2000-01 HIGHLIGHTS
- NCCU junior shortstop Lanelle Turner selected to the 2001 Verizon Academic All-America Softball Second Team, College Division. (June 7, 2001)
- For the second consecutive year, North Carolina Central University received the Loretta Taylor All-Sports Trophy, recognizing the top all-around women's program in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. (May 30, 2001)
- NCCU head track and field coach Michael Lawson selected as the 2001 U.S. Track Coaches Association (USTCA) Regional Outdoor Coach of the Year. (May 26, 2001)
- NCCU sophomore Jason Smoots picked a good time to run his fastest time of the year ... the national championship event of the 100-meter dash, to win the national sprint title. Junior Kennisha Moten earns first individual All-America honors. (May 26, 2001)
- Five NCCU student-athletes - Katerina Glosova, Lisa Hicks, Constance Murdock, Rachelle Zastoupil (First Team), and Lanelle Turner (Second Team) - are among the 20 individuals from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association that have been named to the fourth annual CIAA Commissioner's All-Academic Team. (May 14, 2001)
- NCCU freshman Jameshia Levister finished third place in the women's individual medalist race of the 15th National Minority College Golf Championship. (May 13, 2001)
- NCCU's Jason Smoots wins the 100m dash and 200m dash to earn honors as the Men's Most Outstanding Track Athlete at the 2001 CIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, while Katerina Glosova captures first place in the 1500m run and 3000m run. (April 21, 2001)
- NCCU's Jimmy Boston grabs game-high 10 rebounds at annual Black College All-Star Classic in Baltimore, MD. (April 21, 2001)
- NCCU freshman Jameshia Levister, a female playing in the No. 1 spot on the men's team, is recognized as the 2001 CIAA Men's Golf Rookie of the Year. (April 20, 2001)
- NCCU's Carmen Williams claims conference champion honors in the women's javelin throw at the 2001 CIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Durham. (April 20, 2001)
- The NCCU women's tennis team, for the first time since Mar. 18, 1999, has plenty to celebrate as they defeat the Lady Braves of Chowan College 7-2 in Durham, NC, for the program’s first victory in two years. (April 12, 2001)
- NCCU junior center Amba Kongolo has been voted as a 2001 Daktronics Inc./CoSIDA NCAA Division II Honorable Mention All-American, as chosen by the national sports information directors association. (April 5, 2001)
- NCCU women’s basketball head coach Joli Robinson has been selected as the 2001 WBCA Division II District 3 Coach of the Year, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced. (March 12, 2001)
- NCCU sophomore Jason Smoots won the men's 55-meter dash to claim individual national champion honors at the 2001 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Track in Boston, Massachusetts. (March 20, 2001)
- NCCU junior center Amba Kongolo has been selected to the 2001 Daktronics Inc./CoSIDA NCAA Division II All-South Atlantic Region First Team, as chosen by the regional sports information directors. (March 6, 2001)
- NCCU senior center Jimmy Boston has been named to the 2000-01 Daktronics Inc./CoSIDA All-South Atlantic Region First Team. (March 5, 2001)
- NCCU head coach Joli Robinson is announced as the 2001 CIAA Women's Basketball Coach of the Year. (Feb. 25, 2001)
- Amba Kongolo matches career-high with 27 points as Lady Eagles pounce on the Saint Paul’s Lady Tigers for a new school record 21st win of the season. (Feb. 22, 2001)
- Amba Kongolo is crowned 2001 CIAA Women's Basketball Player of the Year, while four other NCCU student-athletes earn post-season conference honors. (Feb. 22, 2001)
- NCCU sophomore Jason Smoots wins the men's 55-meter dash at the 2001 CIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, while Lady Eagles place second as a team. (Feb. 9, 2001)
- The Lady Eagles established a new school record by defeating Saint Augustine's 56-41 for their eighth straight victory. (Jan. 6, 2001)
- NCCU senior Jimmy Boston scored a career-high 31 points, including the 1,000th of his career, to spark the visiting Eagles to an 82-80 win over Fayetteville State at Capel Arena. (Jan. 4, 2001)
- NCCU women's basketball posted its third largest margin of victory in school history with a 94-29 win over the visiting University of the District of Columbia. (Dec. 4, 2000)
- NCCU women's basketball amassed 67 rebounds, including 35 offensive caroms, in a 72-51 win over Salem International in day one action of the 2000 Lady Eagle Classic. (Dec. 1, 2000)
- NCCU sophomore Shawn Ray nets 24 points en route to a 79-70 overtime victory in the First Union Harvest Classic. (Nov. 18, 2000)
- NCCU sophomore Katerina Glosova captures the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championship and advances to the national championship event for the second straight year. (Nov. 4, 2000)
- Sophomore Katerina Glosova finishes more than a minute ahead of the competition to repeat as the CIAA Women's Cross Country Champion. (Oct. 26, 2000)
- NCCU battled back from a 15-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat Virginia State, 33-32, courtesy of a 33-yard game-winning field goal by freshman kicker Jamal Molden with six seconds remaining. (Sept. 16, 2000)
- Phil Spence, the former head boys' basketball coach at East Wake High School and a member of N.C. State's 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship team, was announced as the new men's basketball head coach at NCCU in a press conference. (July 14, 2000)
2000-01 CONFERENCE / REGIONAL / NATIONAL HONORS
Football
Alik Tillery – First Team All-CIAA
Roger Burbage – First Team All-CIAA
Sakwanna Dickens – Second Team All-CIAA
Choya Boykin – Second Team All-CIAA
Shawn Brooks – CIAA Honorable Mention
Jamal Molden – CIAA All-Rookie Team
Donnie Pippen – CIAA All-Rookie Team
Jonathan Jones – CIAA All-Rookie Team
Markece Mathis – CIAA All-Rookie Team
Jonathan Sherrill – CIAA All-Rookie Team
Cross Country (Women’s)
Katerina Glosova – CIAA Champion
Volleyball
Paulette Peoples – All-CIAA, CIAA All-Tournament Team
Ayana Wright – CIAA All-Rookie Team
Mandie Blackburn – CIAA All-Tournament Team
Women’s Basketball
Amba Kongolo – First Team All-CIAA, CIAA Player of the Year, CIAA All-Tournament Team, Daktronics Inc./CoSIDA NCAA Division II All-South Atlantic Region First Team, Daktronics Inc./CoSIDA NCAA Division II All-America Honorable Mention
Zakia VanHoose – Fist Team All-CIAA, CIAA All-Tournament Team
Tiona Beatty – CIAA All-Rookie Team
Joli Robinson – CIAA Coach of the Year, WBCA Division II District 3 Coach of the Year
Men’s Basketball
Jimmy Boston – First Team All-CIAA, CIAA All-Tournament Team, Daktronics Inc./CoSIDA All-South Atlantic Region First Team
Gary Cobb – CIAA All-Rookie Team
Indoor Track & Field (Men’s)
Jason Smoots – 55m National Champion, 55m CIAA Champion
Gary Brown – All-CIAA shot put
4x400m relay – All-CIAA
Indoor Track & Field (Women’s)
Katerina Glosova – All-CIAA mile run, All-CIAA 800m
Angela Brown – All-CIAA long jump, All-CIAA triple jump
Cheron Clark – All-CIAA 400m
4x400m relay (Cheron Clark, Rosalyn Pollard, Katerina Glosova, Kennisha Moten) – All-America, All-CIAA
Softball
Jahara Hojilla – First Team All-CIAA, CIAA All-Rookie Team
Lanelle Turner – Second Team All-CIAA, Verizon Academic All-America Softball Second Team (College Division)
Latisha McEachern – Second Team All-CIAA
Shenika Worthy – CIAA All-Rookie Team, CIAA All-Tournament Team
Adija Beatty – CIAA All-Tournament Team
Men’s Tennis
Joseph Person – All-CIAA
Men’s Golf
Jameshia Levister – CIAA Rookie of the Year
Outdoor Track & Field (Men’s)
Jason Smoots – 100m National Champion, CIAA Most Outstanding Track Athlete, 100m CIAA Champion, 200m CIAA Champion
Michael Lawson – U.S. Track Coaches Association (USTCA) Regional Outdoor Coach of the Year
Outdoor Track & Field (Women’s)
Katerina Glosova – 1500m CIAA Champion, 3000m CIAA Champion, All-CIAA 800m
Kennisha Moten – 400m All-American
Carmen Williams – javelin throw CIAA Champion
Angela Brown – All-CIAA long jump
Rosalyn Pollard – All-CIAA 100m, All-CIAA 200m
4x400m relay – All-CIAA
2000-01 TEAM RECORDS
SPORT CIAA Won-Lost Pct. | Overall Won-Lost Pct.
Women’s Volleyball 12-4 .750 | 18-15 .545
Football 3-3 .500 | 4-6 .400
Women’s Basketball 14-2 .875 | 25-6 .806
Men’s Basketball 4-12 .250 | 8-20 .286
Softball 7-7 .500 | 15-13 .536
Men’s Tennis 8-5 .615 | 10-5 .666
Women’s Tennis
*Women’s basketball won CIAA Western Division regular season title and set program record with 25 wins.
2000-2001 NCCU ATHLETICS AWARD RECIPIENTS
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Jimmy Boston, Men’s Basketball
Amba Kongolo, Women’s Basketball
Shenika Worthy, Softball
Sakwana Dickens, Football
Mandie Blackburn, Women’s Volleyball
Katerina Glosova, Women’s Cross Country
Randy V’Estres, Men’s Cross Country
Jason Smoots, Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Cheron Clark, Women’s Indoor Track & Field
Jason Smoots, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
Joseph Person, Men’s Tennis
Misha Johnson, Women’s Tennis Co-MVP
Karla Mark, Women’s Tennis Co-MVP
Jameshia Levister, Men’s Golf
Krystle Coles, Cheerleading
TEAM’S HIGHEST G.P.A.
Elliott McNair, Men’s Basketball
Constance Murdock, Women’s Basketball
Lisa Hicks, Softball
Kevin Bonsu, Football
Rachelle Zastoupil, Women’s Volleyball
Katerina Glosova, Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field
Leroy Wray, Men’s Tennis
Ria Bazie, Women’s Tennis
Christopher Hicks, Men’s Golf
Kim Logan, Cheerleading
OTHER AWARDS
Jennifer Lanier, Student Athletic Trainer of the Year
Bryan J. Harvey, Sports Information Assistant of the Year
Faculty Athletic Council Award
Presented to the team with the highest grade point average
Women’s Tennis
Dr. LeRoy T. Walker Medallion of Honor
Presented to the Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year
Amba Kongolo, Women’s Basketball
Jimmy Boston, Men’s Basketball
Chancellor’s Award
In recognition for Achieving the Highest Grade Point Average among the Varsity Sports Teams
Ria Bazie, Women’s Tennis
