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14- The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, June 8, 2011
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Armstrong Names Sweany Director of
Athletics
Armstrong Atlantic
State University officials
announced that Lisa M.
Sweany, senior associate ath
letics director at Grand Valley
State University (GVSU) in
Michigan, has been named
athletics director for Pirate
Athletics effective July 18.
Sweany brings to
Armstrong extensive experi
ence in NCAA Division II ath
letics, including more than 10
years with the premiere
Division II program at GVSU.
Since being named sen
ior associate athletics director
in 2007, she has been respon
sible for budget, personnel and
facilities management. Her
duties have included direct
supervision of seven coaches,
overseeing game and event
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operations, as well as manage
ment of all athletics personnel.
In addition, she coordinated all
aspects of compliance and eli
gibility for more than 500 stu
dent athletes.
She actively researched
and implemented a plan to
offer women’s lacrosse as
GVSU’s 20th varsity sport.
She has served on the Great
Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics
Conference Executive
Council, the Irwin Club
Sweany
Advisory Board and the
Intercollegiate Athletics
Advisory Board.
From 2010, she
served as chair of the NCAA
Midwest Regional for Softball,
helping to oversee rankings in
the region. Since 2008, she has
served as second vice presi
dent and convention planning
chair for the Collegiate Event
and Facility Management
Association, where she was a
founding board member.
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Steve White (signing), father Steve White. Standing
behind left to right: Coach Marty Holder, teammate
Brad Eaton, and Coach Richard Coleman)
Photo & story by
Zyon Smiley
On Thursday, June 2,
2011, Johnson High School
basketball prep star, Steve
White, signed a letter of
Thank
You
For
Reading
intent to play Division II bas
ketball at Ohio Valley
University.
With his father, coach
es, teammates, and many stu
dents looking on, Steve
signed the necessary paper
work to follow his dream of
playing college basketball.
“It feels good,” he said.
“I’m ready to go to college.”
Steve said he developed
good communication with
the coaching staff at Ohio
Valley and this factor played
heavily in his decision to
sign with the University.
“I talked to the coaches
a lot, and now it’s over, and I
am happy,” he declared.
Steve was a shooting
guard for Johnson this year
and will continue to be a
shooting guard for Ohio
Valley.
His father, also named
Steve White, expressed pride
and joy for his son’s accom
plishments.
“It’s great and fantas
tic,” said the elder White,
who also played high school
basketball. “Steve has
achieved his goal.” He said
Steve has been playing bas
ketball since he was seven
years old.
Johnson High head bas
ketball coach Marty Holder
also expressed his apprecia
tion and gratitude for his
shooting guard’s newly
earned basketball scholar
ship.
“Honestly, it’s amaz
ing,” he said. “The kids do
all the work, and I’m just
happy to be a part of it.”
Steve’s teammates were
also happy for him, and came
to show their support at his
signing ceremony.
“He always worked
hard on every play,” said
teammate Brad Eaton. “He’s
going to do bigger and better
things in college.”
SSU To Have
Basketball Camp
The Savannah State men’s
basketball individual skills
camp will be held June 20-24
(Session I) and June 27-July
1 (Session II) from 9 a.m.-4
p.m. at Tiger Arena. The cost
is $90 per session. For more
info, call 912-358-3435 or e-
mail SSU head basketball
coach Horace Broadnax at
Broadnax@savannahstate.ed
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Berry Joins
Howard Coaching
Staff
Howard head football coach
Gary Harrell announced his
coaching staff last week and
among them was 1996
Savannah State alumnus
Chennis Berry. The Atlanta
native comes to Howard
from North Carolina A&T
where he served as offensive
coordinator and offensive
line coach the past five years.
The former All-SIAC offen
sive lineman has also
Walter Moore
coached at Morgan State
and Fort Valley State,
Kentucky State and Morris
Brown.
MEAC Schools
Lose Scholarships
When the NCAA released
the latest Academic
Progress Rates (APR)
recently, several Mid-
Eastern Athletic Schools
were hit with penalties.
Delaware State will lose
nine football scholarships
while North Carolina A&T
will lose three. Both schools
were also hit with new prac
tice limitations. In basket
ball, Coppin State will lose
four scholarships while
Norfolk State is losing two.
Those two schools, along
with Morgan State, also face
practice reductions.
FAMU Hires
Basketball Coach
Florida A&M has hired
demon Johnson as their new
head men’s basketball coach.
Johnson comes to FAMU
from Alaska-Fairbanks
where he spent the past four
years as head coach where he
had a 28-74 record. Johnson
replaces Eugene Harris who
was fired after a 46-80 record
in four years. Johnson played
for the Rattlers (1974-78),
played in the NBA with four
teams and was a member of
the 1983 Philadelphia 76ers
championship team. He also
played five years in Italy.
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