News & notes – 2/22

The Shaw women will end their regular season on a national note. The Bears game against Johnson C. Smith will be televised Saturday at noon by CBS Sports Network. To accommodate the network, the doubleheader was moved to Southeast Raleigh High but only the women's game is being televised. CBS originally disqualified SE, saying there wasn't enough lighting. Obviously some was found from somewhere. As the defending NCAA Division II champs, Shaw should have had more games on TV, but that's another story at another time. CBS Sports can be found on Time Warner Cable channels 537 and 1537. The men's game will start at 3 p.m.

Virginia Union women's coach Barvenia Wooten-Cherry and former Winston-Salem State football standout Timmy Newsome were named to the DII 40th anniversary team. Cherry was a star basketball player at VUU and led the Panthers to back-to-back CIAA titles in 1981-82. She finished her career with 1,534 points and 724 rebounds.

CIAA track coaches Lennox Graham of Johnson C. Smith and St. Augustine's George Williams were named the conference's women's and men's indoor T&F coaches of the year, respectively. This is Graham's fourth straight honor, while the Falcons men are ranked No. 1 in DII standings.

The opening of the CIAA tourney always begins with the tipoff awards luncheon. With the tourney starting on Tuesday, the women and men will be combined on Monday at noon at the Charlotte Convention Center. Felicia Hall Allen, president and CEO of her own executive coaching company, is the keynote speaker. Also announced this week were the annual all-conference and all-rookie teams. Coaches of the year awards will be given out at the luncheon. St. Aug's women owned the rookie this season.

2013 All-CIAA Men’s Basketball Team
FRONTCOURT
Quinton McDuffie, Chowan         
Wykevin Bazemore, Winston-Salem       
Kenny Mitchell, Virginia State               
Angelo Sharpless, Elizabeth City           
Emilio Parks. J.C. Smith                     
Tyreel Tate , Fayetteville State                       
Byron Westmorland, Bowie State      
 
BACK COURT
Kenny Sharpe, Lincoln                   
Justin Glover, WSSU  
Trevin Parks, JCSU    
Mark Thomas, Livingstone                   
Percy Woods, SAU      
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Angelo Sharpless, Elizabeth City State
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Marcus Wells, Winston-Salem State
 
2013 All-CIAA Women’s Basketball Team
FRONT COURT
Stephanie Harper, ECSU                    
Bria Robinson, BSU                      
Lamesha Deal, Virginia State                 
Shuanda Ashford, FSU                       
Tierra Coleman, FSU                       
Tahlar McIntosh, LUP                      
Jasmine Murray, LC                          

BACK COURT
Shatara Jackson, ECSU                    
Brittany Dorsett, JCSU                     
Talaya Lynch, Chowan                        
Kristen Hanzer, FSU                       
Ashle Freeman, Virginia Union                     
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kristen Hanzer, Fayetteville State
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Lamesha Deal, Virginia State
 

2013 CIAA Women’s All-Rookie Team
Regime McCombs, SAU        
Porscha Walton, SAU               
Zephrah Pam, LUP                   
Jeanne-Marie Wilson, SAU        
Terri Jacobs, SAU        

Women’s Rookie of the Year
Regime McCombs, Saint Augustine’s

2013 CIAA MEN’S ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Kortez Smith, CU                    
Miche-Ofik Nzege, WSSU          
Joshua Linson, JCSU                  
Miykael Faulcon, ECSU            
Dominique Byrd, ECSU             

MEN’S CIAA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Kortez Smith, Chowan