-finals. The following week, Stephens reached the
semi-finals of the 2013 Moorilla Hobart International, where she
was seeded eighth. She eventual lost to champion Elena
Vesnina in straight sets.
Stephens achieved a new career high singles ranking of World
No. 25 following the event.
At the Australian Open, Stephens was seeded 29th. She reached
her first Grand Slam quarter-final, where she defeated World
No. 3 and tournament favorite Serena Williams in three sets to
reach the semi-finals. There, she lost a next match to the World
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In 2014, Stephens was seeded 13th at the Australian Open. She
lost in the 4th round to 2nd seed Victoria Azarenka. Following the
Australian Open, Stephens competed in Doha and Dubai, falling
in the first round of both tournaments. She regained form at the
BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Seeded 17th, Stephens’ run
was ended in the quarter-finals by veteran Flavia Pennetta. At the
Sony Open Tennis, she defeated Zarina Diyas in the second
round before slumping to a 1-6, 0-6 loss to Caroline Wozniacki.
Stephens began her clay-court season in Charleston, South,
Carolina, seeded 4th. She lost in the 2nd round. She then traveled
to Colombia to compete in the Copa Colsanitas, but suffered
another opening-match loss to World No. 129 Mariana Duque
3-6, 3-6.
She played at the Mutua Madrid Open as the 16th seed, recording
three-set victories. She ended up losing to the reigning Australian
Open champion Li Na in the third round. Her next tournament in
Rome was less successful, bowing out to countrywoman Varvara
Lepchenko in the second round. Stephens elected to play at the
Internationaux de Strasbourg, in which she received a wildcard
as the top seed. However, she was unable to pick up form and
lost to World No. 108 Julia Görges in their first round encounter.
At the French Open, she went down to 4th seed Simona Halep
4-6, 3-6 in the 4th round. Despite the loss, her achievement in
reaching the fourth round was particularly significant, as it marked
the 6th consecutive grand slam second week.
Stephens kicked off the grass court season in Birmingham,
England. She lost in the 4th round to 9th seeded Zhang Shuai. In
Eastbourne, England, she lost the 2 nd round to Caroline
Wozniacki 3-6, 3-6. Stephens was seeded 18th at Wimbledon,
but suffered a first round loss to World No. 109 Maria Kirilenko.
January 2015
Her loss to the Russian snapped her Grand Slam second week
streak, as she had not previously lost before the 4th round since
the 2012 U.S. Open.
Following Wimbledon, Stephens began her U.S. Open Series
campaign at the Citi Open, but was defeated in the first round by
Christina McHale. She would next compete in Montreal and
Cincinnati, losing in the second and third rounds, respectively. At
the U.S. Open, she was seeded 21st and easily beat Annika
Beck in the first round. She did, however, lose to world No. 96
Johanna Larsson in the second round, committing 63 errors in
the process.
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Brenda Villa
Female Water Polo Player of the Decade
(2000-2009)
Brenda Villa is an accomplished American water polo player.
She is the most decorated athlete in the world of women’s water
polo, named by the FINA Aquatics World Magazine.
Villa was born April 18, 1980. Her parents immigrated to the
United States from Mexico, and she speaks fluent Spanish.
A three-time All-American at Stanford University, Villa graduated
in 2003, with a Degree in Political Science.
Brenda
Villa
Villa started swimming with a club team, Commerce Aquatics,
at the age of six, and followed her brother into water polo at eight
years old. She made the girls Junior Olympic Team while in high
school. At Bell Gardens High School, Villa played with the boys’
water polo team because her school did not have a girls’ team.
She went on to become a 4-time 1st-Team All-League, 4-Time
1st-Team All-C.I.F. and 4-Time All-American.
She came to Stanford in 1998, as the program’s most heralded
recruit. Redshirted in 1999 and 2000 to train for the Olympics,
she scored 69 goals her freshman year (2001), and was named
the NCAA Women’s Water Polo Player of the Year. In the three
seasons, Villa played for Stanford University, she scored 172
goals. In 2002, she led her Stanford team with 60 goals to win
the NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship. They had
finished second the previous season, the first year the
competition was held. Villa was awarded the 2002 Peter J. Cutino
Award as the top Female College Water Polo Player in the United
States.
Villa has been on Team USA since 1998. Although the shortest
player on the U.S. National Women’s Water Polo Team at 5’4",
Villa has been a prolific scorer at the international level. She
scored 10 goals for Team USA at the 2003 Pan American Games,
which qualified the team for the 2004 Summer Olympics. As a
20-year-old, she led the U.S. Team with nine goals at the Sydney
Olympics, where the Americans took the Silver Medal. She had a
team-high 13 goals to lead the U.S. to Gold at the 2003 FINA
Water Polo World Championship. In June 2004, Villa scored the
first goal in overtime, her third of the game, and another in a
penalty shootout, to propel the U.S. Team past Hungary and win
the Gold Medal at the Women’s Water Polo World League Super
Finals. She was the U.S. Women’s Team top scorer with 7 goals
in 5 games at the 2004 Athens Olympics, earning a Bronze Medal.
Villa was team captain of the 2005 U.S. National Team coached
by two-time Olympian Heather Moody, winning a Silver Medal at
the FINA World Championship in Montreal, Canada.
the whole tournament, helping Team USA achieve first place,
naming them the 2007 FINA World Champions.
In 2008, at the China Summer Olympic Games, she and the
American Team lost 8-9 in the championship game to the
Netherlands, and took home the Silver Medal.
In June 2009, Villa was named to the USA Water Polo Women’s
Senior National Team for the 2009 FINA World Championships.
In 2005, Villa became assistant coach of the Women’s Water
Polo Team at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California. The Falcons
ended the season with a 21-11 record, a new school record for
most wins in a season. She is now playing professionally for the
Italian power team Geymonat Orizzonte in Catania, Sicily, which
won the LEN Women’s Champions’ Cup in 2005 and 2006.
In 2010, she became the head coach at Castilleja High School
for girls’ water polo in Palo Alto, California.
In March 2007, Villa led the USA Women’s National Water Polo
Team in Melbourne, Australia, at the 2007 FINA World Water
Polo Championships. Villa scored a total of 11 goals throughout
Along with some of her teammates from the 2000 Olympic Team,
Villa has a small tattoo of the Olympic rings, located on top of her
right foot.
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In the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games, she and the
American Team won 8-5 in the championship game to Spain,
and took home the Gold Medal, the Americans’ first in 4 Olympics
water polo competitions.
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Stacy Lewis
LPGA Tour Player of the Year
Stacy Lewis is an American professional golfer on the U.S. based
LPGA Tour. She has won two major championships: the Kraft
Nabisco Championship in 2011 and the Women’s British Open
in 2013. She was ranked number one in the Women’s World
Golf Rankings for four weeks in 2013. Lewis reclaimed the
position in June 2014 with a victory at the ShopRite LPGA Classic
for another 21 weeks.
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Lewis grew up in Texas at The Woodlands
outside of Houston, and graduated from The Woodlands High
School in 2003. Suffering from scoliosis, which was diagnosed
at age 11 and treated by a
spinal fusion when she
was in high school, Lewis
missed her first collegiate
golf season recovering
from the surgery.
Lewis was a decorated
amateur and a four-time
All-American
at
the
University of Arkansas. She
redshirted her first year
while recovering from her
back surgery. As a redshirt
freshman in 2005, she won
the
Southeastern
Conference Tournament
and was named SEC
Freshman Golfer of the
Year. In 2006, she won the
Women’s
Western
Amateur.
Stacy Lewis
In her 2007 season, though a back injury kept her out of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) Tournament, Lewis won the
NCAA Division I Championship. She was selected Golf Digest
Amateur of the Year. She also received the National Golf Coaches
Association Dinah Shore Trophy.
Following her college season, she won the 92nd Women’s
Southern Amateur. She finished second in individual play in
leading the U.S. team to a victory at the Copa de las Americas.
Lewis qualified for the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open in North
Carolina, shot 78-73 in the tournament and missed the cut by
three strokes to finish tied for 93rd. Two months later, Lewis
finished first in the 2007 LPGA NW Arkansas Championship, a
professional LPGA Tournament. Due to rain, the tournament was
shortened to one round and her win was declared unofficial.
In her senior season in 2008, Lewis again won the SEC
Tournament. She was selected SEC Golfer of the Year and SEC
Golf Scholar Athlete of the Year. She was named to the ESPN the
Magazine Academic All-America Team for the second time and
NGCA All-America for the fourth time.
Lewis graduated from Arkansas in 2008 with a Bachelor’s Degree
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in Finance and Accounting.
As a member of U.S. Curtis Cup Team in 2008, Lewis became
the first player ever to go 5–0 in a single Curtis Cup. The 2008
edition was held at the Old Course at St . Andrews in Scotland in
late May and early June. It was her last competition as an amateur.
The U.S. won 13 to 7 for a sixth consecutive victory over Great
Britain & Ireland.
Following the Curtis Cup victory, Lewis turned professional, prior
to competing in sectional qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Open.
She won medalist honors
in the Garland, Texas,
sectional on June 9 to
qualify for her first
tournament
as
a
professional. She was tied
for ninth after 36 holes and
shot a 67 (“6) in the third
round to lead the field, but
a final round 78 (+5) left her
tied for third, five strokes
behind winner Inbee Park.
She competed in seven
events on the LPGA tour in
2008, with two top-10
finishes. She earned over
$247,000.
Before 2009, Lewis was not
a member of the LPGA Tour
or any other professional
golf tour. She was eligible to play in the U.S. Women’s Open,
after successfully competing in the sanctioned qualifying
process. She then tried to earn her LPGA Tour card in 2008,
through the use of sponsor’s exemptions, but was not successful.
As a result, she went to sectional qualifying in September in
California, and advanced to the final stage of the LPGA Qualifying
Tournament in Florida in December, an event which garnered
considerably more press coverage than normal, due to the
presence of Michelle Wie. Lewis finished as the medalist for the
five-round event, three shots ahead of the field and six in front of
Wie, who finished in a tie for 7th place.
Lewis’s first official professional victory came at the 2011 Kraft
Nabisco Championship, a major, where she led the field for the
first two rounds, and then held off current world number 1 and
defending champion Yani Tseng to win by three strokes. She
made her Solheim Cup debut in 2011, qualifying second for the
U.S. Team behind Cristie Kerr.
Lewis’s endorsement deals include Mizuno Corporation golf
clubs and Fila golf apparel. She signed a sponsorship deal with
KPMG in 2012.
In 2012, Lewis won four tournaments, and became the first
American player to win the LPGA Player of the Year Award since
January 2015
Stacy Lewis
Beth Daniel in 1994. She won three times in 2013, and after her
win at the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup in Arizona on March
17, Lewis unseated Yani Tseng as the #1 ranked woman golfer
in the world. Inbee Park overtook the number one position four
weeks later on April 15.
Lewis won her second major title at Women’s British Open in
August at St. Andrews with a score of 280 (“8), two strokes ahead
of runners-up Na Yeon Choi and Hee Young Park.
In 2014, Lewis won the North Texas LPGA Shootout on May 4 for
her ninth official victory on tour, six strokes ahead of runner-up
Meena Lee. Four weeks later, she won the ShopRite LPGA
Classic and reclaimed the top position in the world rankings. A
week after a runner-up finish at the U.S. Women’s Open at
Pinehurst, Lewis won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship
on June 29.
She would go on to win her second LPGA Player of the Year
Award, her second in a three year span. She would also win her
second consecutive Vare Trophy for the season’s lowest scoring
average.
Professional wins (13)
LPGA Tour wins (11)
Tournament
Winning
Score
Margin of
Victory
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
LPGA NW Arkansas Championship
(as an amateur)
Kraft Nabisco Championship
Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
ShopRite LPGA Classic
Navistar LPGA Classic
Mizuno Classic
HSBC Women’s Champions
RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup
65
275
271
201
270
205
273
265
1
3
1
4
2
1
1
3
8
9
10
Women’s British Open
North Texas LPGA Shootout
ShopRite LPGA Classic
280
268
197
2 strokes
6 strokes
6 strokes
No.
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stroke
strokes
stroke
strokes
strokes
stroke
stroke
strokes
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Runner(s)-up
Katherine Hull,
Teresa Lu,
Kristy McPherson
Yani Tseng
Lexi Thompson
Katherine Hull
Lexi Thompson
Bo-Mee Lee
Na Yeon Choi
Ai Miyazato
Hee Young Park
Na Yeon Choi
Meena Lee
Christina Kim
Lydia Ko,
Angela Stanford
Winner’s
Share
n/a
$300,000
$187,500
$225,000
$195,000
$180,000
$210,000
$225,000
$402,584
$195,000
$225,000
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Simone Biles
America’s Next Great Gymnast
Simone Arianne Biles is an American artistic gymnast. She is a
two-time World All-Around Champion (2013 and 2014), two-time
World Floor Champion (2013 and 2014), the 2014 World Beam
Champion, and a member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Team
at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She is
also a two-time U.S. National All-Around Champion (2013 and
2014).
and eighth on uneven bars.
In late July, she competed at the Cover Girl Classic in Chicago,
Illinois. Biles placed fifth on balance beam and floor exercise.
In August, she competed at the Visa Championships in Saint
Paul, Minnesota. Biles tied
seventh on vault.
Biles was the 2012 Junior
National Champion on vault,
and also won a Bronze Medal
in the all-around competition.
In May, 2012, Biles competed
at the American Classic in
Huntsville, Texas. She placed
first all-around. She also
placed first on vault, tied for
2nd on floor exercise, placed
3rd on balance beam and 4th
on uneven bars.
She competed at the 2013
American Cup, an FIG World
Cup event. She and Katelyn
Ohashi were named as
replacements for Elizabeth
Price and Kyla Ross, both of
whom withdrew from the
competition roster due to
injuries. The competition
served as the debut of both
gymnasts
as
senior
international elites, where
Ohashi won Gold and Biles
took Silver.
Simone
Biles continued her first senior
year with wins in Italy, Germany,
and Hartford, Connecticut, at
the National Championships
before winning two Gold Medals, one Silver and one Bronze at
the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
She was born on March 14, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio. Because
her mother was unable to care for her and her siblings, Simone’s
grandparents, Ronald and Nellie Biles, adopted Simone and
her sister Adria. She has two brothers, Ronald and Adam. She is
a homeschooled 12th grader, and will graduate in 2015.
Biles trains about 30 hours per week. In 2014, she and her
primary coach, Aimee Boorman, left Bannon’s Gymnastix in order
to train at World Champions Centre (WCC), a gym founded and
owned by Simone’s parents. Simone trained briefly at Aim
Athletics prior to WCC obtaining its own temporary training space,
while the final facility is under construction.
She verbally committed to the University of California at Los
Angeles (UCLA) as her college choice on August 4, 2014,
announcing her decision on social network Twitter. She will
defer enrollment until after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016.
Biles is also the first African-American to be World All-Around
Champion.
In early July, 2011, Biles began her elite career by competing at
the American Classic in Huntsville, Texas. She placed third allaround, first on vault and balance beam, fourth on floor exercise
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In late May, Biles competed at
the 2012 Secret U.S. Classic
in Chicago, Illinois. She
finished first all-around with a
score of 58.150. Biles also
finished first on vault, second
on floor exercise and sixth on
balance beam.
In June, she competed at the
Visa Championships in St.
Louis, Missouri. Biles finished
third all-around. She also
finished first on vault and sixth
on uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. Following the
2012 Visa Championships, Biles was named to the USA Junior
National Team.
In March 2013, Biles began her senior career. She competed at
the American Cup in Worcester, Massachusetts. She finished
second all-around, earning the Silver Medal behind American
teammate, Katelyn Ohashi.
In April, Biles competed at the 2013 City of Jesolo Trophy in
Jesolo, Italy. She and her teammates helped USA win the team
title. Biles also took the all-around (vault, balance beam, and
floor exercise titles).
In July, Biles competed at the Secret U.S. Classic (the qualifying
meet for the National Championships). She won no medals,
and dropped out of the vault competition after tweaking her ankle
on the floor exercise. She did, however, qualify for the 2013 P&G
Championships.
In August, Biles competed at the 2013 P&G Championships.
She was crowned the National Champion ahead of 2012 Olympic
Gold Medalist Kyla Ross. Biles also won Silver on floor exercise,
Silver on the vault behind McKayla Maroney, Silver on the beam
behind Kyla Ross, and Silver on the uneven bars.
Following the P&G Championships, Biles was named to the
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USA Senior National Team, and was invited to the qualifying
camp for the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in
Texas. She was named to the USA World Championships Team.
In October 2013, Biles competed at the 2013 World Artistic
Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. She
dominated the qualifying round, where she qualified in the top
position to the all-around with a score of 60.133. She also
qualified second in the vault final with a 15.550, sixth in the
uneven bars final with a 14.800, fifth in the balance beam final
with a 14.400 and first in the floor final with a 15.033. Biles
became the first American gymnast to qualify to the all-around
and all four event finals since Shannon Miller in 1991 and the
first female gymnast to do so since Aliya Mustafina in 2010.
In the all-around, Biles started on vault, where she performed an
Amanar vault (15.850). On bars, she had a dynamic and powerful
routine with a stuck full-in dismount (14.700). On beam, she had
a couple of wobbles, but still performed well (14.433). She was
in second after the third rotation, but scored a 15.233 on floor for
her routine, which was highlighted with a tucked double double,
a double layout half-out, a two and a half twist to a front layout
and a tucked full-in dismount. She won the Women’s All-Around
competition with a score of 60.216, almost a point ahead of Kyla
Ross, who took Silver, and almost a point and a half better than
the Bronze Medalist, the 2010 World All-Around Champion Aliya
Mustafina.
Biles became the seventh American female gymnast to win the
World All-Around Title, after Kim Zmeskal, Miller, Chellsie
Memmel, Shawn Johnson, Bridget Sloan, and Jordyn Wieber.
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She also became the first African-American to win the World AllAround Title. She went on to win Silver in the vault final with a
final average of 15.595 (she scored 15.933 for her Amanar and
15.258 for her laid-out Podkopayeva) behind defending World
Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist McKayla Maroney, a
Bronze Medal on the balance beam with a 14.333, behind
Mustafina and Ross, and Gold on the floor exercise, with a score
of 15.000, ahead of Italy’s Vanessa Ferrari and Romania’s Larisa
Lordache. She also qualified for the uneven bars final, where
she finished fourth with a score of 14.716.
Biles left Antwerp with two Gold Medals, a Silver and a Bronze.
She became the first female American gymnast to win four
medals at a single World Championships since Rebecca Bross
in 2010, and the first to win a medal on three individual events
since Nastia Liukin in 2005.
In early January 2014, it was announced that Biles would be
competing at the 2014 AT&T American Cup. The competition
would be held on March 1, 2014 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
However, on February 23, 2014, it was announced that she had
withdrawn from the competition due to a shoulder injury.
In February, news surfaced that Biles would move to another
gym with her coach, Aimee Boorman. The gym was to be a brand
new venture, World Champions Centre, owned by Biles’ parents.
Biles traveled with Team USA to the Pacific Rim Championships
in Richmond, Canada, in April and completed one day of Podium
Training, but withdrew due to aggravating her shoulder injury.
Her replacement was Peyton Ernst.
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In August, she competed at the 2014 Secret U.S. Classic in
Chicago, Illinois, which was her first competition of the 2014
season. She won the all-around with a score of 61.700. She
also took home 3 Golds on vault, beam (tied with Kyla Ross)
and floor. She finished 4th on the uneven bars.
On August 23, Biles won the all-around at the 2014 P&G
Championships for the second consecutive year with a 2-day
total of 122.550, 4.250 points ahead of Kyla Ross. She ended up
falling from the balance beam in the final rotation, but had a
large enough lead to win her second National All-Around Title.
She also took home 2 Golds on vault (31.025) and floor (31.150).
She tied for the Silver on balance beam with Alyssa Baumann
(30.300) behind Kyla Ross despite falling from the beam. She
finished 4th on the uneven bars (29.300). She was also named
a member of the 2014-2015 Senior National Team for the second
year in a row.
On September 17, Biles was named to compete at the 2014
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China.
In October, Biles competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics
Championships in Nanning. In qualifying, she had a mistake on
one of her pirouettes on uneven bars, but still put together a
solid performance. She helped the American women qualify in
first place in the team final, ahead of China and Russia.
Biles qualified first in the all-around with a score of 59.599, as
well as first in the vault final with a 15.450 (she scored a 15.800
and a 15.100, respectively), first in the balance beam final with a
15.133, and first in the floor final with a 15.366. She was the only
female gymnast to score above a 15.000 on beam and floor and
one of only two gymnast to qualify in three event finals (the other
being Aliya Mustafina of Russia).
In the team final, Biles competed on vault, beam and floor. She
contributed a 15.866 on vault and a 14.966 on beam. She helped
the American women win their second consecutive World Team
Title, scoring 179.280 and beating China by a landslide of almost
seven points. As the final competitor on floor, Biles only needed
a 8.682 to secure the Gold. She hit a clean routine and received
a 15.375.
In the all-around, Biles started on vault by performing an Amanar
vault (15.866). On bars, she performed a clean routine that scored
over a point higher than in qualification (14.533). On beam, she
had a couple of errors, but still posted a good score (14.766). On
her final event, floor, Biles had a stylish and bouncy routine that
highlighted a tucked double double, a double layout half-out (the
Biles), a double layout and a tucked full-in dismount. Her floor
routine scored a 15.066. She won her second straight all-around
World Title with a score of 60.231, ahead of Romania’s Larisa
Lordache and teammate Kyla Ross.
Biles is the first American female gymnast to retain her World AllAround Title since Shannon Miller (1993 and 1994) and only the
second American gymnast to ever do so. This also gave Biles
her fourth World Gold Medal and the Americans their third straight
World all-around victory. In the vault final, Biles won the Silver
Medal by a small margin with an average of 15.554 (15.900 and
15.208, respectively) behind North Korea’s Hong Un-Jong. Her
American teammate Mykayla Skinner won the Bronze Medal.
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Judit Polgár
The Strongest Female Chess Player in History
Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. She is by far
the strongest female chess player in history. In 1991, Polgár
achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4
months, at the time the youngest to have
done so, breaking the record previously held
by former World Champion Bobby Fischer.
She is the only woman to qualify for a World
Championship Tournament, having done so
in 2005. She is the first, and to date, only
woman to have surpassed the 2700 Elo
rating barrier, reaching a career peak rating
of 2735 and peak World Ranking of #8, both
achieved in 2005. She has been the #1 rated
woman in the world since 1989 (when she
was 12 years old).
She has won or shared first in the chess
tournaments of Hastings 1993, Madrid
1994, León 1996, U.S. Open 1998,
Hoogeveen 1999, Siegman 1999, Japfa
2000, and the Najdorf Memorial 2000.
Judit
Polgár
Polgár is the only woman to have won a
game from a reigning world number one
player, and has defeated ten current or former world champions
in either rapid or classical chess: Magnus Carlsen, Anatoly
Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Boris Spassky, VasilySmyslov, Veselin
Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander
Khalifman, and RustamKasimdzhanov.
On August 13, 2014, she announced her retirement from
competitive chess.
Polgár was born on July 23, 1976, in Budapest, to a Hungarian
Jewish family. Polgár and her two older sisters, Grandmaster
Susan and International Master Sofia, were part of an educational
experiment carried out by their father László Polgár, in an attempt
to prove that children could make exceptional achievements if
trained in a specialist subject from a very early age. “Geniuses
are made, not born,” was László’s thesis. He and his wife Klára
educated their three daughters at home, with chess as the
specialist subject. László also taught his three daughters the
international language Esperanto. They received resistance from
Hungarian authorities as home-schooling was not a “socialist”
approach. They also received criticism at the time from some
western commentators for depriving the sisters of a normal
childhood. However, by most reports the girls appeared happy
and well-adjusted.
Traditionally, chess had been a male-dominated activity, and
women were often seen as weaker players, thus advancing the
idea of a Women’s World Champion. However, from the
beginning, László was against the idea that his daughters had
to participate in female-only events. “Women are able to achieve
results similar, in fields of intellectual activities, to that of men,”
he wrote. “Chess is a form of intellectual activity, so this applies
to chess. Accordingly, we reject any kind of discrimination in this
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respect.” This put the Polgárs in conflict with the Hungarian
Chess Federation of the day, whose policy was for women to
play in women-only tournaments. Polgár’s older sister, Susan,
first fought the bureaucracy by playing in
men’s tournaments and refusing to play
in women’s tournaments. Susan Polgár,
when she was a 15-year-old International
Master, said, “in 1985 that it was due to
this conflict that she had not been awarded
the Grandmaster title despite having
made the norm eleven times.”
Polgár has rarely played in women’sspecific tournaments or divisions, and has
never competed for the Women’s World
Championship. “I always say that women
should have the self-confidence that they
are as good as male players, but only if
they are willing to work and take it seriously
as much as male players,” she said. While
László Polgár has been credited with
being an excellent chess coach, the
Polgárs had also employed professional
chess players to train their daughters,
including Hungarian champion IM Tibor Florian, GM Pal Benko
and Russian GM Alexander Chernin. Susan Polgár, the eldest of
the sisters, 5½ years older than Sophia and 7 years older than
Judit, was the first of the sisters to achieve prominence in chess
by winning tournaments and by 1986, she was the world’s toprated female chess player. Initially, being the youngest, Judit
was separated from her sisters while they were in training.
However, this only served to increase Judit’s curiosity. After
learning the rules, they discovered Judit was able to find solutions
to the problems they were studying, and she began to be invited
into the group. One evening Susan was studying an endgame
with their trainer, a strong International Master. Unable to find the
solution they woke Judit, who was asleep in bed, and carried
her into the training room. Still half asleep, Judit showed them
how to solve the problem, after which they put her back to bed.
László Polgár’s experiment would produce a family of one
international master and two grandmasters, and would
strengthen the argument for nurture over nature, but also prove
women could be grandmasters of chess.
Trained in her early years by her sister Susan, who ultimately
became Women’s World Champion, Judit Polgár was a prodigy
from an early age. At age five she defeated a family friend without
looking at the board. After the game the friend joked, “You are
good at chess, but I’m a good cook.” Judit replied, “Do you cook
without looking at the stove?” However, according to Susan, Judit
was not the sister with the most talent, explaining “Judit was a
slow starter, but very hard-working.” Polgár described herself at
that age as “obsessive” about chess. She first defeated an
International Master, DolfiDrimer, at age 10, and a grandmaster,
Lev Gutman, at age 11.
Judit started playing in tournaments at six years old and by age
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nine her rating with the Hungarian Chess Federation was 2080.
She was a member of the chess club in Budapest, where she
would get experience from master level players. In 1984, in
Budapest, Sophia and Judit, at the time nine and seven years of
age respectively, played two games of blindfold chess against
two masters, which they won. At one point, the girls complained
that one of their opponents was playing too slowly, and suggested
a clock should be used.
In April 1986, nine-year-old Judit played in her first rated
tournament in the U.S., finishing first in the unrated section of
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the New York Open, winning $1,000. All three Polgár sisters
competed. Susan, 16, competed in the grandmaster section,
and had a victory against GM Walter Browne. Sophia, 11, finished
second in her section, but Judit gathered most of the attention in
the tournament. Grandmasters would drop by to watch the
serious, quiet child playing. She won her first seven games
before drawing the final game. Although the unrated section had
many of the weaker players in the Open, it also had players of
expert strength, who were foreign to the United States and had
not been rated yet. Milorad Boskovic related a conversation with
Judit’s sixth-round opponent, a Yugoslav player he knew to be a
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strong expert, “He told me he took some chances in the game
because he couldn’t believe she was going to attack so well.”
Not able to speak English, her mother translated, as she told a
reporter her goal was to be a chess professional. When the
reporter asked her if she would be world champion one day,
Judit answered, “I will try.”
In late 1986, ten-year-old Judit defeated 52-year-old Romanian
IM DolfiDrimer in the Adsteam Lidums International Tournament
in Adelaide, Australia. Edmar Mednis said he played his best
game of the tournament against Judit. “I was careful in that game”,
he said. “Grandmasters don’t like to lose to 10-year-old girls,
because then we make the front page of all the papers.”
In 1988, Judit and her sisters, along with Ildikó Mádl, represented
Hungary in the Women’s section of the 28th Chess Olympiad in
Thessaloniki. The International Chess Federation would not
permit the Polgárs to play against men in team competitions.
Prior to the tournament, Eduard Gufeld, Soviet GM and team
coach for the Soviet women’s team, dismissed the Polgárs. “I
believe that these girls are going to lose a good part of their
quickly acquired image in the 28th Olympiad,” he said. “Afterward,
we are going to know if the Hungarian sisters are geniuses or
just women!” However, Hungary’s women’s team won the
championship, which marked the first time it was not won by the
Soviet Union. Judit played board 2, and finished the tournament
with the highest score of 12½–½ to win the individual Gold Medal.
She also won the brilliancy prize for her game against Pavlina
Angelova.
Also in 1988, Polgár won the under-12 “Boys” section of the
World Youth Chess and Peace Festival in Timisoara, Romania.
In October 1988, Polgár finished first in a 10-player round-robin
tournament in London, scoring 7–2, for a half point lead over
Israeli GM Yair Kraidman. In 1988, she made her first International
Master norm in the International B section of the New York Open,
and by November 1988, she was awarded the IM Title, at the
time the youngest ever to have achieved the distinction. Both
Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov were 14 when they were
awarded the Title. Polgár was 12. It was during this time that
former World Champion Mikhail Tal said Polgár had the potential
to win the men’s World Championship.
Judit was asked about playing against boys instead of the girls’
section of tournaments. “These other girls are not serious about
chess”, she said. “I practice five or six hours a day. But they get
distracted by cooking and work around the house.” By age 12,
she was rated 2555, which was 35 rating points ahead of the
Women’s World Champion Maia Chiburdanidze. Judit’s quiet
and modest demeanour at the board contrasted with the intensity
of her playing style. David Norwood, British GM, in recalling Judit
beating him when he was an established player, and she was
just a child, described her as, “this cute little auburn-haired
monster who crushed you.” British journalist Dominic Lawson
wrote about 12-year-old Judit’s “killer” eyes, and how she would
stare at her opponent. “The irises are so grey so dark they are
almost indistinguishable from the pupils. Set against her long
red hair, the effect is striking.”
Before age 13, she had broken into the top 100 players in the
world and the British Chess Magazine declared, “Judit Polgár’s
recent results make the performances of Fischer and Kasparov
at a similar age pale by comparison.” British GM Nigel Short
called Judit “one of the three or four greatest chess prodigies in
history.” The other great chess prodigies being Paul Morphy,
José Capablanca and Samuel Reshevsky. However, not everyone
was as enthusiastic, and she also had to face prejudice because
of her sex. “She has fantastic chess talent,” said Kasparov. “But
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she is, after all, a woman. It all comes down to the imperfections
of the feminine psyche. No woman can sustain a prolonged
battle.” However, Kasparov revised that opinion later in life, writing
that “the Polgars showed that there are no inherent limitations to
their aptitude—an idea that many male players refused to accept
until they had unceremoniously been crushed by a twelve-yearold with a ponytail.”
In 1989, Polgár tied with Boris Gelfand for third in the OHRA
Open in Amsterdam. By now, numerous books and articles had
been written about the Polgár sisters, making them famous,
even outside of the world of chess. In 1989, American President
George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara met with the Polgárs
during their visit to Hungary. Although not released until 1996, in
1990, a documentary about children playing chess, Chess Kids,
featuring Polgár was filmed. The documentary did not include
an interview with Polgár, as her father required payment.
In 1990, Judit won the Boys section of the under-14 in the World
Youth Chess Festival in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Also in 1990, Judit and her sisters represented Hungary on the
Olympic Women’s Team, winning the Gold Medal. As of 2013, it
is the last women-only tournament in which Judit would ever
participate.
In October 1991, Judit finished with 5½–3½, tied for third to fifth
position with ZoltánRibli and John Nunn, at a tournament in
Vienna.
While having a solid understanding of positional play, Polgár
excels in tactics, and is known for an aggressive playing style,
striving to maximize the initiative and actively pursuing
complications. The former World Champion Garry Kasparov
wrote that, based upon her games, “if to ‘play like a girl’ meant
anything in chess, it would mean relentless aggression.” In her
youth, she was especially popular with the fans due to her
willingness to employ wild gambits and attacks. As a teenager,
Polgár has been credited with contributing to the popularity of
the opening variation King’s Bishop’s Gambit. Polgár prefers
aggressive openings, playing 1.e4 as White and the Sicilian or
King’s Indian Defense with black, but she has also said her
opening choices will also depend upon her trainer. Jennifer
Shahade, writer and two-time U.S. women’s chess champion,
suggested that the influence of Polgár as a role model may be
one of the reasons women play more aggressive chess than
men. Describing an individual encounter with Polgár, former
U.S. Champion Joel Benjamin said, “It was all-out war for five
hours. I was totally exhausted. She is a tiger at the chessboard.
She absolutely has a killer instinct. You make one mistake, and
she goes right for the throat.”
Polgár is especially adept at faster time controls. When she was
still a youth, Der Spiegel wrote of her, “her tactical thunderstorms
during blitz games have confounded many opponents, who are
rated higher.”
Polgár has spoken of appreciating the psychological aspect of
chess. She has stated preferring to learn an opponent’s style so
she can play intentionally against him rather than playing
“objective” chess. In her 2002 victory over Kasparov, she
deliberately chose a line Kasparov used against Vladimir
Kramnik, employing the strategy of forcing the opponent to “play
against himself.” Kasparov’s response was inadequate, and
he soon found himself in an inferior position. In an interview
regarding playing against computers, she said, “Chess is 30 to
40% psychology. You don’t have this when you play a computer.
I can’t confuse it.”
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CIAA
Bowie State University, MD - Chowan University, NC - Elizabeth City State University, NC
Fayetteville State University, NC - Johnson C. Smith University, NC - Lincoln University, PA
Livingstone College, NC - St. Augustine’s University, NC - St. Paul’s College, VA - Shaw University, NC
Virginia State University, VA - Virginia Union University, VA - Winston-Salem State University, NC
ECSU Names Interim Head Basketball Coaches
Elizabeth City State University has announced their head
basketball coaches for the 2014-2015 school year.
Ron Woodard and Alico Dunk and will serve as interim head
coaches for the ECSU basketball teams this fall. Coach Woodard
will be at the helm of the Lady Vikings’ program, while Coach
Dunk will take over the on the men’s side.
Woodard brings a wealth of knowledge to
the Lady Vikings’ program. He compiled a
120-92 record 11 seasons as the head
men’s basketball coach at Claflin University
(Orangeburg, SC). He guided the program
from the NAIA ranks, where Claflin won the
Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
title in 2005, to Division II where in their first
season of eligibility, the Panthers won the
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
regular-season title (2009). During their transition year from
NAIA to NCAA Division II (2007-08), Woodard’s club posted the
best record of any HBCU team with a 24-2 mark.
“I’m happy to be here and am thankful for the chance to be a
head coach in the CIAA”, says Woodard. “I look forward to an
exciting year of Lady Viking basketball keeping in mind that our
athletes are students first. Making sure that we stay focused in
the classroom is very important to the overall success of our
program.”
He was named Coach of the Year in both the EIAC and SIAC,
and has previously served as an assistant coach at North
Carolina Central and Kentucky State. He was graduate assistant
at his alma mater, Norfolk State University.
After five seasons and a record of 83-56 at the helm of the Lady
Viking program, Alico Dunk will assume head coaching duties
for the Vikings. Previously he spent sixth
seasons as an assistant coach for the
ECSU men’s basketball team, including
2007 CIAA Tournament Champions.
“I would like to thank athletic administration
for this great opportunity”, states Dunk. “It is
an honor to build on the solid foundation
that has made ECSU one of the top
programs in the CIAA. Our student-athletes
will be equally dedicated to both success in the classroom and
competitiveness on the court.”
During his five year stint as coach of the women’s team, Coach
Dunk built an impressive résumé. Under his guidance, the Lady
Vikings won the CIAA Northern Division twice, and he was tabbed
as the 2013 CIAA Coach of the Year after leading ECSU to the
best record in school history of (24-4, CIAA 15-1).
FSU Athletics Named Jacqlyn Stickley Head Softball Coach
Fayetteville State University Athletics named Jacqlyn Stickley the
head softball coach for the upcoming 2014-15 season. Stickley
will lead the Lady Broncos’ softball program after serving one
season as an assistant coach for FSU softball.
“My goal is to enhance and sustain the program to a
championship caliber, as well as help these student-athletes
become their very best as people and competitors,” said Stickley.
During her time as the Lady Broncos’ assistant coach, Stickley
utilized her playing experiences to develop the FSU pitchers and
catchers.
“Coach Stickley has a strong understanding of collegiate softball
and a great rapport with our student-athletes,” said Athletic
Director Dr. E. McLean. “I’m confident that she will be essential
component as we continue to advance Fayetteville State softball.”
The Lincoln (PA), Virginia Union Win CIAA Cross Country
Championships
The Lincoln (PA) University women and the Virginia Union
University men captured conference titles at the 2014 CIAA Men’s
and Women’s Cross Country Championships at WakeMed
Soccer Park. It was the first title for both universities since at
least 1975. The Lincoln (PA) edged Winston-Salem State
University by one point (59-60) to claim the women’s 5K crown.
Shaw University was third with 95 points. In the men’s 8K race,
Virginia Union scored 26 points and Bowie State University was
second with 63 points. Virginia State University placed third with
95 points. The top three men’s and women’s squads received
team awards.
Taylor-Ashley Bean of Virginia State repeated as the individual
women’s 5K champion with a time of 19:27.57. Jazmina ParisMorris of Shaw was second in 19:32.74 and Shana Brown of
The Lincoln (PA) finished third in 19:33.25. Bean headed the
women’s All-CIAA Team, which included Paris-Morris of Shaw
and Brown of The Lincoln (PA). The other all-conference
members are Merideth Alexander of Shaw, Danisha Wiggins
and Tametris Morrison of Winston-Salem State, Alexis Cubbage
and Sarah Gray of The Lincoln (PA), Fanta Fofana of Saint
Augustine’s University, Domenique Julius-Williams of Johnson
C. Smith University.
Chick Ndjami of Bowie State is the men’s individual 8K champion
with a time of 26:11.75. Kyle Edwards of The Lincoln (PA) was
second in 26:12.90 and Donovan Mundy of Virginia Union placed
third in 26:14.12.
Ndjami led the men’s All-CIAA squad, which included Edwards
of The Lincoln (PA) and Mundy of Virginia Union. The other AllCIAA members are Franck Charles, Deandre Horton, Emmanuel
Nelfrard and Luis Neives of Virginia Union, Christopher Henry of
Virginia State, Marcus Nelson of Shaw and Jalen RobinsonMcCoy of Saint Augustine’s University. Each men’s and women’s
All-CIAA member received an individual award.
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Alabama A&M University, AL - Alabama-State University, AL - Alcorn State University, MS
Arkansas-Pine Bluff College, AR - Grambling State University, LA - Jackson State University, MS
Mississippi Valley State University, MS - Prairie View A&M University, TX
Southern University, LA - Texas Southern University, TX
Olympic Standout Named Grambling Women’s Coach
Grambling State University announced the hiring of Nadine
Domond to become the new head women’s basketball coach.
Domond became a Division I college basketball standout at the
University of Iowa, and was selected into the USA Team, where
she earned a Silver Medal. She later became a player for the
WNBA. She was the 19th overall pick of the New York Liberty in
the 1998 WNBA draft and played in nine games with the
Sacramento Monarchs in 1998. Domond was a four-time AllState high school player. She was also inducted into the New
England Basketball Hall of Fame and a Parade High School AllAmerican. Domond was the number one point guard in the
country during her high school senior year.
She was a graduate assistant coach at Hampton University for
the 2002-2003
season, and
served
as
assistant
coach for the
2003-2004
s e a s o n .
D o m o n d
coached the
N o r t h r o p
Grumman Apprentice School Women’s Basketball Program from
2005-2007. In 2005-2006, the team finished third in the United
States Collegiate Athletic Association National Championships
with a 17-11 record. The next year, the team finished 18-8 as
Domond served as associate head coach.
Steiner-Wilcoxson to Lead Alabama State Softball
Chris Steiner-Wilcoxson, who led AuburnMontgomery (AUM) to the 2014 national
championship, has been named head softball
coach at Alabama State University, announced
by Interim Athletic Director Melvin Hines.
In six seasons at AUM, Steiner-Wilcoxson led
the Warhawks to three consecutive NAIA
Tournament appearances and the first national
championship in program history. AUM won at
least 30 games every season, including 40 or
more victories in the past three seasons. Steiner-Wilcoxson
compiled a 234-97-2 record at AUM.
Last season, Steiner-Wilcoxson led the Warhawks to a 44-7
record, including a school-record 24-game winning streak. AUM
won the Southern States Athletic Conference regular season
championship with a 25-1 record, as she earned SSAC Coach
of the Year accolades for the second time in her career.
During her tenure, AUM was ranked in the NAIA Coaches’ Top25 Poll for 44 consecutive weeks, including 22 straight weeks
inside the top 10. In the NAIA postseason poll
following the 2012 season, AUM entered the
top 10 for the first time, coming in at No. 7 to
close out the season. The Warhawks spent
the past two seasons ranked in the Top 10
and were the unanimous No. 1 selection in
the 2014 postseason edition.
Prior to AUM, Steiner-Wilcoxson had a threeyear stint at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Ga.,
where she launched the Eagles’ softball
program in 2005. At Reinhardt, she compiled an 84-80 overall
record, including a 55-31 record in conference games.
In her second year at the helm at Reinhardt, Steiner-Wilcoxson
was named the 2006 Southern States Athletic Conference
Softball Coach of the Year following her team’s third-place finish
in the SSAC regular season and runner-up finish at the
conference tournament. The Eagles were ranked No. 21 in the
final NAIA poll that year and posted a third-place finish at the
Region XIII tournament.
Grambling State Named Walker Men’s Basketball Head Coach
Grambling State University has announced the
hiring of Shawn Walker to become the new head
men’s basketball coach. Walker spent the last 12
years as head coach at Elizabeth City State, where
he compiled a record of 196-172, which includes
three appearances in the Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association (CIAA) Title game, and winning
the conference tournament in 2007. It was ECSU’s
first basketball crown in 26 years.
in 1993 and 1994. During his collegiate career, he
scored 1,461 points and was NCAA Division II
statistical champion in FT% (1992) and 3-point field
goal % (1993 & 1994). He set school season
records for most three-point field goals (105) and
best three-point field goal percentage (.485). His
junior year (1992-1993) he set the record for most
three-point field goal attempts (219). All three of
those records still stand today.
In 2008, he was voted the CIAA Coach of the Year for leading
ECSU to its first 20-win season since 1999. He followed that up
with another 20-win season, the first time an ECSU team had
accomplished that since it was done three straight years (197073).
Walker is a graduate of ECSU, and is only the third coach in CIAA
history to lead his alma mater to a conference championship. A
native of Roper, NC, Walker was an All-CIAA guard for the Vikings
Walker graduated from ECSU in December 1994 with two
degrees, one in Biology and one in Health/Physical Education.
In 1998, he obtained a Masters in Athletic Administration from
Slippery Rock (PA) University.
While at Slippery Rock, Walker served as a graduate assistant
during 1995-1996 season. In 1996, he returned to his alma
mater as the assistant men’s coach for the Vikings. That season
saw the Vikings advance to the Elite Eight.
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pressure is a vital component of cardiovascular health, as untreated high blood
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to raise awareness of the consequences of living with high blood pressure.
Audiences are encouraged to get their blood pressure to a healthy range and to learn
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SIAC
Albany State University, GA - Benedict College, SC - Claflin University, SC - Clark Atlanta University, GA
Central State University, OH - Fort Valley State University, GA - Kentucky State University, KY
Lane College, TN - Lemoyne Owen College, TN - Miles College, AL - Morehouse College, GA
Paine College, GA - Stillman College, AL - Tuskegee University, AL
Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton Inducted into Naismith HOF
SIAC basketball star, Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton, a
standout at Xavier University (LA) in the 1940s and NBA
pioneer was posthumously inducted into the Naismith
Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield,
Massachusetts.
Clifton led the Gold Rush in 1942-43 to a 15-3 record and
an appearance in the championship game of the SIAC
Tournament, suffering a 43-42 loss to South Carolina State.
Clifton is the first from XU player to be inducted and joined
Alonzo Mourning, David Stern, Mitch Richmond, Gary
Williams, Nat Clifton, Nolan Richardson, Bob Leonard,
Sarunas Marciulionis, Guy Rodgers, and the Immaculata
University’s AIAW national championship teams of the early
1970s.
He is widely known as one of the African-Americans to
integrate the NBA.
On May 24, 1950, Clifton became the second African-American
player to sign an NBA contract. He played his first game for the
New York Knicks four days after the debut of Washington
Capitols’s Earl Lloyd, the first Black player to appear in an NBA
game.
In his first season, Clifton helped lead the team to its first-ever
appearance in the NBA finals, losing in game seven. During his
eight seasons in the NBA, Clifton averaged 10 points and 9
rebounds per game.
He was named to the 1957 NBA All-Star Team and at age 34,
became the oldest player in NBA history to be named an All-Star.
In 1957, Clifton was part of a multi-player trade between the
Knicks and the Detroit Pistons, but after one season in Detroit
he retired from basketball.
For his professional career spanning the NBA and ABL, he
scored 5,444 points, hauled in 4,469 rebounds and dished out
1,369 assists. He passed in 1990 at the age of 65.
SIAC Remembered ASU and NBA star Caldwell Jones
The Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference joined
Albany State University and the
NBA in the passing of hoops
legend Caldwell Jones. Jones
passed away on Sunday,
September 21st. He was 64
years old..
he led the ABA in blocked shots.
He also played in the 1975 ABA
All-Star Game.
Jones then made his move to the
NBA, and became a member of
the high-powered Philadelphia
76ers teams of the late 1970s
and early 1980s. Playing
alongside Julius Erving and a
host of other stars, he was
known as a defensive specialist
because of his rebounding, shot
blocking and pesky position
defense.
He played for ASU from 19691973. During that time, he tallied
a total 2,237 points and almost
2,000 rebounds. The Golden
Rams garnered a four-year
record of 80-31, and won the
1973 SIAC Men’s Basketball
Championship with the 7’2
Jones playing center. During his senior season, he played for
his brother Oliver, who had taken over as head coach. The team
finished with a 23-6 record.
He was a two-time selection to
the NBA’s All-Defensive Team. Jones’ hustle, rebounding and
defense helped him produce a 17-year professional basketball
career.
As a result of his stellar play at ASU, Jones was selected 32nd
overall in the second round of the 1973 NBA draft. For the first
three years of his professional career, he played in the American
Basketball Association (ABA) with the San Diego Conquistadors
(1973-1975), San Diego Sails (ABA), Kentucky Colonels (1975)
and Spirits of St. Louis (1975-1976). During the 1973-74 season,
From 1982-1990, he played for the Houston Rockets (19821984), Chicago Bulls (1984-1985), Portland Trail Blazers (19851989) and San Antonio Spurs (1989-1990). As a Houston Rocket,
Jones received the opportunity to play with his brother Major.
During his career, he gathered 10,241 points, 10,685 rebounds
and 2,297 blocks.
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MEAC
Bethune Cookman University, FL - Coppin State University, MD - Delaware State University, DE
Florida A&M University, FL - Hampton University, VA - Howard University, DC
University of Maryland Eastern Shore, MD - Morgan State University, MD - Norfolk State University, VA
North Carolina A&T State University, NC North Carolina Central University, NC
Savannah State University, FL - South Carolina State University, SC
CSU’S Christina Epps Named 2014 MEAC Woman of the Year
Coppin State University’s Christina Epps was named the 2014
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Woman of the Year, the
conference announced. Epps was to be awarded the honor
during a special on-campus event to be announced at a later
time.
The award, selected annually by the MEAC Senior Woman
Administrators, celebrates the achievements of senior female
student-athletes who have excelled in academic, athletics,
service and leadership.
“The MEAC family congratulates Coppin State’s Christina Epps
for receiving the honor of Woman of the Year,” said MEAC
Commissioner Dennis Thomas. “Throughout her collegiate
career, Miss Epps has exemplified academic and athletic
excellence and has displayed an impressive resume of service
and leadership for Coppin State and the MEAC. Further, her
commitment to her community should be applauded and valued.
We salute Miss Epps and support her efforts of representing the
MEAC in the NCAA Woman of the Year process.”
Epps was a four-time All-MEAC student-athlete in track and field,
and is a six-time triple jump champion in the conference. She is
the current Coppin State triple jump record holder and was
selected as the institution’s MVP in track and field and received
the Athlete of the Year Award. She served as team captain from
2012-2014, and was the SAAC President from 2013-2014.
Foundation, Hash Tag Lunchbag, Samuel Ogle Middle School,
Druid Hill Parks and Recreation. She has also contributed her
time to the Special Olympics Association Track Meet (2010-11)
and the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Elementary Middle School Annual
5k Fun Run and Walk (2010).
Epps graduated in 2014 with a 3.30 grade point average in
Psychology. She amassed many academic accomplishments
before departing CSU, including the Dean’s List four straight
years, induction into the Chi Alpha Sigma National Honor Society
and the Psi Chi International Honor Society. She was also
selected as a USTFCCCA Academic All-American in 2011 and
2012, and selected to the MEAC Commissioner’s Academic
Team for four straight years.
Epps represented the MEAC as its nominee for the NCAA Woman
of the Year Award. The NCAA established the Woman of the Year
Award in 1991 to celebrate the achievements of women in
intercollegiate athletics. Now in its 24th year, the award is unique
because it recognizes not only the athletic achievements of
outstanding young women, but also their academic
achievements, community service and leadership.
Off the track, Epps volunteered with Windsor Hills Elementary/
Middle School, Bare Your Chest for Breast Cancer, Chris Canty
Maryland Eastern Shore senior bowler Mega Buja was the 2014
MEAC Woman of the Year runner-up.
UMES Golfers Named to the 2014 GCAA All-Academic Team
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) men’s golf
team was named to the 2014 Golf Coaches Association of
America (GCAA) All-Academic Team, presented by Farmers
Insurance.
submit the GPAs for each player on its official squad list for the
academic year.
The student-athletes recognized included Sedrick Bailey;
Norman Blanco; Paul Cecil; Michael Ferguson; Richard Fleming;
Bryan Martin; Kevin Odell; Keun Park; Jon Seward; Christopher
Toney; and recent 2014 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America
Scholar Michael Veverka.
Maryland Eastern Shore and Alabama State University (ASU)
were the lone Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) representatives to make this year’s GCAA All-Academic
Team. Additionally, the Hornets were one of 11 National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I institutions to
receive President’s Special Recognition status, earning a 3.5
GPA or better as a team.
“Our student-athletes are self-disciplined and self-motivated,”
said UMES Men’s Golf head coach Marshall Cropper. “Their
work ethic begins at an early age. They know what needs to be
done and I’m here to guide them.”
For more HBCU sports
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A total of 141 teams submitted 3.00 grade-point-averages (GPAs)
or higher to earn All-Academic Team recognition. To be eligible
for GCAA All-Academic Team honors, a college or university must
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GCAC
Dillard University, LA - Edward Waters College, FL - Fisk University, TN
Philander Smith College, AR - Southern University at New Orleans, LA - Talladega College, AL
Tougaloo College, MS - Xavier University of Louisiana, LA
GCAC Has 7 Named 2014 Daktronics
NAIA Volleyball Scholar Athletes
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
announced that 455 volleyball student-athletes have been
named 2014 Daktronics - NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Concordia
(Nebraska) leads all institutions with 10 individuals on the list.
In order to be nominated by an institution’s head coach or sports
information director, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum
grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, and must have
achieved a junior academic status.
The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference had seven student-athletes
selected for recognition:
Dillard University
o Mercedes Chevis, Sr., Houston, TX.
o Keylantra Taylor, Sr., Houston, TX.
Philander Smith College
o Brianna White, Jr., Bryant, AR.
o Zyra Wright, Jr., Dallas, TX.
Xavier University
o Chinedu Echebelem, Sr., Dallas, TX.
o Jodi Hell, Jr., Prairieville, LA.
o Franziska Pirkl, Jr., Munich, Germany
Nour Abbes Leads Seven from Xavier in ITA Preseason Rankings
Led by sensational sophomore Nour Abbes, Xavier University of
Louisiana placed seven in the first Intercollegiate Tennis
Association National NAIA Rankings of the 2014-15 season.
Abbes is No. 1 in women’s singles after winning the NAIA division
of the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships in
October and finishing second in the “Super Bowl” playoff. Abbes
is seventh in doubles with teammate Carmen Nelson. Abbes
and Nelson were South Regional runner-up in September.
This is the first time the Gold Nuggets have held the top spot in
a USTA/ITA player ranking since Kourtney Howell and Brion
Flowers were No. 1 in doubles on April 17, 2013. Flowers is
32nd on the new singles list.
For the second time in XU men’s history and the first time since
2011, the Gold Rush have three nationally ranked singles players.
Kyle Montrel is 13th, Nikita Soifer is 47th, and Tushar Mandlekar
is 48th.
Nour Abbes
Mandlekar is 21st in doubles with Kevin Chaouat.
In the women’s South Region rankings, Abbes is first, and
Flowers is 14th. Abbes and Nelson are third in doubles.
In the South Region men’s rankings, Montrel is sixth, Soifer is
15th, and Mandlekar is 16th. The doubles team of Chaouat and
Mandlekar is sixth.
Player rankings in the spring will be announced March 11th, April
15th and May 27th. The NAIA’s preseason team rankings will be
revealed Jan. 28th, followed by the first regular-season polls
Feb. 18th.
XU Sweeps SUNO for 4th Straight GCAC Tourney Title
Xavier University of Louisiana remains entrenched as the ruler
of Gulf Coast Athletic Conference women’s volleyball. The Gold
Nuggets won their fourth consecutive GCAC Tournament
Championship, beating SUNO 25-9, 25-19, 25-17 at XU’s
Convocation Center in a matchup of city rivals and the top two
seeds. Xavier (20-5) earned an automatic bid to the NAIA National
Championship.
Tournament MVP CeCe Williams’ second career double-double,
12 kills and 16 digs, led the Gold Nuggets to their 59th
consecutive victory against GCAC opponents. Williams, a junior
outside hitter, also had two assists and a block. “This award
would not have been possible without my teammates,” Williams
said. “Everyone played a part in this championship.
Joining Williams on the seven-member all-tournament team
were teammates Claudia Haywood, Franziska Pirkl and Jodi
Hill. Haywood had nine kills and four blocks. Pirkl produced her
second straight double-double, 25 assists and 14 digs, and
had a block and three kills. Hill had eight kills, three blocks and
hit .438.
GCAC Player of the Year Chinedu Echebelem had eight kills and
19 digs for the Gold Nuggets, who clinched their fourth
consecutive regular-season championship two weeks ago.
“Staying unified was one of our biggest goals. It was all about
staying together, playing as a team and finishing as a team. We
were unified, smart and efficient, and it was powerful.”
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Other HBCUs
Featured This Month
Starks Inducted into National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame
Former Tennessee State University (TSU) head
men’s golf coach, Catana Starks was selected
to the 2014 Class of Honorees inducted into the
National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame. The
ceremony was part of the 29th annual NBCA Hall
of Fame Alumni Weekend in Atlanta, GA.
When Tennessee State University joined the Ohio
Valley Athletic Conference in 1986, then-Athletic
Director Bill Thomas traded the University’s
swimming program for a men’s golf team and
called on the leadership of Dr. Catana Starks to
guide the program.
Starks, who holds a Bachelor’s (’69), Master’s
(’73) and Doctorate (’80) degree from TSU, then
made history, becoming the only AfricanAmerican female to have coached a men’s golf
team in the country.
In 2005, Starks led the Tigers to a win in the
National Minority Championship, a tournament
for golf teams from Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCUs). It was the first time
TSU had won the tournament, and it also was
Starks’ last year coaching.
2014 National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Honorees
Under her guidance, the team also produced the first AfricanAmerican men’s head coach for Michigan State University (Sam
Puryear), a top swing coach of professional golfers in Canada,
including Tiger Woods (Sean Foley) and an All-American who is
a member of the European Tour (Robert Dinwiddie).
Recently, Academy Award Nominee Taraji P. Henson portrayed
Starks in a movie based on the golf coach’s career at Tennessee
State called “From the Rough.” The movie was released nationally
on April 25, 2014.
The National Black College Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3
organization dedicated to the development and growth of
Historically Black Colleges and Universities through
scholarships, internships, training and technical assistance,
alumni recognition and programs to encourage humanitarian
involvement.
o Athletics - Dr. Catana Starks, Tennessee State University
o Community Service - Hardy K. Dorsey, Sr., Lincoln University
(MO)
o Education - Dr. Harold L. Martin, Sr., North Carolina A&T State
University
o Entertainment - Will Packer, Florida A&M University
o Faith & Theology - Bishop Dale C. Bronner, Morehouse
College
o Government/Law - Mayor Edna Branch Jackson, Savannah
State University
o Life Time Achievement - Dr. Ruth Simmons, Dillard University
& Dr. Gladys Hope Franklin White, Hampton University
o Medicine - Dr. Haywood L. Brown, North Carolina A&T State
University
o Science - Dr. Cora B. Marrett, Virginia Union University
o Chairman’s Award - Dr. C. T. Vivian
Coach York Named Top 100 Coaches
Cheyney University Head Women’s
Bowling Coach John York was selected as
one of the Top 100 Coaches in the nation
by Bowler’s Journal International for 2014.
on the evaluations of resumes and
achievements, both past and present, of
the thousands of applications sent in from
all over the country by youth, high school,
collegiate, and pro shop professionals.
Bowler’s Journal International is the
longest-running sports monthly magazine
in America, now celebrating its 101st year,
and is considered to be bowling’s premier
magazine.
Bowler’s Journal International first began
compiling this list in 2006, and has
continued to do so each year since. For
York, this marks the third time he has
cracked the prestigious list, making it in
both 2010 and 2012.
The selections by the magazine are based
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