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Randall to lead aa&M woMen:  Normal, AL - Alabama A&M Director of Athletics

Bryan Hicks last week announced the

hiring of Semeka Randall as the new

head women's basketball coach. She is

slated to begin her new duties effectiveimmediately.

Randall, a native of Cleveland,

Ohio, graduated from Tennessee in

2000 with a degree in speech commu-

nications. She was a stand-out defensive player for the

powerhouse Lady Vol basketball program from 1998-

2001 and a key member on the 1998 NCAA Champion-

ship team that went 39-0. In addition, Randall received

Kodak and AP All American honors in 1999 and 2000.

After her college career, she played professionally

with the Seattle Storm, Utah Starzz, and the San Antonio

Silver Stars of the WNBA, in addition to playing interna-

tionally during the WNBA off season.

Randall began her coaching career in 2002 as an as-

sistant with Cleveland State. By 2004, she was an assis-

tant coach at Michigan State, and helped the Spartans to

the 2004 NCAA Championship game.

She also served as an assistant at West Virginia from2007-2008. Most recently, Randall was the head coach

at Ohio University where her contract was not renewed

after ve seasions with a 50-103 overall record and a 22-

58 mark in Mid-American Conference competition.

ClaFlIn CHooSeS HooPS CoaCHeS:  Clain University has tapped a veteran coach and a

young, energetic motivator, recruiter and teacher to lead

its men's and women's basketball programs.

Athletics Director Dr. Jerome Fitch announced

Wednesday that Scott Monarch has been named the

head men's basketball coach and Deont’a McChester 

will lead the women's basketball program.

Monarch comes to Clain from the University of 

Northern Colorado where he was an assistant coach last

year. He was also an assistant coach

at Marquette where he helped lead the

Golden Eagles to four NCAA appear-ances from 2008 to 2012. He succeeds 

Ron "Bootsy" Woodard who was let

go after nine years at the helm.

From 2000 to 2006, Monarch was

the head coach at Panola College of 

Carthage, Texas, where he became the winningest coach

in school history. In 2003, he was named the National

Junior College Athletic Association Region 14 Coach of 

the Year and his team captured the Eastern Conference

title.

Monarch also held assistant positions at Tennessee

State, Grambling and Kentucky Wesleyan College. Af-

ter graduating from Mississippi Valley State in 1990, he

landed his rst coaching position as an assistant at Mc-

Clennan Community College of Waco, Texas.

In 2008, he was an assistant at Tyler Junior College,

where the team compiled a 25-4 record and captured

the Texas Eastern Conference title. While at Marquette,Monarch is credited with recruiting Jimmy Butler, a

rst round draft choice of the Chicago Bulls, and Jae

Crowder, the 2012 Big East Player of the Year.

A Flint, Mich. native, McChester says he is a coach

who focuses on developing fundamental skills.

McChester was the lead assistant for the Lady Pan-

thers last year and was interim head coach following

the termination of Tiffany Tucker in

March.

Before his tenure at Clain, the Keu-

ka College of Keuka Park, N.Y. gradu-

ate held the position of women's head

coach of the Flint Lady Monarchs, a

women's professional team in Flint,

Mich. From 2010-2012, McChester

led the Lady Monarchs to back-to-back elite eight ap-

pearances in the Women’s Blue Chip Basketball League

(WBCBL) national tournament. The team also won con-secutive northeast regional championships. For his ef-

forts, McChester was named Coach of the Year for 2011

and 2012.

"We are very pleased and excited that Scott and

Deont’a will lead our basketball programs," Fitch said.

"We believe these characteristics will translate into con-

sistent winning and competitive programs at Clain."

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DIAMOND

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PItCHInG GeM: Junior 

Kyle McGowin struck out

11 in 10-inning masterpieceas Savannah State beat

Bethune-Cookman 1-0 for 

MEAC baseball title.

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MeaC bsb chmpiship ruNORFOLK, Va.- Peter Poole's sacrice y in the bottom of the 10th

inning that allowed Darien Campbell to score would be all that Savan-

nah State would need as the Tigers defeated eight-time defending cham-

pion Bethune-Cookman 1-0 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 

baseball championship game.

"It was a well

played game against

the defending cham-

pions," said SSUhead coach Carlton

Hardy. "We knew

coming into the

tournament that in

order for us to win

this championship,

we would have to

play Cookman. Our

kids played hard.

Pitch to pitch and inning by inning. It took a total team effort for us to win

this game."

It is SSU's rst MEAC baseball championship and their rst confer-

ence title since winning the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Confer-

ence in 1999.

  Kyle McGowin was the game's winning pitcher. McGowin went all

10 innings and struck out 11 batters to improve his record to 12-1.

"Kyle took the ball on three days rest and showed what a champion is

all about," said Hardy. "In 10 innings of work, he showed big time produc-

tion from a big time player."

  Chris Arnold struck out to lead off the bottom of t he 10th but Camp-

bell doubled which was followed by a single by Todd Hagen to put run-

ners at the corners. Poole sent a shot deep enough to right eld that al-

lowed Campbell to score the game-winning run.

Hagen, Poole and David Richards all had two hits each for Savan-

nah State.

For the game, Bethune had seven hits but left nine runners on base

and made two errors. SSU managed eight hits, left seven runners on base

and made one error. The Wildcats, who had won eight consecutive MEAC

baseball titles, stranded at least two runners on base in the fourth, fth and

ninth innings.

  Montana Durapau pitched eight innings for B-CU but it was Jor-

dan Dailey who was tagged with the loss. Durapau struck out four batters

while Dailey pitched 1.2 innings and gave up three hits, one run while

striking out three.

  Josh Johnson and Eric Sams each had two hits for Cookman.

Savannah State made their way to the MEAC championship game

with tournament wins overMaryland-Eastern Shore, Norfolk State and

Coppin State. The Tigers earn the conference's berth to the NCAA Re-

gionals.

all-toURnaMent teaMDavid Hamlet, Coppin StateEric Kimber, North Carolina Central

Luis Diaz, North Carolina CentralKelvin Freeman, North Carolina A&TTroy Marrow, North Carolina CentralTre-Von Johnson, Maryland Eastern Shore

Todd Hagen, Savannah StateBrandon Turner, Bethune-CookmanEric Sams, Bethune-CookmannDavid Richards, Savannah State

Kyle McGowin, Savannah State

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fr SwaC bsb iFORT WORTH, Texas - Jackson State won its 15th Southwestern

Athletic Conference baseball championship by beating Prairie View

A&M 6-2 Sunday at LaGrave Field.

With the win JSU picks up its rst conference championship since

2000. The title is also the rst for head coach Omar Johnson at Jackson

State.

The Tigers never trailed in the game and scored their rst two runs

of the game in the third inning when Gary Thomas and Bryce Taylor 

scored. The Panthers cut the lead to 2-1 in the fourth. JSU quickly re-

sponded scoring two runs in the fth when Charles Tillery and Taylor

scored on a Jose Cruz single to make the score 4-1.

JSU added a run in the sixth, as Stephen Curtis hit a double to score

Aneko Knowles and another in the eighth when Nick Marigny scored

on a Curtis groundout. The Panthers scored in the ninth to make the nal

score 6-2.

  Alexander Juday (7-3), who was named the tournament MVP,

pitched the complete game en route to the win. In nine innings of action he

allowed nine hits and had nine strikeouts. Juday recorded his sixth com-

plete game of the sea-

son.

"Juday started

the season as our set

up man," said John-

son. "But when we

got some players hurt

he stepped up as a

number one pitcher."

  Gary Thomas 

nished with two

hits and a run in thechampionship game.

Cruz and Curtis each recorded a hit and two RBI.

The game will be aired in its entirety Monday, May 20 at 9:00 p.m. on

ESPNU. Next, JSU earns the SWAC automatic bid t o the NCAA Tourna-

ment and will move on to the Regionals to face a team to be announced

during the 2013 NCAA Baseball Selection Show on May 27. The selec-

tion show will air on ESPNU at 1 p.m. (CT).

2013 BaSeBall all-toURnaMent teaMLeo Rojas - Alabama StateDillon Cooper - Alabama State

 Angel Polo - Alcorn StateStephen Wallace - SouthernJerry Ford II - Texas SouthernJeff Sealy - Prairie View A&M

Dominiq Harris - Prairie View A&M A.J. Helms - Prairie View A&M Aneko Knowles - Jackson StateCharles Tillery - Jackson State

Ethan Bright - Jackson State

2013 SwaC BaSeBall toURnaMent MVP Alexander Juday - Jackson State

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nCaa Fyvi Gf RgiFAYETTEVILLE, Ark.—The Alabama State men's golf season

came to an end this weekend at the 2013 NCAA Men's Golf Fayette-

ville Regional Championship. It was a historic season that saw the Hor-

nets win their second consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference 

(SWAC) crown and play in the program's second consecutive NCAA Re-

gional Championship.

The region's nal round saw the Hornets shoot a 329 and ended the

championship last in the 14-team eld with a three day total of 969, +105

(313-327-329).

Robert Grant was the low Hornets' scorer on the nal day with an

80 while Francis Berthiaume and Branson Ferrier came into the club-

house with identical 82's.Jose Rodriguez had his best day of the champi-

onship nishing with an 85 while Ian Mmbando shot an 86.

Berthiaume was the low scorer in the

championship for ASU with a 233 (74-77-82) while Ferrier was next with a 241

(76-83-82). Grant shot a 245 (79-86-80),

Mmbando a 251 (84-91-86) and Rodriguez

nished with a 267 (88-94-85).

Only one team, Illinois at 1-under,

wound up under par and the winner on the

tough Blessings course. The Illini had the

best round of the nal day with a one-over

288. The host team, Arkansas, was second

overall at two over. Texas nished third at

16 over par with Oklahoma State only two

strokes behind at 18 over. The fth place

team, which is the nal team to advance to

the national championship, was Kent State

at 28 over par.

"Playing in back to back regionals gave us a lot of exposure," ASU

Head Coach Gary Grandison said. "We actually had two sophomores

playing and everyone else was freshmen. For the two sophomores it was

their second experience in a regional and it is something all of our playerscan build on for the future."

"Our play in this tournament veried we have the talent to compete

against the stronger teams in the country," Grandison said. "Our scores

didn't show, but the other coaches saw the talent and that is encouraging

for the future as we grow and continue to build and to continue to reach

our goals."

The season was one of the most successful in ASU history as the team

won six events and had one second place and two third place nishes.

"We made the next jump in NCAA Division I golf," Grandison said.

"We broke a lot of records this year. Last year's championship team pro-

vided the best team however; this year's team eclipsed all of the feats of 

last year's team. We were able to get into the sub-300 category so we actu-

ally made that jump."

UNDER THE BANNERWHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS

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wis-Sm S 7, Concord 5

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Tampa 5, Sim 4

Valdosta State 6, Sim 2

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Georgia Southern 3, Hmp 0

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Mississippi State 2, Mississippi Vy S 1

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a-SwaC bsb scis  Arkansas-Pine Bluff  junior shortstop

Isias Alcantar headlines this year's post sea-

son honors as the Southwestern Athletic Con-

ference Player of the Year. Alcantar played in

51 games leading UAPB with a .346 batting

average, fourth in the SWAC. He ranked rst

in the SWAC in hits (68), total bases (96), at

bats (198), and batting average facing two outs

(.459). He also led the Golden Lions in slugging

percentage (.485) and RBI (38).

  Alabama State sophomore pitcher, T.J.

Renda, who nished 8-1 with a 2.28 ERA

and topped the league with 83 strikeouts, was

tabbed Pitcher of the Year. Grambling State 

senior outeld specialist, Darren Farmer, who

led the SWAC hitting .361, received Hitter of 

the Year.

Alabama State outelder, Dillon Cooper

(.298, 3 HRs, 49 runs), earned Freshman of 

the Year with Jackson State junior outelder,Charles Tillery (.353, .479 OB%, 47 runs, 33

SB), capturing Newcomer of the Year. UAPB

head coach, Carlos James, was named the

league's Coach of the Year.

FIRSt teaMSP - T.J. Renda ('Bama State)SP - Jose DeLeon (SU)

RP - Andre Rodriguez (JSU)

C - Jose Cruz (JSU)

1B - Dominiq Harris (PVA&M)2B - Edmund Cheatham (MVSU)SS - Isias Alcantar (UAPBf)3B - Austin Husley (AA&M)OF - Ellis Stephany (TSU)

OF - Darren Farmer (GSU)OF - Tyler Kirksey (SU)DH - Malcolm Tate (JSU)

 

a-MeaC bsb scisNorth Carolina A&T rst baseman Kel-

vin Freeman, who led the league in RBI (54),

home runs (14) and slugging percentage (.644),

was named the 2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic

Conference (MEAC) Baseball Player of the

Year. Freeman's home run total was eighth in

the nation.

  Savannah State pitcher Kyle McGowin,

who was 10-1 and led the league with 111

strikeouts and was second in ERA (1.49), was

selected as the Pitcher of the Year.

SSU teammate Mendez Elder (.317, 38hits) was named Rookie of the Year.

Head Coach Carlton Hardy of Savan-

nah State, whose team earned the top seed in

the South with a 17-7 record and earned the co-

divisional title withBethune-Cookman, earned

Coach of t he Year accolades.

P - Kyle McGowin, Jr. SSUP- Montana Durapau, Jr., B-CU

RP - Jordan Dailey, Sr., B-CUC - Eddie Sorondo, Jr., DSU

1B- Kelvin Freeman, Sr., NC A&T2B - JP Frey, Sr., DSU3B - Cameron Cecil, Jr., DSUSS - Luke Tendler, Jr., NC A&T

OF - Josh Johnson Jr., B-CUOF - Aaron Nardone, Jr., DSUOF - Luis Diaz, Sr., NCCU

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