5.16.2012 | Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. – Eight North Carolina Central University student-athletes earned recognition by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) for achieving academic success as they were among the 69 student-athletes from the conference’s 13 institutions to earn 2012 Baseball All-Academic ...
5.16.2012 | Baseball
NORFOLK, VA. – Scattered thunderstorms over the last few days in the Tidewater area of Virginia have forced officials involved with the 2012 MEAC Baseball Championship (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) to push the start times back approximately two hours at Marty Miller Field in Norfolk, ...
5.15.2012 | Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central University junior outfielder Luis Diaz was named to the first team on the 2012 MEAC Baseball All-Conference squad the league announced Wednesday.
5.14.2012 | Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. – With the 2012 regular season now complete, the North Carolina Central University baseball team embarks on its first journey into postseason play at the NCAA Division I level as the Eagles will face the third seeded Hawks of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in opening ...
5.14.2012 | Men's Golf
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – The North Carolina Central University men’s golf team closed out the season with a 10th place finish in the 11-team Division I field at the 26th PGA Minority Collegiate Championship in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Playing with heavy hearts just two days after the ...
Did You Know...
In the Beginning...
The first organized sports team at NCCU was baseball, fielding a squad in the first academic year of the institution in the spring of 1911.
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The 'Secret Game'
On Sunday morning March 12, 1944, during a time of heated racial segregation, NCCU and Duke played the first racially integrated college-level basketball game in the South.
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NCCU Eagles in the NFL Draft
Forty NCCU football student-athletes have been selected in the National Football League Draft.
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The Beginning of Volleyball at NCCU
The sport of women’s volleyball achieved intercollegiate status at North Carolina Central University in 1975.
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Lady Eagle Runners Dominate CIAA
From 1999-2006, NCCU captured seven of the eight CIAA (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) women’s cross country individual titles.
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From Worst to First
The 1983-84 NCCU women’s basketball team ended the regular-season in last place, but rallied to win the CIAA Tournament.
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Eagles in the Super Bowl
Two Eagles have represented NCCU on the National Football League’s grandest stage – the Super Bowl.
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CIAA's First WNBA Draft Pick
On April 19, 2002, NCCU center Amba Kongolo became the first women's basketball student-athlete in school and CIAA history to be drafted into the WNBA.
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Men's Tennis Boasts 10 Conference Titles
The NCCU men’s tennis program has won 10 conference championships.
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Taller than "Too Tall"
The tallest player in NFL history was a NCCU Eagle. Standing 7-feet tall and weighing 300 pounds, Richard Sligh roamed the NCCU gridiron from 1962-64.
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NCCU's First Volleyball All-American
Shari Matthews became NCCU’s first volleyball All-American when she was voted as the 2006 NCAA Division II National Player of the Year.
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First CIAA Women’s Bowling Championship
When the CIAA instituted the sport of women’s bowling in the fall of 2001, NCCU rose to the occasion to win the first CIAA Women’s Bowling Championship.
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HBCU Gridiron Pioneer
John Brown, who represented NCCU on the gridiron in the 1940s, was one of the first to play professional football out of a historically black college or university.
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Historical Comeback
On Sept. 1, 2002, the NCCU football team rallied from a 27-point deficit to defeat rival North Carolina A&T 33-30 in overtime.
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Let's Play Four
On March 22, 1941, during an end-of-season men’s basketball tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio, NCCU played four games in one day.
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Hall of Fame Boston Celtic Played at NCCU
Boston Celtic great Sam Jones, one of the greatest NBA players of all-time, is NCCU’s second-leading career scorer.
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“Thousand-Dollar Team” Wins First Title
Under the direction of first-year head coach John B. McLendon, the 1940-41 men’s basketball team won the first championship in NCCU athletic history.
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Fulmore Collects 41 Points, 32 Rebounds
On Feb. 1, 1986, Von Fulmore amassed 41 points and 32 rebounds against UNC-Asheville to establish NCCU women’s basketball records in both categories.
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NCAA Cross Country Trailblazers
On Nov. 4, 2006, NCCU became the first HBCU to advance to the NCAA Division II Women’s Cross Country National Championships.
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Student-Athlete of the Month - Sponsored by Nationwide Insurance
Softball
North Carolina Central University sophomore Cember Carmichael has been named the Nationwide Insurance NCCU Student-Athlete of the Month for March 2012 in recognition to her outstanding achievements on the diamond for the Lady Eagles softball team.
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