By College Corner
(Source The Triangle Tribune):
Bluefield State University officially rejoined the CIAA on July 1 after a 60-year absence. BSU replaces Chowan University.
Word of warning to the other coaches: Don’t let BSU come in and start winning championships right away, or some of y’all gonna be fired.
WOMEN
Tennessee State
The Lady Tigers basketball program has two former players and two coaches selected to the Ohio Valley Conference 75 Anniversary Team.
The players are Kendra Appling (2005-09) and Brianna Lawrence (2012-16). The coaches: Larry Joe Inman (2012-17) and Teresa Lawrence Phillips (1989-2000).
Wake Tech
Wake Tech is holding women’s basketball tryouts July 16, 1:30 p.m., in the campus gym. Visit waketechsports.com.
Hampton
Women’s soccer coach Momoh Kanneh is not getting a new contract. Kanneh posted a 5-42-3 record in three seasons, which will get most coaches fired. The Pirates have begun a national search.
MEN
N.C. A&T
Aggies pitcher Xavier Meachem is having some season. Meachem was named to USA Baseball’s 2023 Collegiate National Team roster.
“It’s a dream come true,” he said. “It’s very exciting to play for your country. It’s very exciting to represent African American baseball players and HBCU players. It’s an all-around great opportunity.”
Meachum joins fellow HBCU players Nicholas Wilson (Southern) and Omar Melendez (Alabama State) on the 31-man roster. The team will represent Team USA in a pair of five-game series with Japan and Chinese Taipei from June 30 to July 12.
In track, sophomore sprinter Reheem Hayles was named the CAA men’s outdoor track athlete of the year. Hayles makes it an A&T sweep after Paula Salmon earned the female athlete of the year award.
“I’m happy about the season,” Hayles said. “I have to be happy about it because last year, I was nowhere near whereI am now. …I believe in myself, and the work is not done. I obviously have a lot more left.”
Bowie State
Men’s basketball coach Darrell Brooks has signed a two-year contract extension that will take him through the 2024-25 season.
