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STAMPEDEVOLUME 3, ISSUE 1 WINTER 2010-11
LADY BRONCOS’ BOWLERS HAVE MAKINGS OF A TITLE CONTENDER
FSU has won the last seven Division championships and are 15-0 to start the season
FAYETTEVILLE, NC – It has been said that there are only two sure things in life: death and taxes.
There are at least three. Because under Bobby Henderson, Fayetteville State’s bowling team is going to compete for a CIAA Division crown every single year.
And the Lady Broncos are well ahead of that pace to start the 2010-11 season.
Fayetteville State recently competed in the Southern Division’s first event of the season, rolling through the three-day meet with an unblemished 15-0 record. The Lady Broncos are averaging 867 pins as a group, and while that may be below the standard set by last year’s team (908 average), it beats every other CIAA team by 50 pins so far this season.
So for a team that has won the last seven division titles and nine division championships in Henderson’s 10 seasons as head coach, that kind of success
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INSIDE THIS ISSUECheer Phi Smoov gets active in the community 2
Broncos football players speak on values of education 3
Reigning CIAA Tourney MVP works hard — on and off the hardwood 4
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00-01 CIAA Champs reflect on title experienceTITLE TEAM -- TEN YEARS LATER
2000-01 CIAA Champions to be honored during games on Jan. 29 for 10-year anniversary of winning title
FAYETTEVILLE, NC – The Fayetteville State Lady Broncos were in trouble.
On March 2, 2001, at what was then called the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena, the Lady Broncos couldn’t be blamed if they thought their shot at Fayetteville State’s first CIAA championship in two decades was slipping away. Johnson C. Smith was rolling, and had opened the game on a scoring binge.
“We were panicking at first,” guard Joreka Bess recalls of the start to the CIAA Tournament semifinal. “I was having a bad game, so I was
on the bench yelling ‘De-Fense!’ and all that stuff. I figured my job that day was going to be cheering on the team and letting somebody else take over. But that’s how that year was. We didn’t worry about
who did what as long as the job got done.”
Having scored the first seven points of the game, the Lady
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Lady Broncos Bowlers are gunning for another
CIAA championship
FSU assistant basketball coach Jay Maynard gives his time at a Fayetteville shelter.
Maynard coaches more than just basketball
“Squeeze everything you can out of every experience, and work to make a positive impact in others’ lives.” –By Jay Maynard, FSU assistant men’s basketball coach, at his blog, http://junecaniel.wordpress.com, Nov. 24, 2010
FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Ten-year-old Jay Maynard could’ve beaten any of them. It wouldn’t have been close.
In soccer. And in baseball.But not basketball.
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Bobby Henderson
Broncos’ assistant coach wants to impact the “global community”
Broncos’ spirit team gives back to community
FAYETTEVILLE, NC -- It’s been a busy fall sports season on – and off – the playing fields and courts for Cheer Phi Smoov, Fayetteville State’s cheerleading squad.
The team has been involved with several community projects since the new school season began to go along with being an integral part of the athletic experience for Broncos’ sports.
A sampling of Cheer Phi Smoov’s recent involvement representing Fayetteville State University in and around the community:
• Turkey Trot (Nov. 18, 2010) -- The team donated $1 each to buy a 10-pound turkey that Student Activities will donate to the homeless; Entered one team of 4 -- the Cheer Phi Co-ed Track All-Stars, which placed third overall.
• Middle School Campus Tour (Nov. 16, 2010) -- Performed and provided general team information and distributed Summer Cheer Camp handouts.
• FSU Alumni Picnic (Oct. 22, 2010) – Gave a performance and interacted with alumni. • Early Childhood Learning Center “All-Around the World Fall Festival” (Oct. 28, 2010) – Along with a Miss Bronco appearance, the
team danced and interacted with children from the learning center.
• Fayetteville Parks & Recreaction Youth Program (Aug. 28, 2010) -- Conducted a Mini-Cheer Camp Session for Little League cheer squads before the Blue/White football scrimmage.
Cheer Phi Smoov head coach Dr. LaWanda Miller says it is important for the cheerleaders, like all student-athletes, to be cognizant of their role in the community.
“I believe athletics is an integral part of the university’s total educational experience,” Miller says. “The involvement of students in athletics contributes to the development of the ‘whole person’ and a richer academic curriculum. Athletic participation teaches life lessons, builds greater confidence and self-esteem, and helps students learn how to be competitive yet cooperative, deal with success as well as failure, set goals and order priorities.” “Furthermore, I believe that athletics is a powerful force in creating a sense of community and tradition, pride and ownership, commonality and camaraderie between athletes and non-athletes that could not be had otherwise. I am involved in cheerleading with the ultimate goal of producing well-rounded young
FSU cheerleading team has been active on and off the playing fields this season
Q&A with three of Cheer Phi Smoov’s finest
Recently, three members of Fayetteville State’s Cheer Phi Smoov cheerleading team answered a few questions about what being a member of FSU’s award-winning team means to them.
n How would you describe Cheer Phi Smoov? Cheerleading style?Gordone: Cheer Phi Smoov is a wonderful organization and bond between not us as just cheerleaders but us as sisters. For me Cheer Phi Smoov is a sisterhood and a unique group of creative young ladies that bring something different then other squads in the CIAA. Our cheerleading style is not just stomp and shake because we incorporate advance stunts, flexibility, tumbling, precise motions, various 8-counts, and jumps to our performances. Edmonds: I would describe Cheer Phi Smoov as unique. Our cheering style is a mixture of all the different styles put together and we can do what we want to do with it and make it our own.Peguese: Cheer Phi Smoov is a more than just a Varsity Cheerleading squad at the Intercollegiate level. We are also a service organization on Campus.
Our Cheerleading style is like no other. We have a mixture of traditional cheerleading with our own unique shake and stomps.
Panelists
Leah Gordone SophomorePhysical Education Fayetteville NC2 years with Broncos
Shomika Marie Edmonds Sophomore Mass Communication major2 years with Broncos
Carla PegueseForensic Science w/ Chemistry ConcentrationCharlotte N.C3 years with Broncos
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ladies and gentlemen who will leave these walls of academe to make a positive impact in the communities they will serve based on their academic and athletic experiences.”
Fans can catch Cheer Phi Smoov at most athletic events.
FAYETTEVILLE, NC – At 9, 10, 11 years old, the world doesn’t seem so hard to figure out.
Ask most boys what they want to be when they grow up, and the answers will likely be similar.
Football player. Basketball player. Et cetera.
But, like so many avenues in life, the path to a chosen profession is often blurred by the vision of what might be. Ashley Elementary School Guidance Counselor Willie Wright knows that. But that point was driven home recently when Wright had a conversation with a couple of teachers at the school.
“I had talked to some teachers, and they raised some concerns about students who were not interested in academics, but wanted to be football players or basketball players,” Wright says. “We felt it was important to show that you can’t have a career in athletics without a proper education.”
And with Fayetteville State University less than 15 minutes down the road, the opportunity for Broncos student-athletes to relay their experiences in the classroom and on the playing field was an ideal solution to Wright’s problem.
Before long, Fayetteville State football players and students John Hicks (Sr., Wilmington, NC), B.J. Washington (Sr., Baltimore, MD) and Larry McDonald (Jr., Mebane, NC) were invited to visit with about 40 male students from the third, fourth and fifth grades at Ashley Elementary.
It was worth the trip, says Hicks.“We based most of the time on the importance of education,” Hicks recounts. “A lot of the kids like playing sports, so we relayed the importance of academics and education if they want to continue playing sports. You can’t play sports if you don’t have good grades.”
When the event was being put together, McDonald, a two-time All-CIAA offensive lineman, was a willing participant. That’s because the message is one that young students need to hear right away, he says.
“It all starts now – in elementary school,” says McDonald, who is studying to become a teacher. “How they do going forward is determined by what happens to them when they are young. What they do now determines how far they can go.”
Before opening the floor to a question-and-answer session, education was the crux of the message. But it wasn’t all.
“The student-athletes talked about the importance of reading to be a good student, and aalso bout the importance of respect and responsibility,” says Wright. “They told the students to respect not only their parents, but their teachers, school bus drivers and everyone, and to take responsibility for their actions.”
And the message was delivered.
“We deeply appreciate the student-athletes for their participation,” Wright says. “It has
been significant. A counselor or a teacher can tell the students that they need good grades, but we’re always standing up in front of the students telling them things. It means so much for someone closer to their age who has experienced what it takes to succeed to speak to the students.”
“This has been significantly meaningful to the students,” added Wright. “They were still talking about it the next day.”
But it was meaningful to the FSU players as well. Each said they enjoyed the experience and would do it again. But it went even further for McDonald.
“It was real interesting to talk to the kids and listen to what they had to say,” says McDonald. “When I was their age, my favorite subject was reading. A lot of the kids there said they liked math or science, so it was interesting to see the changes over the last decade. And by the time I’m done with school and have my Master’s – I hope to be teaching high school – I may see some of these same kids again. What we had to tell them was beneficial for them, but what they had to tell me was beneficial for me.”
Washington agrees.
“It was a great experience. It was probably more beneficial for us than it was for them,” he says. “It makes you realize just how much wearing a Fayetteville State jersey can impact young kids. Wearing that jersey and talking to them -- that gave us a chance to really change their minds about how they approach their future.”
In the end, it was a learning experience for all who were involved.
BRONCOS FOOTBALL
Broncos football players score a touchdown for education
Washington, McDonald and Hicks speak to Ashley Elementary School students about the lifetime importance of receiving an education
“A counselor or a teacher can tell the students that they need good grades, but we’re always standing up in front of the students telling them things. It means so much for someone closer to their age who has experienced what it takes to succeed to speak to the students.”
— Willie WrightAshley Elementary
Guidance Counselor
LADY BRONCOS BASKETBALL
Reigning CIAA Tournament MVP works and works — and works and works some more
FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Practice just won’t end.
The sprints need to be run. And they will be run, one way or another. Hit the foul shots, and the team’s sprints will be from sideline-to-sideline. Miss them, and it’s a longer suicide sprint.
The ball continues to fall to Tiffany Haywood (Sr., Fayetteville, NC). She is the reigning CIAA Tournament MVP and is Fayetteville State’s lead player. She tops the team in scoring and rebounding, and pulled down 13 or more rebounds in three straight games in one stretch. She’s also a post player who cleans up on the glass from the paint, where she generates a lot of her offense. And by being down there, in the unseen trenches of the hardwood, everybody knows Haywood is going to bear the brunt of several fouls.
And so she must be a capable foul shooter.
“My name always gets called,” she says of the end-of-practice free throws. “It’s OK. I expect it.”
The sideline sprints are shorter, so they don’t take up as much time. And for Haywood, time is of the essence. Time is always of the essence for Haywood.
She walks up to the stripe three straight times. She hits 5 of 8 foul shots total, and after another sideline sprint, practice mercifully ends.
But while much of the team is free to enjoy the rest of the evening, an end to one activity must mean the beginning of a new one for Haywood. She has 56 minutes to shower, dress and get to the classroom for a final exam during the first semester of graduate school at Fayetteville State.
In fact, this day is a rather easy one for the 5-foot-9 power forward.
“I feel like everything I do is going to pay off in the end. Hard work always pays off,” she says.
Haywood is on track to earn her Master’s degree in social work in 2012. But she’s also still a key cog for the Lady Broncos’ basketball program. And she’s trying to fit it all in – all the time.
Put it this way: Haywood is proof that the phrase, ‘There’s not enough hours in the day” is but an excuse.
“I get up at 3:50 – and that’s a.m. – and I have to be here about 4:30 to get ready for practice,” Haywood explains, going through her typical weekday. “We practice from 5-7, then I leave here, go home and shower and go to my internship from 8-5. Class is from 6-9.”
To accommodate its most decorated player, Fayetteville State all season long has held its daily practices from 5-to-7 a.m. From there Haywood rushes to prepare for a “normal” work day as an unpaid intern with the Fayetteville Metropolitan Housing Authority. From there, it’s on to night classes as she works toward her Master’s. After that, she could head straight to bed to sneak in, at most, 5-6 hours of sleep.
“And I don’t do that,” she says, chuckling.
It’s a grind. Just in her early 20s, Haywood is already pulling 18-hour days. Every day.
But it’s what she has to do to get the most out of her experience at Fayetteville State.
“It’s about managing time,” she says. “You have to be very organized.
“I just have to stay on top of everything. I have to get an A-plus in everything.”
She gets the A for effort, that’s for sure.
“When I first met Tiffany, I knew she had the determination to excel in college,” says Lady Broncos coach Eva Patterson-Heath. “So whatever it has taken for her to the point, and whatever it will take for her to earn her Master’s, she’s willing to do it. It speaks volumes to her will power and her determination.”
And Haywood isn’t willing to back off. Not now, not ever.
“I think it’ll benefit me later because I’m in the social work field,” Haywood says of living and managing her nonstop schedule. “I’m going to have a heavy case-load. I probably won’t get much sleep at all. But what I actually want to do, seeing the people who do it now at my internship, they don’t sleep. But this is all preparing me for the real world.”
For now, though, Haywood will try to enjoy the basketball she has left. After all, it’s the reason she puts herself through so much.
“I love the game. That’s the motivation for me in the end.”
Tiffany Haywood defends St. Augustine’s 2009 CIAA Rookie of the Year Keyona Bryant.
FSU’s Tiffany Haywood pulling 18-hour days to fit in basketball and grad school work
“I get up at 3:50 – and that’s a.m. – and I have to be here about 4:30 to get ready for practice. We practice from 5-7, then I leave here, go home and shower and go to my internship from 8-5. Class is from 6-9”
— Tiffany Haywood FSU forward
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Golden Bulls led the Lady Broncos 20-9 less than 7 minutes into the game, and a berth in the CIAA Championship final was on the line.
“I still think about it,” says Shaunici Morgan, the Lady Broncos’ leading scorer. “Everything we threw up just wouldn’t go in.”
But then Fayetteville State exploded. Morgan buried a jumper, and the Lady Broncos were off. Later, Michelle Dent buried a 3-pointer to tie the game for the first time at 33 with 4:26 left in the first half. Thirty seconds later, Alicia Clarke hit the first of back-to-back 3s, and an 11-point deficit at the 13:10 mark turned into a 51-37 FSU lead with 32 seconds left in the half.
“Right after we hit those 3 3s in a row, that’s when everything turned around,” says Morgan, who scored 31 points in the game on her way to being named the Tournament MVP.
That 12-minute stretch, in which Fayetteville State outscored Johnson C. Smith 42-17, is one big reason why the University is honoring the 10th anniversary of the 2000-2001 Lady Broncos CIAA Championship team during the Broncos’ games against Johnson C. Smith on Jan. 29 at Felton J. Capel Arena. One day after that fateful stretch, the Lady Broncos overcame 10 ties and used a critical 12-6 run midway through the second half to lift Fayetteville State
over N.C. Central and to its first CIAA Women’s Championship since 1979.
The Lady Broncos finished 21-9 overall that season, and 12-4 in conference play, losing twice during the regular season to N.C. Central before knocking the Lady Eagles off 63-59 in the championship game. It was the team’s first conference title since 1979 and came in its fifth trip to the CIAA finals in a span of five years.
Morgan, the Lady Broncos’ point guard, led the team in scoring with 13.4 points per game and in assists, with 3.0 a game during the season. But she averaged 19.3 points 5.3 rebounds in the tournament. Also, Marian Moore added 10.9 ppg and 5.0 rebounds a game while Bess averaged 9.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg during the year. But the team was balanced as a whole, with nine players – Morgan, Moore, Bess, Donda Green, Tonya Bowman, Clarke, Michelle Dent, Paula Birch and Opal Johnson – averaging at least 5.2 ppg.
Fayetteville State had little trouble in the quarterfinal round of the tournament, rushing out to a 16-2 lead at the 12:21 mark that would never truly be threatened. Morgan had 15 points while Moore added 13 and six rebounds and three steals. Bowman, who was later named to the All-Tournament team, chipped in 11 points and six boards.
Then came the game against Johnson C. Smith, a track meet in which the teams combined for a staggering 184 points in the Lady Broncos’ eventual 96-88 victory. After the slow start,
Fayetteville State led by as many as 17, 64-47, after Tanieka Smith’s jump shot with 16:49 to go. The Lady Golden Bulls managed to trim the deficit to seven, 76-69, with 8:51 remaining, but could never get closer than five points the rest of the way. Along with Morgan’s 31 points, she tallied eight assists and six rebounds while Dent made four 3-pointers for 12 points and Bowman added 10 points and five boards.
There were eight ties in the first half alone of the championship game, which was played in front of 18,345 fans at what is now the RBC Center. But Morgan hit a layup to make it 49-47 with 9:42 to go, and Fayetteville State never trailed again. Clarke hit a big 3 with 5:20 left to give the Lady Broncos a 55-49 lead, capping a decisive 12-6 run. Moments later, on March 3, 2001, the Fayetteville State Lady Broncos and head coach Eric Tucker were celebrated as champions.
“Me being a co-captain of that team, I was very excited,” says Bess. “I was blessed to be at Fayetteville State University, and I don’t regret anything about it. I love everything about Fayetteville State.”
Bess will be one of at least 12 team members from the 2000-01 team to be honored on Jan. 29.
“The coaches didn’t know that as they were bringing us players in from all over to form a team, they were really forming friendships that will last a lifetime,” says Bess. “We’re still together, not just as a team, but as a family.”
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comes as no surprise to the rest of the CIAA.
Even if it does throw Henderson for a bit of a loop.
“I think we’re a little bit ahead of schedule,” Henderson says. “I really didn’t think we’d be undefeated considering I had two freshmen, one of whom is relatively a new bowler. I’d say we’re a little ahead of the curve right now.”
While the Lady Broncos may not yet be putting up the kind of devastating numbers last season’s squad compiled, they are clearly on pace to compete for the conference championship, which Fayetteville State last won in 2008. The Lady Broncos, who have also finished as the league’s runner-up twice under Henderson (2002, 2007), are led again this season by 2009-10 CIAA Player of the Year Akira Turner (Sr., Detroit, MI), who has already been named CIAA Bowler of the Month after rolling to a 195 average in the first event.
“She’s probably the best bowler in the CIAA, and right now she has a good shot of being the Player of the Year again,” Henderson says. “And that’s one of her goals -- to become a two-time Player of the Year.”
But even if Turner’s game is somehow off once in a while, the Lady Broncos have enough firepower to pick her up in Kelly Wakerhauser (Jr., Portage, WI; 168 average), Jamie Donnelly (So., Fayetteville, NC; 178 average) and freshman De’Andrea Bethea (Raleigh, NC), who was named as the CIAA Newcomer of the Month
in November after posting a 171 average.
Henderson feels each bowler can be the team’s best in any given game.
“When Kelly first got here, so was only about a 130-140 bowler,” Henderson says. “Since then, she has dramatically improved. She can be a 180 bowler. If she puts her mind to it, she can be even better. She throws the perfect ball for any condition.
“Jamie has good experience from being on the team last year on a team that was stacked,” Henderson says of Donnelly, whom he believes can compete for a spot on the All-CIAA team. “She has the makings to be a 190-200 bowler.
“Bethea’s probably one of the best freshmen I’ve had in a good while,” Henderson adds. “She has the capability of averaging 190 or 200. It’s just a matter of consistency, like with all young bowlers.”
And the Lady Broncos are indeed young – and they aren’t deep. Fellow freshmen Daisy Weishman (Fayetteville, NC; 155 average) is also capable of posting quality scores, but there are no bowlers behind her, either. What you see is what you are going to get from Fayetteville State this season, and over the course of a long season, consistency and health are going to be concerns for the Lady Broncos.
“I’ve only got five bowlers, and bowling season is a long season,” says Henderson. “Not having a sub, I don’t know how we as a team will react. We’re always talking about conserving our energy because there’s not but five of us, and we have to go the distance. It’s like I tell them, when you bowl bad, I can’t get mad and
sub you. I can only get mad and change your position. You’ve got to bowl.”
That said, Fayetteville State has the ability to go a long way.
“This team can be just as good as last year,” says Henderson. “But this year we might have a better shot at the CIAA Tournament because last year, while we were talented, we were talented to the point that some people might’ve said we had too much talent. This year, we are not quite as good, but to have a champion, you’ve always got to have role players. You can have a superstar, and some supporting stars. Last year, I think we had too many superstars, and not enough supporting stars. This year’s team can be just as good, but in a different way.”
Fayetteville State will compete again from Jan. 26-28 in the Southern Division Event II in Salisbury, NC before gauging itself against the other half of the conference at the CIAA Roundup in Laurel, MD, from Feb. 3-5. The Lady Broncos will host the third Southern Division Event at B&B Bowling Lanes in Fayetteville, NC, from Feb. 25-27.
The CIAA Championships will begin on March 18 in Durham, NC.
“We don’t overlook anybody. We win and lose the same way,” says Henderson. “We don’t win and jump up and down and talk. We win, we move on. At the end of the day, if we win the meet, you celebrate at the end of Sunday. All that other stuff? We don’t need it. We let our bowling do the talking.”
Like always.
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“I was originally a soccer player, and I was very good at that,” Maynard, 29, assistant men’s basketball coach at Fayetteville State, recalls now. “But I discovered basketball one day, and kids would tease me, ‘Oh you can’t play basketball.’ I guess because I was black, I was supposed to know how to play basketball. But I couldn’t play basketball at all.”
So Maynard ditched soccer. He ditched baseball. Right then and there.
And he took up basketball, just because it was something he couldn’t do.
“Soccer was easy, but I decided to quit soccer, to quit baseball, which I was very good at, and play basketball – this game I could never play,” he says. “That’s how I discovered basketball – it was a challenge.”
Choosing basketball changed nothing, but it meant everything.
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“It’s so easy to succumb to a ‘woe is me’ attitude and eventually conform to the miserable normalcy of being mediocre and satisfied with the status quo. What a chore it is, sometimes, to overcome the oppression of contentment and comfort to rebel against the norm!” -- junecaniel.wordpress.com, Nov. 24, 2010
Jay Maynard was born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. He was the fifth child of his mother. His father had two more children after him. By his count, Maynard believes he has “about 10” siblings.
What life could the young Jay Maynard look forward to? He had heard all the stories, seen the worst things any child could possibly see. Was that going to be his route? Was that going to be his life?
Somehow, Maynard knew it didn’t have to be that way. “I can just remember being a kid and saying ‘I want to be great,’” he says. “There’s nothing wrong with that, but it sounds strange coming out of a child’s mouth.”
But how could greatness spring from this place? Island streets are hard, and Maynard’s may have been even harder. Greatness needs care. It needs cultivation. Where could Maynard find the fertile, lush soil that would enable his vision to grow and soar beyond the dark street corners and into the sky and beyond?
At home.
“I saw a lot of strength in my parents. I saw a lot of struggle -- my dad being thrown into a dumpster when he was 4, having a sixth-grade education, my mom overcoming a lot of difficult things – but they never made excuses in life,” Maynard says. “It showed me I could forge my way in life and do whatever I wanted to do just through their strength. The ironic part is that people meet me and think I came from this great family. Well, I feel like I did,
but it’s not their definition of what ‘great’ would be.”
Maynard’s sister, Florence, saw the opportunity in her youngest brother. She got off the island, joined the U.S. Navy, and eventually was stationed in San Francisco. Then she really got to work, taking the steps to adopt Maynard and bring him to the United States.
“There’s not a lot to do in the Islands where I’m from. It’s really rough. A lot of deaths,” says Maynard. “(My sister) wanted to give me the opportunity to do something with my life. She felt like if I stayed there, I’d probably end being a drug dealer or doing something really bad. I can’t blame them. I was exposed to crack cocaine when I was 4.”
And exposed to basketball in San Francisco.
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“As I look into the eyes of our youth, I see hope. I see people who want to be great. I have discovered that no one really wants to be mediocre. I have observed adults that go through the motions and kids act as if they do not care. I realize everyone cares if they are given a reason.” -- junecaniel.wordpress.com, Nov. 21, 2010
Jay Maynard is in constant motion. He always has something to do, to work on, to build. Even in the most mundane situations, Maynard is a seeker. He enjoys random conversations with people he doesn’t know. He says he might learn something new. In fact, he believes he will always learn something new. Every time. So why slow down? Why would you ever want to stop when there is so much more you can do, or learn, or experience?
And so like soccer and baseball before, basketball came to Maynard. Of course it did. He wouldn’t allow anything otherwise. He excelled on the hardwood after moving with his sister’s family to Jacksonville, NC, when he was a sophomore in high school. It came as no surprise to Maynard, who befriended a custodian at his high school who would open the gym at 4 a.m. so Maynard could work on his game.
“I was always geared to prove people wrong,” he says. “People would always make comments, even family members, ‘Oh, you can’t do that. You can’t do this.’ And those kinds of things drive me. I always say, ‘I didn’t need any extra fuel, but since you supplied it, thank you.”
He took a scholarship to play for former Fayetteville State coach Rick Duckett at Winston-Salem State. Five years, two CIAA Championships, 192 3-pointers (second all-time at WSSU), a spot on the U.S. Virgin Islands Olympic team at the Tournament of Americas, and a few degrees later, Maynard was on his way.
“Coach Duckett was really an instrumental leader at the time – he was a great coach who had won back-to-back CIAA Championships – but he taught a lot about being a man and giving back,” says Maynard.
Maynard always gives back -- he’s started
nonprofit organizations, mentors people of all ages and spends time at shelters not only helping to feed the homeless, but designing workshops to boost self-awareness and self-worth. He’s been writing since storing away journals when he was in the sixth grade. He and his wife Tiya blog often at http://junecaniel.wordpress.com
But Maynard looked to education as his vehicle to help others.
Education – and basketball.
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“As I look around in the world I see adults who have turned their backs on you. Probably the reason they build more jails, and allow the worst professionals to work around you. Why do they give you the worst coaches, teachers, administrators, social workers, etc? I ask myself, why? They surround you with trash and expect you to pull yourself up.” -- junecaniel.wordpress.com, Oct. 8, 2010
Maynard has seen the worst in societies, but sees the good in people. He understands the hardships many face, issues and problems that can prompt the most devastating of downward spirals. And yet he sees a way out even for those caught in the harrowing center of that vortex. Especially for them.
This isn’t about some viewpoint of the world through rose-colored glasses. It’s a belief Maynard has always had, since those early days when he felt something inside of him that needed to get out. Though five years of teaching, including a stint as a vice principal at Selma Middle School – all before he turned 27 – Maynard believes he could see that special something in every person in every walk of life.
It is that belief that fuels Maynard’s most recent project – Jun E Caniel, a business begun by his wife, Tiya. In form, Jun E Caniel is a line of limited edition apparel and accessories made from eco-friendly and/or recycled materials and designed by Maynard and Tiya.
That’s what one can touch and feel and wear. Jun E Caniel, though, is much more. Maynard writes that it was created “to encourage artistic expression and social activism, under the belief that global change can be brought about by altering others’ thoughts through key words and phrases. Uplifting and positive phrases and graphics are featured as a means of inspiration to others.”
“Our logo is a lion,” Maynard explains. “We’re about challenging people to realize their lion within by realizing their own greatness and power. ‘Jun E’ means ‘great.’ We want them to become social activists and to freely express themselves. We encourage artistic and intellectual freedom as well as social responsibility.
“We feel like everyone has this lion inside of them, and you can find it if you just take enough time to tap into it. That’s really where the gold is. The gold never lies within another
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entity. It’s within ourselves. The other entities help us shape that, and we can use that, but when we realize what we do and what we do well, there’s nothing that can stop us.
“I’m a firm believer in that everybody has something he or she can do so well that no one else can touch. And that’s what we’re trying to tap into – to unleash that lion within themselves.”
And Maynard has, among others, at least one thing he does exceptionally well.
Basketball.
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“Let’s build teams! Let’s build teams that will allow us to accomplish things and give life to others. Let’s be brave enough to pick up clay and mold it.” -- junecaniel.wordpress.com, Nov. 21, 2010
Maynard was a high school head basketball coach at Clay High School in Green Cove Springs, FL. But he was on the fast track in education administration. And he was about to move to Philadelphia to accept a director of education job. Big raise. Big money.
Big impact? Maybe, but maybe not.
Fayetteville State head coach Alphonza Kee, who coached Maynard as an assistant at WSSU, called and asked Maynard to join his staff with the Broncos. The salary, though, couldn’t compare to Maynard’s other option.
But the opportunity couldn’t compare, either.
“I had worked with middle school and high
school kids,” Maynard says. “But I had never worked with young people in college. This was the most important step.”
Maynard came to Fayetteville.
“The opportunities to learn prompts each stop,” Maynard says about the moves in his life. “You take jobs to learn, not necessarily for what you will earn. Taking those different jobs helped shape what I needed to better, whether it was leadership, whether it was handling finances, whether it was people, whether it was a different area. Those were all different learning opportunities.”
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“I often think about my final hours. I imagine myself lying in that cold hospital room with a crowd of people looking at me. It’s funny, at no time do money, cars, houses, women, hobbies, or enemies come to mind. I think about giving all to humanity. Did I leave anything in my frail body? Did I greatly improve the global community? Did I tell everyone I loved them enough? Did I teach my kids to look inside, and not society because all the power they ever want is within them? Did I encourage all to strive for greatness in all aspect of life? Did I leave an example for the people I lead? What are you willing to die for? Think about it.” -- junecaniel.wordpress.com, Nov. 8, 2010
Maynard is coaching basketball, but he is teaching life. He lectures in and around Fayetteville State from time to time, but he teaches and advises and mentors and counsels every day on the court at Felton J. Capel Arena.
Maynard’s life has been filled with differing opportunities, but it’s hardly been about luck. That’s what he’s trying to pass on. But even Maynard knows he can only go so far, that he
can only do so much.
And that’s precisely the point.
“Fayetteville State offers opportunity,” he says. “But then it goes back to being on (the players). It’s on them what they do with the opportunity. Where I fit in is the ability to teach them how to recognize opportunities and maximize opportunities. It’s not enough that they just have opportunities, they have to be taught.
“I think a lot of kids just go to college. But that’s what coaching is all about. Coaching is about getting a player and helping him or her get to another level that they wouldn’t be able to get to on their own versus just getting them here and saying, ‘We gave you an opportunity.’ No, we have to teach. We have to train their eyes on what is opportunity, to teach them how to learn about themselves, which is the key to life.”
Maynard believes he was always going to be able to get his message across. He just needed a means to get it out.
“Basketball is simply the metaphor,” he says. “It could’ve been anything else. It could’ve been cars. It didn’t matter what I did; it would just be the front to really get to the real core of the problem.”
But it was basketball that did it. The game young Jay Maynard couldn’t play as a child in San Francisco has been the vehicle that drives his philosophy two decades later. And as long as there’s a kid, a hoop and a ball, Maynard will always have fuel.
“Basketball has an end,” he says. “So hopefully you’ve given them some real food for thought, some real food to eat.
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n What makes Cheer Phi Smoov so different and original?Gordone: Cheer Phi Smoov is different from most CIAA squads because we bring diversity and confidence; we are also energetic, optimistic, and can be composed. When Cheer Phi Smoov comes anywhere you should automatically be ready for a show because we will always be ready to perform. We are original and unique with our uniforms to prove and show to everybody knows this “ain’t nothing but a funky Bronco show.” Not only with our appearance are we different but also the way we carry ourselves. We are reminded that Attitude is a Little Thing that Makes a Big Difference and every squad we’ve met so far know that we are a genuine group of ladies. Edmonds: Our style of cheering is different from the other squads that are a part of the CIAA. We have a lot to bring to the table, meaning we can do all styles, to traditional, or upbeat with shakes and stunts. During the games we not only cheer to our players, but we also get the crowd involved with some of the chants. We make posters that we have during the game that deals with Cheer Phi
and also our uniforms give a different look each and every game. That helps us stand out more from the other cheerleaders.Peguese: I believe how we present ourselves makes Cheer Phi Smoov so different. We can perform many different jumps, stunts, and tumbles, keeping it traditional while adding our own signature movements and facials. We are natural performers. It takes more than just a cheerleader with a uniform to get the crowd or players hyped. It takes a passionate person with a dedicated heart and school spirit! And those are the ladies and gentlemen that make up Cheer Phi Smoov.
n Why do you cheer at FSU?Gordone: My freshman year we had a pep rally and the way they draw the crowd in got my attention. Therefore I knew I wanted to try out to be a part of the organization. By being on the team it taught me to gain respect for other squad members, which allows the team to work cohesively toward a common goal. I’ve develop friendships that will often last a lifetime. The squad becomes your second family, and together, the team grows and matures, developing life skills that will benefit each cheerleader forever. The sport of cheerleading teaches hard work, perseverance, competitiveness, and
teamwork.Edmonds: The reason I cheer at FSU is because when I first saw the lovely ladies of Cheer Phi I was just amazed at the way they performed and how they acted on and off the court. My cheerleader coach in high school cheered with the FSU Bronco Cheerleaders -- Shauna Poosie Jones- #6 Style. She told me information about the Cheer Phi and how amazing the coach/ladies were to one another and how important cheering was to them. I knew I had to be a part of Cheer Phi Smoov. I had to be with a group of ladies that love cheering the same as I do. I’m happy that I decided to come to FSU and have honor cheer with a group of amazing ladies.Peguese: I cheer at FSU because I always wanted to become a Bronco Cheerleader ever since I saw them perform at CIAA Cheerleading Exhibition when I was in high school. During their performance I was stunned. They stood out for the rest of the other CIAA schools. Plus, I love to cheer! I enjoy being the support system of showing school spirit. And to top it all off, when I came to FSU, It felt like I was at home!
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