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SPRING SPORTS
SEVEN IN A ROW!
Morehouse Track and Field Team Wins 7th SIAC Title
By ADD SEYMOUR JR.
LED BY SENIOR
Karlton Mitchell and
junior Courtland
Walls, the Morehouse
Flying Maroon Tigers
track and field team
continued its domi
nance in the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference by winning
its seventh consecutive
championship.
Mitchell won the
3,000 meters steeplechase
and the 1,500-meter run and then added a second-
place finish in the 800 meters to be named the meet’s
Most Valuable Track Performer. Walls streaked to
wins in the 100 meters and 200 meters races.
Morehouse’s Shinola Agbede, Nicholas Hall
and Kasahun Neselu finished first, second and
third in both the 5,000-meter run and the 10,000-
meter run. The Maroon Tigers placed third in
the'4'xlOO-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay.
Arvon Amisial won the men’s high jump, David
Lee was third in the triple jump; and Aaron Reaves
was second in the decathlon’s 400-meter dash and
third in the javelin.
The Maroon Tigers finished the meet with
172 points, ahead of Benedict’s 152 and Albany
State’s 130.50.
Legendary Morehouse track and field
coach Willie Hill was named the meet’s Most
Outstanding Coach.
Along with the meet title, the Maroon Tigers
were the East Division’s regular season champions.
Hill was named Coach of the Year, while Walls
TENNIS
INJURIES AND the
loss of several key players
kept the Morehouse ten
nis team from extending
its three-year hold on the
Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference title.
The Maroon
Tigers finished the
2012 season with a 4-9
record. They also broke
a 35-year streak of
reaching the SIAC ten
nis tournament finals.
But there were
some bright spots for
the team. Sophomore
Kahai Hall was named
to the All-SIAC singles
second team. Two
Maroon Tigers doubles
teams - Noah Terry and
Chris Hawthorne along
with Michael Cutrer and
James Pressley — were
All-Conference doubles
second team picks. ■
was chosen Track Athlete of the Year.
Walls was a first team All-SIAC pick in the 200
meters and second team choice in the 100 meters.
Mitchell (1500 meters, 3000 meter steeplechase),
and Agbede (5000 meters) were also first team
All-Conference picks. Hall (5000 meters), Agbede
(10000 meters), Amisial (high jump) and Reaves
(decathlon) were all chosen for the second team.
The Maroon Tigers were also the SI AC’s best
team in the classroom as they won the confer
ence’s All-Academic Team Award. The team led
the SIAC with a 3.34 team grade point average.
Seven Maroon Tigers were named to the con
ference’s All-Academic Team:
• Sophomore Jamal Harris, business administra
tion, 3.66
• Junior Terrance White, physics, 3.64
• Sophomore Blake Bufford, biology, 3.57
• Sophomore Kasahun Neselu, 3.51
• Junior Johnathan Marshall, physical educa
tion, 3.48
• Junior Karlton Mitchell, psychology, 3.33
• Junior Aaron Reaves, mathematics, 3.36 M
The Maroon Tigers’ finish
capped a 2012 season in which they
fell just short of defending their
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference title. Morehouse finished
third behind Paine and Benedict.
McElderry was a first team pick
for the SIAC’s All-Conference team.
His brother, Justin, was named to
the second team.
The Maroon Tigers were the
SIAC’s best golf team in the classroom
as they were named the conference’s
team All-Academic Award winners
with a team grade point average of
3.40. Junior Malcolm Parrish, a busi
ness administration major, was named
to the SIAC’s All-
Academic team
with a conference
leading 3.95 GPA,
while sophomore
physics major
Bruce Cousins,
who had a 3.26
GPA, also was
honored. ■
GOLF
THE MOREHOUSE GOLF TEAM
again finished its season as one of
the best teams in the country.
The Maroon Tigers finished
third out of more than 40 col
lege and university teams in the
PGA Minority Collegiate Golf
Championship in Port St. Lucie,
Fla., on May 13. Fayetteville State
University finished first followed by
Lincoln University.
Morehouse was led by senior
Bryan McElderry, who shot a com
bined score of 235 during the tour
nament.
The Maroon Tigers golf team with coach Bill Lewis (far left)
INSIDE MOREHOUSE, MAY 2012
Chigbo Anunoby Signs Free
the NFL’s
SENIOR CHIGBO
ANUNOBY will be
displaying his skills in
a National Football
League camp later this
summer. Anunoby,
an All-Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference defensive
lineman, signed a free
agent contract with
the NFL’s Indianapolis
Colts. Terms of the three-year deal weren’t disclosed.
“This is a great opportunity,” he said. “I’m looking for
ward to making the most of it.”
A 6’-6” 300-pounder, Anunoby anchored a Maroon Tiger
defense that was one of the best in the SIAC during the 2011
season. He was named the SIAC’s Defensive Player of the Week
after making six solo tackles, three sacks and forcing two fum
bles against Tuskegee. He led Morehouse in tackles-for-loss and
was the team’s fifth leading tackier. ■
Agent Contract With
Indianapolis Colts
Chigbo Anunoby
Ajanaku Named Collegiate
Golfer of the Year
SENIOR OLAJUWON AJANAKU
was honored with the Collegiate
Golfer of the Year Award by African
American’s Golfer’s Digest in April
during The Masters golf tourna
ment in Augusta, Ga.
“Our list of honorees represents
the strong leadership, success and
diversity present in the game of golf
today, and each has made a sub
stantial impact in the golf industry,
especially in developing relationships
within the African American community, in particular,” said
Debert Cook, publisher of the magazine.
Ajanaku, an accounting major from Fort Worth, Texas,
was one of several individuals honored as an Outstanding
Leader in Golf. He was chosen for his significant accomplish
ments in golf over the past year.
While competing for Morehouse, Ajanaku was named
the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the
Year and helped lead the Maroon Tigers to a NCAA Division II
national golf championship. He is now embarking on a profes
sional golf career. ■
Olajuwon Ajanaku
Butcher Named to SIAC
Baseball All-Conference and
All-Academic Squads
SENIOR OUTFIELDER and catcher
Bryan Butcher made his mark on the
baseball diamond and in the classroom
this year.
He was named to the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s
All-Conference baseball team and the
SIAC All-Academic baseball team.
Butcher, a native of Portland, Ore.,
led the Maroon Tigers in batting aver
age, hits, stolen bases and total bases dur
ing the 2012 season. He was named the SLAC East Division Player
of the Week in late March. ■
Bryan Butcher