Tag: Student Athletes: Page 61

Sports

An Ambassador On and Of f the Field

Yolanda Odenyo has excelled both academically and athletically and brought a global perspective to the Oklahoma State University women’s soccer team.

May 27, 2009

Sports

A Legacy of Leadership

A tireless leader, volunteer and scholar,Kenneth Avila’s impact goes beyond the baseball field.

May 27, 2009

Students

Honing Athletic Skills, Academics at Community Colleges

Athletic programs build community and help mold a student’s identity.

May 27, 2009

Sports

When Eligibility Is Over

Too often Black student-athletes are left unprepared for life after collegiate sports.

May 27, 2009

Sports

Percentage of Black Players in MLB Rises

The percentage of Black players in the major leagues increased to 10.2 percent last year, the first rise since the 1995 season.

April 15, 2009

Sports

Grad Rates for Black College Athletes Increase

ORLANDO Fla. Black college athletes are graduating at higher rates than in the past. The Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for Black athletes is 62 percent in 2009, up from 59 percent three years ago, according to a report released Monday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida. […]

April 6, 2009

Students

Lapchick on a Mission: Focusing on the Student in Student-Athlete

As the best of men’s college basketball converge in Detroit this weekend for the Final Four and the women’s game faces its National Championship test in St. Louis, it’s appropriate to take a moment and remember that these incredible players are students.

April 2, 2009

Sports

March Madness 2009’s Diversity in Leadership

This year’s 2009 NCAA Tournament field of 65 teams includes 14 teams that have Black head coaches.

March 19, 2009

Sports

Racial Graduation Gap Persists on Men¡¯s Basketball Teams

Fourteen women¡¯s basketball teams in the NCAA tournament have perfect graduation rates, while a graduation gap persists between White and Black student-athletes on the men¡¯s teams.

March 17, 2009

Sports

CIAA, Double the Pleasure for JCSU

The Johnson C. Smith University men’s basketball team, the Golden Bulls, seized their second consecutive Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association (CIAA) championship by defeating Virginia Union University 70-63 Saturday night at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., before an overflow crowd.

March 2, 2009

Sports

Are Minority Football Players Being Pushed Into Pointless Majors?

Paper raises “clustering” question, but critics dismiss it as too superficial.

February 22, 2009

Sports

North Carolina State women’s basketball coach dies

North Carolina State women’s basketball coach Kay Yow died Jan. 24 in Cary, N.C., after a two-decade fight with cancer.  Yow was 66. Yow announced earlier this month that she would not return this season after she missed four games because of an extremely low energy level. Yow was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987; in […]

January 25, 2009