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DURHAM, N.C. – Football senior Malcolm Bell and women's basketball senior Morgan Jones were honored as the North Carolina Central University Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year during the annual NCCU Athletics awards ceremony, The Eddies, on Tuesday, May 2.  
Bell, from Richmond, Virginia, was voted All-MEAC First Team as top quarterback in the league. He topped the MEAC with an average of 250.5 yards of total offense per game, was second in in the conference with 202.6 passing yards per game, and was the league's sixth-leading rusher with 575 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground. Bell collected a career record of 24-10 as the Eagles' starting quarterback (9-3 in 2016, 8-3 in 2015, 6-3 in 2014, 1-1 in 2013) with three consecutive conference championships. Among NCCU career leaders, he ranks second in passing with 6,340 yards, second in total offense with 7,844 yards, and 13th in rushing with 1,504 yards, while accounting for 62 total touchdowns - 20 rushing and 42 passing.
 
Jones, a native of Stockbridge, Georgia, was selected to the NCCSIA All-State First Team after leading the MEAC by shooting 83.0 percent from the free throw line and ranking fourth in points per game (13.8), fifth in steals per game (2.1) and fifth in made three-pointers per game (1.8). She scored in double figures in 23 of her 29 starts and averaged 16.1 points per game in league play. The two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree reached the 1,000-point plateau in her final season. In 113 career games for the maroon and gray, Jones amassed 1,047 points, 304 rebounds, 174 assists and 144 steals. She graduated NCCU as class valedictorian in December, boasting a 3.96 grade point average as a criminal justice major.
 
The Chancellor's Award, presented to the male and female student-athletes with the highest overall grade point average, was earned by men's tennis senior Dillon Strepay with a 3.95 GPA and women's volleyball senior Kelsey Murphy with a 3.97 GPA.
 
Below is a complete list of 2016-17 award winners...
 
2017 Award Winners at "The Eddies"
North Carolina Central University Department of Athletics
Annual Awards Program
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 – B.N. Duke Auditorium
 
Baseball
Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award – Conrad Kovalcik
Chekeria Reid Sportsmanship Award – Evan Holland
Players' Choice Award – Landon Fraley
Newcomer of the Year Award – Carter Williams
Eagle Excellence Academic Award – Andrew King
Most Valuable Player Award – Corey Joyce and Devin Sweet
 
Men's Basketball
Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award – Kyle Benton
Chekeria Reid Sportsmanship Award – Marius McAllister
Players' Choice Award – C.J. Wiggins
Newcomer of the Year Award – John Guerra
Eagle Excellence Academic Award – Marius McAllister
Most Valuable Player Award – Dajuan Graf & Patrick Cole
 
Women's Basketball
Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award – Monique Whaley-Briggs
Chekeria Reid Sportsmanship Award – Dominique Adams
Players' Choice Award – Monique Whaley-Briggs
Newcomer of the Year Award – Jada Blow
Eagle Excellence Academic Award – Morgan Jones
Most Valuable Player Award – Morgan Jones
 
Cheerleading
Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award – Jocelyn Earle
Chekeria Reid Sportsmanship Award – Deshanae Meaders
Players' Choice Award – Delores El-Amin
Eagle Excellence Academic Award – Alexis Anderson
Most Valuable Player Award – Logan Thomas
 
Football
Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award – Antonio Brown
Chekeria Reid Sportsmanship Award – Carl Jones
Players' Choice Award – Carl Jones
Newcomer of the Year Award – Nick Leverett
Eagle Excellence Academic Award – Nathaniel Tilque
Most Valuable Player Award – Malcolm Bell
 
Golf
Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award – Jordan Bohannon
Chekeria Reid Sportsmanship Award – Samuel Bradley
Players' Choice Award – Sumner Tate
Newcomer of the Year Award – Samuel Bradley
Eagle Excellence Academic Award – Jordan Bohannon
Most Valuable Player Award – Jordan Bohannon
 
Softball
Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award – Miriam Duen
Chekeria Reid Sportsmanship Award – Lauren Sitterson
Players' Choice Award – Dominique Wilson
Newcomer of the Year Award – Lauren Sitterson
Eagle Excellence Academic Award – Janeen Reynolds
Most Valuable Player Award – Dominique Wilson
 
Men's Tennis
Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award – Dillon Strepay
Chekeria Reid Sportsmanship Award – Davide Callegari
Players' Choice Award – Gabriel Cucalon
Newcomer of the Year Award – Theofanis Kontopoulos
Eagle Excellence Academic Award – Davide Callegari
Most Valuable Player Award – Gabriel Cucalon
 
Women's Tennis
Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award – Lynsey Cover
Chekeria Reid Sportsmanship Award – Lauren Mullis
Players' Choice Award – Jamie Rogers
Newcomer of the Year Award – Emily Pena
Eagle Excellence Academic Award – Jamie Rogers
Most Valuable Player Award – Jamie Rogers
 
Track & Field/Cross Country (Men)
Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award – Deandre James
Chekeria Reid Sportsmanship Award – Timothy Edelen
Players' Choice Award – Jahmon Allen
Newcomer of the Year Award – Omega Smalls
Eagle Excellence Academic Award – Justin Trotman
Most Valuable Player Award – Gregory Coward (Cross Country); Omega Smalls (Indoor T&F); Christian Obame (Outdoor T&F)
 
Track & Field/Cross Country (Women)
Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award – Lovasia Thomas
Chekeria Reid Sportsmanship Award – Miaysha Bryant
Players' Choice Award – Kiana Seabrook
Newcomer of the Year Award – Deja Stevenson
Eagle Excellence Academic Award – Miaysha Bryant
Most Valuable Player Award – Nakai Matthews (Cross Country); Jaszmine Bowman (Indoor T&F); Bethany White (Outdoor T&F)
 
Volleyball
Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award – Kelsey Murphy
Chekeria Reid Sportsmanship Award – Bree Simmons
Players' Choice Award – Paige Phillips
Newcomer of the Year Award – Nahir Berrios-Laguerre
Eagle Excellence Academic Award – Kelsey Murphy
Most Valuable Player Award – Whitney White
 
 
SPECIAL AWARDS
 
Training Room Junkie (Male) – Jeff Hagan & Mitchell McCrary
Training Room Junkie (Female) – Jordan Shipman & Kierra Shipman
Student Athletic Trainer of the Year – Yanira Delao
 
Chancellor's Award (Male) – Dillon Strepay
Chancellor's Award (Female) – Kelsey Murphy
 
Faculty Athletic Council Academic Award (Women's Small) – Women's Tennis
Faculty Athletic Council Academic Award (Women's Large) – Softball
 
Faculty Athletic Council Academic Award (Men's Small) – Men's Tennis
Faculty Athletic Council Academic Award (Men's Large) – Baseball
 
Iron Eagle Award (Male) – Jonathan "Petey" Williams
Iron Eagle Award (Female) – Monique Whaley-Briggs
 
Student Athlete of the Year (Female) – Morgan Jones
Student Athlete of the Year (Male) – Malcolm Bell
 
Donor of the Year Award – Carlton Mack
Sponsor of the Year Award – G. Alan, Inc.
 
Fred "Pop" Bennett Comeback Player of the Year – Khalil Stinson
 
Harper-Armstrong Academic Award (GA) – Regina Nixon Halyard
Politano-McCree Service Award (GA) – Andre Clarke & Michael Robinson
 
Eagle Cup (Men) – Track & Field
Eagle Cup (Women) – Softball