BSTM R MichaelPhoto Wright Gallery Michael Wright 1st African-American National Champion in USA Diving History Sports Greats Ben Jobe - Basketball Sixto Escobar - Boxing Stephanie Cox 1st Hispanic to Play on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Kareem Adul Jabbar HBCU By Tonya M. Report Huffman Alexandra L. Briley Director Pro Football Hall of Fame of Marketing for the Carolina Mudcats Class of 2010 Watkins Award Magnus Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, High School John Randle, Russell Grimm, Carlsen Scholars and Rickey Jackson, Floyd Little, Third Youngest Athletes Chess Charles “Dick” LeBeau Grandmaster in the World Apr. 2010 Vol. 4 BSTM Special Editions of SWAC and CIAA Cheerleaders* Photo Galleries by two of America’s best photographers: Edison Hogan & Lawrence Johnson To see these beautiful photos, go to: www.bstmllc.com * Photo galleries do not include every team’s cheerleaders. INSIDE THIS ISSUE COVER STORY 30 Michael Wright – First African-American National Champion in USA Diving History: Photo Gallery SPECIAL 10 An Interview with Alexandra L. Briley – Director of Marketing for the Carolina Mudcats FEATURES SOCCER 4 Stephanie Cox – First Hispanic to Play on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team CHESS 6 Magnus Carlsen – Third Youngest Chess Grandmaster in the World PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2010 14 Jerry Rice 15 Emmitt Smith 15 John Randle 16 Russ Grimm 17 Rickey Jackson 17 Floyd Little 19 “Dick” LeBeau PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL 20 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – The Legacy of an NBA Player Whose Jersey Number Ended in 3 PROFESSIONAL BOXING 26 Sixto Escobar – Puerto Rico’s First Boxing World Champion HIGH SCHOOLS 36 Watkins Award – Scholars and Athletes HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 24 Ben Jobe – One of the Deans of Black College Basketball 38 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association [CIAA] 39 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference [MEAC] 40 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association [SIAC] 41 Southwestern Athletic Conference [SWAC] 42 Other HBCUs Cover photo from the University of Tennessee BSTM is published digitally, monthly by Black Sports The Magazine, LLC. 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That year, she also reputation as one of the top young captained the U.S. Team in the defenders in the world. She is International Federation of also the first woman of Hispanic Association Football (FIFA) descent to ever play on the U.S. Under-20 Women’s World Women’s National Team. Her Championship. She started all natural skill and speed combined four games and made both of her with her leadership and penalty kicks in the semi-final unwavering composure makes and third-place matches. Her her one of the brightest stars on fluid play allowed her to snuff out the National Team. She shares opponents’ threats and transition the same work ethic off the field. Stephanie into the attack, while she provided She is very committed to raising a calm, reassuring influence to awareness for both individuals Cox her teammates. Her talented play and organizations in need and helped the Women’s National can be found donating much of Team win a Gold Medal at the her spare time to causes within 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. her own community, nationally and internationally. In 2007, Stephanie received the Lowe’s Senior Class Award, Stephanie grew up in Elk Grove, which is presented to the California. She attended Elk Grove collegiate athlete who best High School, where she helped demonstrates excellence in the lead her soccer team to two classroom and remarkable league championships. She was character within the community, named to the All-Section Team as as well as success in athletic a junior and senior, won the youth competition. 2007 also marked All-American Award from the the first time the Award was National Soccer Coaches presented to a female soccer Association of America (NSCAA) player. She was also chosen as Oregon’s Female Amateur and was named a Parade Magazine All-American. On top of her Athlete of the Year for 2007. numerous soccer achievements, Stephanie also lettered in basketball for three years and managed to graduate with a 4.17 In addition to being an extremely successful soccer player, grade-point-average (GPA). Stephanie is dedicated to bettering the world around her. She Stephanie attended the University of Portland, where she started grew up in a foster home, where her parents cared for 88 different 23 matches her freshman year. In 2005, after returning to the foster children. She was taught from a very young age to University of Portland Pilots following a red shirt season to play appreciate everything and to never take anything for granted. for her country, she helped lead her team to an undefeated record She has assisted her parents in leading a group of teens to of 23-0-2 and an National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Egypt to paint an orphanage, traveled to the Bahamas to clear Championship. She was named to the NCAA All-Tournament land for construction of a learning center, traveled to Mexico to Team. The following season, she started in 13 games and serve meals to American missionaries, and was part of a team scored her first collegiate goal. In 2007, after she returned from that created a Hurricane Katrina fundraiser in 2005. She recently the World Cup, she led the Pilots to 11 straight wins and 10 became a spokesperson for Casey Family Services, which is shutouts, and helped her team advance to the NCAA quarterfinals. the country’s largest foster care organization. Her former That year, after the World Cup, Stephanie had a chance to forgo University of Portland Pilots’ coach, Garrett Smith, said, her remaining collegiate eligibility and become a salaried player “Stephanie has been a wonderful ambassador for our soccer with Team USA, but loyalty to her team and prior commitments program and the University. On the field, Stephanie is the ultimate led her back to Portland, where she graduated with a 3.7 GPA team player and makes everyone around her better, but that and a Psychology Degree and a Spanish Minor in December of pales in comparison to the impact that she has on others off the 2007. field.” 4 BSTM April 2010 Awards and Championships Year Team Championship/Medal 2001 Delta League Championship Champion 2001 Fox 40 - Sacramento, CA Student Athlete of the Month 2002 Delta League MVP 2002 All-Section First Team 2002 U-19 Premier League Championship Champion 2002 Women’s Premier Soccer League All-League Team 2003 Delta League MVP 2003 NSCAA All-American 2003 Parade All-American 2003 McDonalds All-American 2003 All-City MVP 2003 U-19 Premier League Championship Champion 2003 U-19 State Championship Champion 2003 U-19 Regional Championship Champion 2003 U-19 National Championship Runner-Up 2003 Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American First Team 2003 West Region Freshman of the Year 2003 Soccer Buzz All-American Honorable Mention 2003 Soccer America Freshman All-American selection 2003 NSCAA and Soccer Buzz All-West Region First Team 2003 All-West Coast Conference First Team 2005 Algarve Cup Championship Champion Stephanie Stephanie 2005 NCAA Championship Champion 2005 NCAA All-Tournament Team 2005 Soccer America All-American First Team 2005 Soccer Buzz All-American First Team 2005 NSCAA All-America First Team 2005 Soccer Buzz Player of the Year Finalist 2005 College Cup All-Tournament Team 2005 NSCAA All-West Region First Team 2005 Soccer Buzz All-West Region First Team 2005 WCC Defender of the Year 2005 All-WCC First Team 2005 All-WCC Academic Team 2005 Algarve Cup Champion 2006 CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup Championship Champion 2006 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championship Champion/Captain 2006 Soccer America MVP Team 2006 NSCAA All-America Third Team 2006 Soccer Buzz All-America Second Team 2007 Lowe’s Senior Class Award 2007 All-American First Team 2007 FIFA World Cup Bronze Medalist 2007 Algarve Cup Champion 2007 Oregon Amateur Athlete of the Year 2008 Four Nations Tournament Championship Champion 2008 Algarve Cup Champion 2008 CONCACAF Championship Champion 2008 Olympics Gold Medalist BSTM April 2010 5 Magnus Carlsen Third Youngest Chess Grandmaster in the World Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster and chess In the sixth Dubai Open Chess Championship, held in April 2004, prodigy currently ranked number one in the world.