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www.ncataggies.com 2010 NC A&T VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE Table of Contents Chancellor Dr. Harold Martin ............................................4 Director of Athletics Wheeler Brown ...............................................5 Quick Facts .......................................................6 2010 Volleyball Schedule .................................6 NC A&T StatE UNIVERSITY ...................... 7-17 About the University ................................... 8-15 Famous Aggie Alumni ............................... 16-17 Strength & Conditioning ..................................18 Sports Medicine ..............................................19 Athletics Compliance ......................................20 2010 SEASON OUTLOOK ...................... 21-24 MEET THE AGGIES................................. 25-40 Rosters ..................................................... 26-27 Player Profiles .......................................... 28-39 Andrea Evans ...............................................28 Tatiana Cooper .............................................29 Chelsea Paige Fox .......................................30 Devonte’ Reese ............................................31 Jeana Daniels ...............................................32 Maya Louis ...................................................33 Amber Inman .......................................... 34-35 CREDITS Breana Gause ..............................................36 The 2010 North Carolina A&T Aggies INSIDE FRONT COVER: The beauty of North Elisha Boyer .................................................37 Volleyball Media Guide is a publication Carolina A&T State University comes shining from North Carolina A&T Athletics and was through. AGGIE PRIDE! Murphye Williams .........................................38 supervised by Brian Holloway. INSIDE BACK COVER: Whether it is running for Mia Gray .......................................................39 CHIEF EDITOR/WRITER: Brian Holloway president of the United States, becoming a top executive of an NBA franchise or entering into Athletic Department Directory .........................40 CONTRIBUTORS: Darlene Mitchell (writer), the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the department media relations assistant; Chad Roberts of intercollegiate athletics at North Carolina MEET THE COACHES ............................ 41-43 (editor), N.C. A&T class of ‘06; Terry Hill A&T has always provided student-athletes Head Coach Toni Conway ................................42 (editor), N.C. A&T class of ‘95 with the opportunity to receive an outstanding education, while at the same time providing Assistant Coach Arlene Mitchell .....................43 GRAPHIC DESIGN: Joyce Parham them an avenue to showcase their many talents and abilities. Meet the Staff .................................................44 PHOTOGRAPHY: Charles Watkins (University Relations), Mark Sutton (Mark BACK COVER: Freshman Murphye Williams 2009 SEASON REVIEW .......................... 45-58 Digital Photography) gets prepared to make a pass. The 2010 schedule is also on display. OPPONENTS ........................................... 59-73 ON THE COVER: The 2010 North Carolina A&T volleyball team is all smiles. The team features nine freshmen, one sophomore and one senior. www.ncataggies.com 2010 NC A&T VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE Harold Martin, Chancellor international programs Winston-Salem Foundation’s ECHO Council, and student affairs. He Leadership Winston-Salem, the Piedmont advised the President and Triad Partnership, the Triad Entrepreneurial provided leadership for Initiative, The Winston-Salem Millennium the President’s Council. Fund, Winston-Salem Alliance, and the Dr. Martin advised the Winston-Salem Rotary Club. He serves on Board of Governors on the boards of the Research Triangle Institute, academic affairs issues UNC Press, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of of University-wide North Carolina, the Southern Education importance; led strategic Foundation, The Triangle Universities academic planning and Center for Advanced Studies Inc., UNC- the implementation of TV Foundation, and the Winston-Salem resulting policies affecting Foundation; and serves on the Southern the system; worked Association on Colleges and Schools closely with campus Commission on Colleges. chancellors and chief academic officers on Dr. Martin has written and co-authored University-wide academic numerous articles and has made many initiatives; worked to presentations at national and international maintain the focus of the conferences. He has served as a consultant Dr. Harold Lee Martin, Sr. was elected missions of the campuses, and implemented to major corporations and companies and the 12th Chancellor of North Carolina the academic portion of the Long-Range is a member of Tau Beta Pi, the National Agricultural and Technical State University Plan. He led the System’s research and Engineering Honor Society, Eta Kappa Nu, and assumed his position on June 8, 2009. educational missions and oversaw the offices the International Honor Society for Electrical As the Chancellor, Dr. Martin serves as the of academic planning; faculty support Engineers, Beta Gamma Sigma, and the chief executive and administrative head of and international programs; academic and International Honor Society in Business. Dr. the University, exercising overall authority, student affairs; sponsored programs and Martin’s earlier positions at A&T include subject to the direction of the Board of research; strategic development and analysis; serving as Vice Chancellor of Academic Trustees and the President of the University and the North Carolina State Education Affairs (1994-99), Dean of the College of of North Carolina. The University of North Assistance Authority, whose unit comprises Engineering (1989-94) and Chair (1985- Carolina is a 17-campus system, including the Division of Academic Affairs. 87) and Acting Chair (1984-85) of the the North Carolina School of Science and Department of Electrical Engineering. Mathematics, governed by the UNC Board Prior to joining UNC General Administration, of Governors. Dr. Martin’s responsibilities Dr. Martin was the 11th chief administrator Dr. Martin holds bachelor’s and master’s of include setting a strategic direction for and the seventh chancellor of Winston- science degrees in electrical engineering from the institution, maintaining fiscal integrity, Salem State University from January A&T and a doctorate in electrical engineering broadly marketing the institution; building 2000 to July 2006. While at WSSU, he from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State strong and lasting relationships with guided the reclassification of WSSU from a University. institutional constituents, business and Baccalaureate I to a Master’s II institution, community leaders, alumni, and friends, created a School of Graduate Studies and Dr. Martin is married to the former Davida and raising funds to meet the needs of the Research, established seven master’s degree Wagner, and they have two sons, Harold Jr. institution. programs and enhanced the quality of and Walter. Davida is the County Attorney overall academic programs. The University’s for Forsyth County; Harold Jr. is a graduate Before becoming Chancellor at N.C. A&T, Dr. enrollment doubled during his tenure giving of Morehouse College, Harvard Business Martin served as the Senior Vice President WSSU the fastest growing enrollment in the School and Yale Law School and currently for Academic Affairs at the University of University of North Carolina System. works for McKinsey & Company; and Walter North Carolina System, assuming the post in is a graduate of Hampton University and is July of 2006. As the Senior Vice President, Dr. Martin served as a strong community attending the University of Maryland Dental he led the development and implementation leader while at WSSU and participated in School. n of the academic mission of the University several local citizen initiatives, including, System, including teaching, research, Biotechnology in the Piedmont Triad, The www.ncataggies.com 2010 NC A&T VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE Wheeler Brown, Director of Athletics new website will Brown was one of only 12 people chosen eventually allow the from 300 applicants to be a part of the department to sale NCAA Fellows Program. The program merchandise online, is sponsored by the NCAA. It pairs provide live statistics, minorities and women who aspire to be play commercials and director of athletics at Division I programs offer live broadcast of with an executive mentor who is a Aggie events online. Division I director of athletics. Brown was Live broadcast of the only person in the program from a softball, baseball and historically black college or university. track and field have also appeared online. Among the program’s success stories are Buffalo director of athletics Warde N.C. A&T’s varsity Manuel and former Georgia director of sports have made athletics Damon Evans. In addition to advancements as completing the NCAA Fellows program, well. Brown took the Brown is also a member of the Leadership initiative to return Institute for Ethnic Minority Males. North Carolina A&T alumnus Wheeler Aggie football back to its glory years. His As a member of the NCAA Athletic Brown became the director of athletics hiring of Alonzo Lee had an excellent return Certification Committee, Brown helps to at N.C. A&T on August 11, 2008. In his in year one. In the three years prior to Lee’s oversee the certification for every Division two years as the head of the department arrival,