Honda Campus All-Star Challenge 2018 Yearbook THE HCASC MISSION Honda Campus All-Star Challenge encourages a love of learning, enhances students lives, builds stronger bonds with HBCU communities, and spotlights Honda’s commitment to the unique mission of HBCUs. Congratulations to the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge Class of 2018. Throughout the season, you demonstrated your strength and determination, months of fellowship and great academic skill. The HCASC experience has more to offer than just a challenging game. This year-long program is also about the first-time experiential opportunities, friendship, mentorship and networking. We hope that your participation in Honda Campus All-Star Challenge will be a memorial part of your collegiate journey. Honda celebrates the power of your dreams and the power of working as a team. These sentiments combined to create this year’s theme Dream Together. On behalf of Honda, thank you for your participation. We know that the memories and friendships you make and inspiration you find during your HCASC days will make you part of our Friends for Life family. As you Dream Together, we know that you have a brilliant future ahead. Steve Morikawa Vice President, Corporate Relations and Social Responsibility American Honda Motor Co., Inc. 1 NCT MEMORIES 2 NCT MEMORIES 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Congratulations from Steve Morikawa . 1 Albany State . 28 Virginia State . 55 NCT Memories . 2-3 Benedict . 29 Virginia Union . 56 Table of Contents . .4 Bennett . .. 30 Voorhees . 57 The HCASC Story . 5 Bowie State . 31 West Virginia State . 58 2018 Champions - Jackson State University . 6-7 Cheyney-Pennsylvania . 32 Wiley . 59 Sweet 16 Tournament Chart . 8 Claflin . 33 HCASC Volunteer Team . 60-61 Runner-Up - Spelman . 9 Dillard . 34 HCASC Honda Team . 62-64 Semi-Finalist - Morehouse . .10 Grambling State . 35 HCASC College Bowl Team . .65 Semi-Finalist - Oakwood . 11 Harris-Stowe State . .36 Quarter-Finalists Huston-Tillotson . 37 Florida A&M . 12 Kentucky State . .38 Paine . .13 Langston . 39 Prairie View A&M . .14 Lincoln-Missouri . 40 Tuskegee . .15 Livingstone . 41 Playoff Qualifiers Hall of Fame Inductee . .42 Chicago State . 16 Special Honors . .. 43 Fisk . 17 Miles . 44 Hampton . 18 Mississippi Valley State . 45 Howard . .. 19 Morgan State . 46 North Carolina A&T . .20 Philander Smith . 47 North Carolina Central . .21 Southern-New Orleans . .48 Southern-Baton Rouge . .22 Stillman . 49 Xavier . 23 Tennessee State . .50 NCT Qualifiers . .24 Texas College . 51 HCASC All-Stars . 25 Tougaloo . 52 Alabama A&M . 26 Univ . Arkansas-Pine Bluff . 53 Alabama State . .27 Univ . District of Columbia . .54 4 THE HCASC STORY In 1989, Honda and the College Bowl Company teamed up to create Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC). The birth of HCASC marked the creation of varsity scholar teams and official academic competitions at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The goal is to support the unique mission of America’s HBCUs and to emphasize the belief that knowledge is our most valuable resource. Knowledge enriches us BY THE personally and opens our eyes, minds and hearts to the possibilities the world NUMBERS presents. It reinforces the ideal behind Honda’s motto, The Power of Dreams. 125,000 Honda’s commitment to HCASC expresses its belief that success isn’t measured Students have competed in HCASC solely by the products we make, but also by the lives enhanced. 10,000 HCASC is not just an entertaining game of outstanding intellect and quick Questions are asked each year recall. In addition, it reinforces critical life skills: sportsmanship, teamwork, passion, preparedness, striving for success, accepting defeat with dignity and $9,000,000 presenting oneself with style and grace at all times. In HBCU grants from Honda have been awarded through HCASC Our alumni travel the world applying their skill and compassion to every imaginable career and human endeavor. They give back to their alma maters 28 and HCASC by supporting campus activities, mentoring students and becoming HBCUs have won at least $100,000 in institutional grants from Honda global ambassadors for our Friends for Life philosophy. Honda Campus All-Star Challenge is a shining example of how Honda 75,000 Hours of study and preparation by teams associates, College Bowl staff members and the friends we’ve made in the for the National Championship HBCU community strive to empower people and make a difference where we live and work. 36 Players have been inducted into the As with the competitors from the years before, we are proud to welcome the HCASC Hall of Fame Class of 2018 to our HCASC Friends for Life family. 5 NATIONAL CHAMPION $75,000 INSTITUTIONAL GRANT 6 CHAMPION JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY $75,000 GRANT Zaveon Demon Cooper, II Justin Clarke James Meeks, Jr . Charles Octavius Pennington Jackson, MS Memphis, TN Jackson, MS Hollandale, MS Senior Junior Senior Senior Theatre Arts Accounting Finance Chem . Engineering & Chemistry Joshua J . Cotton Dr . William Bynum Pass Christian, MS Rocky Mount, NC Coach President 7 SPELMAN 645 SPELMAN 350 SWEET 16 CHART XAVIER. 150 SPELMAN 510 NATIONAL PRAIRIE VIEW 450 CHAMPION PRAIRIE VIEW 80 HOWARD 385 TUSKEGEE 390 Game 1 TUSKEGEE 425 FISK 310 SPELMAN 395 RUNNER MOREHOUSE 375 JACKSON ST. 430 UP NC CENTRAL 360 MOREHOUSE 500 MOREHOUSE 430 National Champion NO. CAROLINA A&T 270 JACKSON STATE JACKSON ST. 270 UNIVERSITY JACKSON ST. 385 JACKSON ST. 440 SEMI- FLORIDA A&M 395 Game 2 FINALIST FLORIDA A&M 160 SPELMAN 350 HAMPTON 315 JACKSON ST. 385 OAKWOOD 460 OAKWOOD 465 CHICAGO ST. 410 OAKWOOD 300 SEMI- FINALIST SOUTHERN-BR 300 PAINE 245 PAINE 335 RUNNER-UP SPELMAN COLLEGE $30,000 GRANT Elana McLurkin Harris Jessika Adjoa Agyepong Ariana Nicole Benson Alexia Lakeman Daniel Bascelli Silver Spring, MD Silver Spring, MD Chesapeake, VA Lake Worth, FL Ottawa, Ontario, CN Senior Sophomore Junior Senior Coach Political Science Biology Psychology English 9 SEMI-FINALIST MOREHOUSE COLLEGE $20,000 GRANT Cameron Hyman Jordan Othniel Gayle Jacobi Jefferson Ashton Frank Sullivan Robert R . Myrick, Jr . Paul Sulongteh Las Vegas, NV Tulsa, OK Denton, TX Stone Mountain, GA Washington, DC Akron, OH Junior Senior Senior Senior Coach Institutional Rep Religion Psychology History Physics 10 SEMI-FINALIST OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY $20,000 GRANT Natahli Sabriena Barrett Raina Nyelle Harden Michael W . McKnight, Jr . Joshua Nwaoha Dr . Rosland Rennae Elliott New York, NY Erie, PA Los Angeles, CA Brooklyn, NY Glen Allen, AL Senior Junior Senior Senior Coach Biology Psychology & Spanish Psychology Biology Adrienne D . Matthews David Knight Bronx, NY St . Michaels, Barbados Institutional Rep VP, Student Affairs 11 ELITE 8 FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY $10,000 GRANT Travian Davonte Marquis Albert Madison Diane Johnson David O . Kadiri Darryl Eugene Williams, Jr . Dr . Vivian L . Hobbs Milton, FL Houston, TX Benin City, Nigeria Bradenton, FL Tallahassee, FL Senior Freshman Junior Junior Coach Political Science & Psychology Business Administration Biology Political Science & Pre-Law Kimberlyn M . Elliott Dr . Larry Robinson Gainesville, FL Memphis, TN Institutional Rep President 12 ELITE 8 PAINEUNIVERSITY COLLEGE $10,000 GRANT Travione Donnell Harris Darrien R . Holland Ana Isabel Loera Heather A . Snelson Uzetta Colette Gresham Lincolnton, GA Columbia, SC Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Atlanta, GA Waynesboro, GA Senior Junior Senior Sophomore Coach History Accounting Biology & Pre-Med Mass Comm . & Journalism 13 ELITE 8 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY $10,000 GRANT Breya N . Sloan Christina E . Collins Christian A . Farley Nieves Chayse Monroe Lavallais Herbert R . Thomas Lilburn, GA Waxhaw, NC Utuado, Puerto Rico Bristow, VA St . Thomas, USVI Senior Senior Junior Senior Coach Business Management Political Science & Pre-Law Biology Chemical Engineering Joseph M . Dowell Fred E . Washington Killeen, TX Killeen, TX Institutional Rep VP, Auxiliary Services 14 ELITE 8 TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY $10,000 GRANT Xavier S . Alexander Mya Green Robert J . Henderson, Jr . Maurice Kendrick Dr . Worth Kamili Hayes College Park, GA Atlanta, GA Atmore, AL Lake Mary, FL St . Louis, MO Junior Sophomore Sophomore Freshman Coach Political Science Animal Science Animal Science Occupational Therapy Joe N . Brown Regina Burden Demopolis, AL Huntsville, AL Institutional Rep VP Student Affairs 15 SWEET 16 CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY $6,000 GRANT Nicolette C . Sanders Courtney L . Jenkins Kayla A .C . Mensah Isiah Samuel, III Dr . Olanipekun O . Laosebikan Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Baltimore, MD Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Senior Senior Junior Senior Coach Chemistry Psychology Biology & Pre-Med Pre-Pharmacy Brandon V . Morgan Dr . Rachel W . Lindsey Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Institutional Rep Interim President 16 SWEET 16 FISK UNIVERSITY $6,000 GRANT Nayirah A . Muhammad Cassondra Desiree Hanna Jasmin G . Johnson Ja’ Sun Kennedy Dr . Stafford W . Cargill Bessemer, AL Monroeville, PA Long Beach, CA Memphis, TN Nashville, TN Junior Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Coach History History & Sociology Business & Finance Psychology 17 SWEET 16 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY $6,000 GRANT Clarence T . Stevens Aris Noelle Fulton Rachel Sutton Austin Woods Sarah-Anne Leverette Dr . Adam Johnson Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Weddington, NC Elizabeth City, NC Farmington Hills, MI Newport News, VA Muncie, IN Junior Junior Sophomore Sophomore Coach Institutional Rep Psychology Communicative Science and Disorders Psychology Business Administration 18 SWEET 16 HOWARD UNIVERSITY $6,000 GRANT Kendyl Waddell Caleb Kim Chelsea Parker Kenan Avery