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INSIDE MOREHOUSE. MAY 2011 Golf Coach Featured On CBS Sports’ Television Special MOREHOUSE GOLF COACH BILL LEWIS was one of the PGA professionals featured on CBS Sports’ show “Sunrise to Sunset: A PGA Professional’s Life” on May 1. Lewis was lauded for leading the Maroon Tigers golf team to last year’s Division II national minority golf championship and being the primary teaching pro for Atlanta’s First Tee Program, the PGA’s initiative to get more minorities to play golf. “It’s a huge success for me [to see] these kids develop,” he said on the show. “And then just to have somewhere for them to enjoy and play the game. Its not how well they play the game, but the char acter that’s been built.” Two of Lewis’ former First Tee students now play at Morehouse; two- time SIAC Player of the Year Olajuwon Ajanaku and freshman Kameron Givens. ■ FIRST PITCH rew out the fi pitch before the Atlanta Braves’ ® exhibition game against the Minnesota TWins at Turner Field on March 30. SIX IN A ROW! The 2011 spring sport season saw Morehouse's golf, tennis and track and field teams reign supreme over the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference as each squad again won conference titles in April. By ADD SEYMOUR JR. TRACK AND FIELD THE FLYING MAROON TIGER track and field team won its sixth consecutive title - the program's 17th overall - during the SIAC Track and Reid Championships on Edwin Moses Track at B.T. Harvey Stadium. Morehouse finished with 236 points, far ahead of second-place Benedict (155 points) and third-place Stillman (112.5). Novian Middleton was named Most Valuable Track Performer after winning the 5000-meter run, was second in the 10,000-meter run and was third in both the 1,500-meters and the 3,000- meter steeplechase. Turner Coggins and Matthew Tuffuor were both named the Most Valuable Reid Performers. Coggins won the hammer throw and the shot put and was second in the discus throw. Tuffor won the decathlon after posting first-place finishes in the javelin and discus throws along with the shot put. He also won the overall javelin throw title. Other notables were Courtland Walls, who won the 100-meter dash and was third in the 200-meter dash; Kartton Mitchell, who won the 1,500-meter run and the 3,000-meter steeple chase,- David Lee, who won the long jump; and Justin Oliver, who won the high jump. Coggins was named the 2011 SIAC Reid Athlete of the Year. He also was named to the con ference s Track and Reid All-Conference Team, along with four other Maroon Tigers: Courtland Wells, Novian Middleton. Turner Coggins and Matt Tuffour. Middleton, Kartton Mitchell, David Lee and Justin Oliver were named to the second team. The Maroon Tigers also were awarded the 2011 All-Academic Team Award as eight Morehouse athletes were named to the team: Lemario Bland, Jeremy Tinsley, Jamal Harris, Jabari Redd, Matt Tuffuor, Jan-Michael Coke, Terrance White and Kyle Moore. Coach Willie Hill was named SIAC Coach of the Year. Members of the Maroon Tigers Track and Field Team with their 2011 SIAC tournament trophy. TENNIS IN A DRAMATIC matchup that went down to the wire against top-seeded Stillman College, the Morehouse tennis team won its third straight SIAC tennis titla Just as in 2010, the Maroon Tigers were seeded second headed into the conference tourna ment held at Morehouse. Led by the tournament's Most Valuable Player, Michael Thomas, and sen ior captain Tory Martin, the Maroon Tigers breezed into the finals against Stillman. The teams were tied at four until Jordan Bailey won his singles match to give the Maroon Tigers the championship. Martin and Thomas were both named to the All-Tournament singles team, while Thomas and his partner, Noah Terry, were named the All-Toumament doubles team. Martin also was a first-team singles pick for the SIACs 2011 All-Conference Team. Senior Mario Ecung and sophomore Michael Cutrer made the second team. Martin and Ecung also were named to the doubles All-Conference Team. Coach Terry Alexander was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Coach. Members of the Maroon Tigers Tennis Team with their 2011 SIAC tournament trophy. GOLF LED BY THE SIACS two-time Player of the Year Olajuwon Ajanaku, the Maroon Tigers won their third straight conference title in the SIAC Golf Classic in Augusta, Ga. The Maroon Tigers shot a combined low score of 935 - 312 in the final round to outpace second-place Benedict and third-place Kentucky State Ajanaku, who was named the tournament MVR shot a low score of 224 ova - the three-day event Ajanaku also was named first team All-Toumament and Ad-Conference. Eari Cooper, Bryan McEldeny and Thaddeus Hill joined Olajuwon on the All Tournament team. All four also were named to the All Conference squad. Olajuwon and Cooper will be turning pro this summer The Maroon Tiger golf team won the SIACs All-Academic Award with a combined grade point aver age of 3.72 ranking first among all golf teams. HBI (3.51 gpa) and Malcolm Parrish (3.94) were named to the All-Academic team. Coach Bill Lewis was named SIAC Coach of the Year. ■ Coach BUI Lewis, holding the 2011 SIAC golf tournament trophy, with members of the golf team.