ECSU ATHLETICS CONCLUDES
SEASON WITH AWARDS CEREMONY
Eure Named Top
Female Athlete; Davis, Sharpless Share Co-Male Athlete of the Year Honors
May 1,
2013
ELIZABETH CITY,
NC- The Elizabeth City State University Athletic Department officially brought
the sports season to a close with a Awards Ceremony held April 27 at the Fine
Arts Auditorium.
For the first
time the department under the leadership of Interim Athletic Director Dr.
Angelia Nelson, changed the format of the post season awards program. In favor
of the traditional sit down dinner, the Athletic Department and supporters were
treated to an “ESPY” style awards ceremony, including a video montage and
picture projections of the night’s honorees.
Stan Lewter of
Urban Sports & Entertainment was the Master of Ceremony for the evening’s
festivities.
The top
student-athlete honors of the evening went to Paneisha Eure (bowling) as the
2013 Female Athlete of the year while Brad Davis (football) and Angelo Sharpless
(men’s basketball) headlined as Co-Male Athletes of the
Year.
As MVP of the
Lady Viking bowling team, Paneisha Eure led ECSU to a tie in the CIAA Northern
Division and a semi-final berth at the 2013 Bowling Championship. Next fall she
will enter her junior season on the lane as a two-time All-CIAA honoree.
Throughout her teams’ season, she was one of the top performers, twice being
named MVP at individual conference meets by other CIAA coaches. The Portsmouth,
VA native was very active in the Student-Athlete Advisory committee and also was
a member of the Academic Honor roll boasting a 3.213 GPA.
Brad Davis and
Angelo Sharpless were both MVPs of their respective sports. Davis was the
Defensive MVP and the first Viking to ever be named a First Team All-American by
the American Football Coaches Association. He was a two-time All-CIAA performer
and ECSU’s MVP of the 2012 CIAA Football Championship. Sharpless just wrapped a
solid career for the Viking basketball team as the CIAA Men’s Player of the Year
and Box To Row Player of the Year. In under three full seasons he scored 1,000
career points, reached the Final Four of the State Farm Slam Dunk Contest and
was named an All-American for both Daktronics and the National Association of
Basketball Coaches.
The Athletic
Department also took time to honor former coach Alvin T. Kelley with the
Lifetime Achievement Award; Coach Robert L. Vaughan with the ECSU Legacy Award;
Bruce Biggs (Biggs Cadillac, Buick, GMC) and Chief Eddie M. Buffaloe (EC Police
Department) both were recognized with Community Service Awards and the
Distinguished Sports Alumnus Award went to Abdul Rasheed. The ECSU Pep Squad was
also honored with a Spirit Award for their dedicated support of all the Athletic
Teams.
Student-Athletes
with a GPA of 3.0 or better were honored with Academic Recognitions while the
Highest Overall GPA award went to Valerie Edwards (3.882; women’s tennis). The
Women’s Basketball team took the team GPA award with an average of
3.145.
Other special
awards went to Jairus Wilkins (Thurlis & Brenda Offensive Lineman Award),
Jasmine Whitehurst (RL Vaughan Basketball Award-female & the Ralph and Joyce
Cole Award), Angelo Sharpless (RL Vaughan Basketball Award-male) & Nigel
Rios (Thomas Caldwell Award).
The Team MVP
Awards are as follows Football- DaRont’e McNeill (Offensive MVP), Brad
Davis (Defensive MVP),
Brett Symonds (Special Teams MVP), Volleyball- Morghan Stallings, Men’s Cross Country- Derek Gore, Women’s Cross Country- Mariah Powell, Women’s Basketball- Jasmine Whitehurst, Men’s Basketball- Angelo Sharpless, Bowling- Paneisha Eure, Cheerleading- Asia Long, Women’s Tennis- Co-MVPs- Samantha Craig & Valerie
Edwards, Golf- Curtis Vinson, Baseball- Lee Person, Softball- Danielle Horn
2013 Pepsi
Awards winners are; Football- Namon Jones, Men’s Cross
Country- Deon Rice, Women’s Cross Country- De’Rya Wylie,
Volleyball- Kelsey Smith, Men’s Basketball-
Dominique Byrd, Women’s Basketball- Stephanie Harper,
Bowling- Melissa Borum, Cheerleading- Tonieka
Lassiter, Tennis- Tyra Spell, Softball- Patricia
Jackson, Golf- Bobby Harmon, Baseball- Cameron
Cecil
For more
information on ECSU Athletics, visit www.ecsuvikings.com and follow on Twitter
@ECSUVikings.
April J.
Emory
Elizabeth
City State University
Sports
Information Director
1704
Weeksville Road * Campus Box 900
Elizabeth
City, NC 27909
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252.335.3627
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