MEAC VOLLEYBALL NOTES | WEEK 1 WEEK 1 - 1/18-1/24 2020-21 VOLLEYBALL NOTES MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE A GOLDEN PAST, A GLORIOUS FUTURE STANDINGS NORTHERN DIVISION Team MEAC Pct. Overall Pct. 3-Set 4-Set 5-Set Hm Rd Neu Last 10 Streak Coppin State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- Delaware State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- Howard 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- Morgan State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- SOUTHERN DIVISION Team MEAC Pct. Overall Pct. 3-Set 4-Set 5-Set Hm Rd Neu Last 10 Streak Norfolk State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- North Carolina A&T 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- N.C. Central 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- South Carolina State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- *Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M and Maryland Eastern Shore have opted out of competition for the 2020 season GAMES THIS WEEK CONFERENCE NOTES Sunday, January 24 Delaware State at Old Dominion, 3 p.m. MEAC OVERVIEW George Mason at Norfolk State, 5:30 p.m. • The 2020 MEAC volleyball season will see eight of the league’s 11 programs competing (Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M and Mary- NOTE: matchs and times are subject to change land Eastern Shore have opted out due to concerns over COVID-19) in a regular-season conference scheduling format that splits the teams into divisions -- in an effort to reduce travel time, reduce missed class time, and prevent the need for air travel. Coppin State, Delaware State, Howard and Morgan State will make up the North- ern Division, with Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T State, North Carolina Central and South Carolina State comprising the Southern Division for the spring campaign. THE SEASON THAT WAS • The 2019 MEAC volleyball regular season saw Howard and North Carolina A&T State win their respective divisions, each team only losing one match in league play, before the MEAC Volleyball Cham- pionship took place on Howard’s campus. Morgan State’s Zoe Mc- Bride and North Carolina A&T State’s Edie Brewer were named MEAC Co-Players of the Year. The Bison outlasted Morgan State in a five-set thriller in the championship match. GAMES LAST WEEK 2020 MEAC VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP • The 2020 MEAC Volleyball Championship will take place on the campus of Norfolk State University the weekend of April 2-3, Fri- day-Saturday. The top two teams in each division will qualify for the tournament, which will see its field cut from eight teams to four because of issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Saturday’s championship match will likely once again be broadcast live on one of ESPN’s family of networks (exact network and match time are still dubject to determination), with the winner earning the MEAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Volleyball Championships. Howard has won the last five MEAC Tournament titles. MEAC MEDIA CONTACT Jeff Cunningham Director of Media Relations Email: [email protected] Phone: 757-951-2055 1 [ MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE | 2020-21 SEASON | MEACSPORTS.COM | @MEACSPORTS ] MEAC VOLLEYBALL NOTES | WEEK 1 MEDIA INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEAC CONTACT INFO STAFF MEAC VOLLEYBALL 2730 Ellsmere Ave. Commissioner: Dr. Dennis E. Thomas Norfolk, Virginia 23513 Chief of Staff/COO: Sonja Stills MEDIA CONTACTS Main: (757) 951-2055 Sr. Assoc. Commissioner, Championships/Admin.: Raynoid Dedeaux Fax: (757) 951-2067 Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations: Maurice Williams Director of Media Relations: Jeff Cunningham BETHUNE-COOKMAN Dan Ryan Director of Championships & Compliance: Wyatt Sutton [email protected] Director of Corporate Partnerships: Patricia Easley Sivells (386) 481-2240 Business Manager: Deborah Davis Administrative Assistant: Destinee Wright COPPIN STATE Coordinator of Volleyball Officials: Randy McLamb Steven Kramer [email protected] (410) 951-3729 MEAC QUICK FACTS SOCIAL MEDIA The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Fans and media members are invited to follow DELAWARE STATE celebrates its 50th year of intercollegiate com- the latest Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference foot- Dennis Jones petition with the 2020-21 academic school year. ball news through social media. The MEAC Twit- [email protected] (302) 857-6239 Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up ter feed may be accessed @MEACSports and the of 11 outstanding historically black institutions conference’s official Facebook page is available FLORIDA A&M across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman @MEACSports. The MEAC’s Instagram handle is Curtis Ford University, Coppin State University, Delaware @MEACSports. [email protected] State University, Florida A&M University, Howard (850) 599-3736 University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, WEEKLY RELEASE & STATISTICS Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, Media members may access PDF versions of the HOWARD Derek Bryant North Carolina A&T State University, North Caro- complete weekly release, including conference lina Central University and South Carolina State [email protected] and team-by-team statistics, on www.MEAC- (202) 806-7184 University. sports.com. Regular updates of the weekly re- lease will be distributed via e-mail from the con- The MEAC sponsors 16 Division I (FCS) sports MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE ference office. To be included on the distribution Ralan Wardlaw with automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postsea- list, send an e-mail request to Jeff Cunningham at [email protected] son competition in 15 of them: baseball, bowling, [email protected]. (410) 651-6289 men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and wom- en’s cross country, men’s and women’s tennis, MORGAN STATE men’s and women’s track and field, softball, vol- ANNUAL AWARDS Kevin Paige leyball and men’s golf. The MEAC will name first and second all-confer- [email protected] ence teams, all-rookie team, league player of the (443) 885-3009 In 1969, a bold ad hoc group of innovators long year, rookie and coach of the year. The awards associated with intercollegiate athletics met in will be announced in late March, early April prior NORFOLK STATE Durham, N.C. to discuss the feasibility of organiz- to the 2020 MEAC Volleyball Championship. Mike Bello ing a new conference. From these discussions, [email protected] they formed a steering and planning committee (757) 823-2628 to fully investigate the idea, presented a detailed report with recommendations to interested colle- NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE giate institutions, and constructed a workshop to Will Toman [email protected] outline proposals. (336) 285-3609 After selecting a proposal and adopting a pro- NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL gram, seven institutions (Delaware State College, Kevin Buczek Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern [email protected] Shore, Morgan State University, North Carolina (919) 530-6017 A&T State University, North Carolina Central Uni- versity and South Carolina State College) agreed SOUTH CAROLINA STATE to become the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Kendrick Lewis Their major objective was to establish, organize [email protected] and supervise an intercollegiate athletic program (803) 536-7060 among a compact group of education institutions of high academic standards with a sound philos- ophy of co-curricular activities. The conference *NOTE: Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M and agreed to seek Division I status for its sports. Maryland Eastern Shore have opted out of the 2020 season. The conference was confirmed in 1970, kicking off its first season of competition in football in 1971. MEAC MEDIA CONTACT Jeff Cunningham Email: [email protected] 2 Phone: 757-951-2055 [ MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE | 2020-21 SEASON | MEACSPORTS.COM | @MEACSPORTS ] MEAC VOLLEYBALL NOTES | WEEK 1 MEAC NOTES PLAYERS OF THE YEAR COACHES OF THE YEAR ROOKIES OF THE YEAR Season Name School Season Name School Season Name School 2019 Zoe McBride MSU 2019 Hal Clifton NCAT 2019 Tamar Wells HOW Edie Brewer NCAT 2018 Shaun Kupferberg HOW 2018 Miajavon Coleman CSU 2018 Tamia Dockery HOW 2017 Toby Rens UMES 2017 Candelaria Herrera FAMU 2017 Khaila Donaldson HOW 2016 Shaun Kupferberg HOW 2016 Alana Handy B-CU 2016 Khaila Donaldson HOW 2015 Brittany Williams B-CU Nicole Abreu FAMU 2015 Cindy Okpegbue CSU 2014 Shaun Kupferberg HOW 2015 Zuzana Ondruskova UMES 2014 Vendula Strakova HAM 2013 Tony Trifonov FAMU 2014 Pamela Soriano FAMU 2013 Vendula Strakova HAM 2012 Tony Trifonov FAMU 2013 Katherine Broussard HOW 2012 Desire Waller SCSU 2011 Don Metil UMES 2012 Christine Anthony NCCU 2011 Desire Waller SCSU 2010 Brandon Duvall NSU 2011 Saitaua Iosia UMES 2010 Jarne Gleaton SCSU 2009 Don Metil UMES 2010 Maline Vaitai UMES 2009 Jovana Blazeski FAMU 2008 Millicent Sylvan SCSU 2009 Bella Jade Romero UMES 2008 Christina Estebane UMES 2007 Don Metil UMES 2008 Christine Edwards UMES 2007 Whitney Johnson UMES 2006 R. Riley-Bozier MSU 2007 Jovana Blazeski FAMU 2006 Maria Andonova FAMU 2005 Millicent Sylvan NCAT 2006 Ivanti Bush MSU 2005 Ad. Kostadinova FAMU 2004 Info Currently Unavailable 2005 Morgan Williams HAM 2004 Ad. Kostadinova FAMU 2003 Tony Trifonov FAMU 2004 Esther Johnson MSU 2003 Jana Milin UMES 2002 Toby Rens UMES 2003 Sanda Dzile UMES 2002 Jana Milin UMES 2001 Tony Trifonov FAMU 2002 Jana Milin UMES 2001 Shante Haymore FAMU 2000 Paula Thompson B-CU 2001 Amanda Padilla NCAT 2000 Shante Haymore FAMU 1999 Info Currently Unavailable 2000 Shironda Trotter B-CU 1999 Info Currently Unavailable 1998 R.