UMES is "big winner" at 2012 HBCU Awards
04/24/12
The Center for HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Media Advocacy held their annual awards banquet this past Friday night, April 20, 2012 on the campus of Bowie State University in their Wiseman Student Center.
The awards celebrate the 2011 campaign. An article published by HBCUDigest.com announcing the winners stated that "the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) was the big winner of the evening, capturing best research center, best female athlete and coach, and best women's program."
The capacity audience at the event included Sharon Brummell, former head coach of the UMES Women's Bowling team. She won Female Coach of the Year and accepted two other awards, including Female Team of the Year for her 2011 NCAA Champion Women's Bowling squad. She also accepted Female Athlete of the Year for Kristina Frahm, who was away coaching the women's bowling team at the Intercollegiate Team Championships (ITCs).
The women's bowling team made history in 2011 winning the `triple crown' of the sport, capturing the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championship, the NCAA Championship and the United State Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championship.
They became the first program ever to win both bowling National Championships in the same season and Brummell was given much of the credit for that historic season.
Frahm, who took over in January for Brummell as interim coach, had quite the senior season. She was a First-Team All-America selection, a First-Team All-MEAC selection and was named the NCAA Most Outstanding Performer.
As a true student-athlete Frahm won the Elite 88 Award, the top academic award presented in each sport by the NCAA. She would also win the Bernstein Award on campus, the Universities' top Academic honor.
UMES also claimed non-athletic awards at the event, earning Best Research Center for the Paul S. Sarbanes Coastal Ecology Center and having alumni and current Morgan State President Dr. Earl S. Richardson be awarded the lifetime achievement award.
According to the website for the awards, "The HBCU Awards acknowledges and celebrates achievement from historically black colleges and universities throughout the United States. Crowning winners in the fields of leadership, arts, athletics, research, and community engagement, the HBCU Awards is the first and only event to recognize the influence and impact of HBCUs on American culture."
Women's Collegiate Bowling
Hawks claim wins in three athletic categories and other academic awards
The Center for HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Media Advocacy held their annual awards banquet this past Friday night, April 20, 2012 on the campus of Bowie State University in their Wiseman Student Center.The awards celebrate the 2011 campaign. An article published by HBCUDigest.com announcing the winners stated that "the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) was the big winner of the evening, capturing best research center, best female athlete and coach, and best women's program."
The capacity audience at the event included Sharon Brummell, former head coach of the UMES Women's Bowling team. She won Female Coach of the Year and accepted two other awards, including Female Team of the Year for her 2011 NCAA Champion Women's Bowling squad. She also accepted Female Athlete of the Year for Kristina Frahm, who was away coaching the women's bowling team at the Intercollegiate Team Championships (ITCs).
The women's bowling team made history in 2011 winning the `triple crown' of the sport, capturing the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championship, the NCAA Championship and the United State Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championship.
They became the first program ever to win both bowling National Championships in the same season and Brummell was given much of the credit for that historic season.
Frahm, who took over in January for Brummell as interim coach, had quite the senior season. She was a First-Team All-America selection, a First-Team All-MEAC selection and was named the NCAA Most Outstanding Performer.
As a true student-athlete Frahm won the Elite 88 Award, the top academic award presented in each sport by the NCAA. She would also win the Bernstein Award on campus, the Universities' top Academic honor.
UMES also claimed non-athletic awards at the event, earning Best Research Center for the Paul S. Sarbanes Coastal Ecology Center and having alumni and current Morgan State President Dr. Earl S. Richardson be awarded the lifetime achievement award.
According to the website for the awards, "The HBCU Awards acknowledges and celebrates achievement from historically black colleges and universities throughout the United States. Crowning winners in the fields of leadership, arts, athletics, research, and community engagement, the HBCU Awards is the first and only event to recognize the influence and impact of HBCUs on American culture."
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