JCSU's DANIELLE WILLIAMS NAMED 2014 NATIONAL WOMEN'S TRACK SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
HAMPTON, VA – The Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association’s (CIAA) Danielle Williams of Johnson C. Smith
has been named the women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track Scholar
Athlete of the Year in Division II for the 2013-14 track &
field season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country
Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the association announced Tuesday,
July 22, 2014.
Considering accomplishments in the classroom and in competition
during the recently completed academic year, a class of 422 women
and 241 men earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors. The CIAA
received representation by 18 student-athletes.
Separate awards are given to track athletes and field athletes for
the indoor and outdoor seasons, resulting in four categories.
Williams, a May graduate with a business administration degree
with a 3.89 cumulative GPA, swept both the indoor and outdoor track
Scholar Athlete of the Year awards following a season in which she
won five individual national titles – defending her outdoor
track award from 2013. The native of St. Andrew, Jamaica, is the
third woman to have won the track award for both seasons since it
first began in 2007, and is the first to have won the outdoor track
award in two consecutive seasons.
She won indoor national titles at both 60 and 200 meters and in
the 60-meter hurdles, and claimed the 100 and 200 meters crowns at
the outdoor championships. She was also just fractions of a second
away from a 100-meter hurdles title.
Horane Holgate, also of Johnson C. Smith, held the highest
cumulative GPA amongst the conference’s eight male honorees.
The St. Thomas, Jamaica native recently received his degree in
psychology with a 3.98 GPA.
Scholar Athlete of the Year Awards are determined from among those
who earned All-Academic status and placed highest in individual
events at the NCAA Championships. Those who earn multiple
individual championship titles rank higher in the tie-breaking
process, and cumulative GPA is weighed as the final tiebreaker to
establish a winner.
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the
student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average
of 3.25 and have reached a provisional or automatic qualifying
standard for the NCAA Championships in either indoor or outdoor
seasons.
| WOMEN |
| Name |
Institution |
GPA |
Major |
| Samantha Elliott |
Johnson C. Smith |
3.71 |
Business Administration |
| Tovea Jenkins |
Johnson C. Smith |
3.94 |
Business Administration |
| Domenique Julius-Williams |
Johnson C. Smith |
3.37 |
Biology |
| Shamaz Quince |
Johnson C. Smith |
3.52 |
Sports Management |
| Trudy-Ann Richards |
Johnson C. Smith |
3.80 |
History & Psychology |
| Danielle Williams |
Johnson C. Smith |
3.89 |
Business Administration |
| Genae Butler |
Lincoln (Pa.) |
3.32 |
Health Science |
| Brittany Brown |
Saint Augustine’s |
4.00 |
Communications |
| Fanta Fofana |
Saint Augustine’s |
3.79 |
Business Administration |
| Cherrisse Lynch |
Saint Augustine’s |
3.83 |
Biology |
| MEN |
| Patrick Campbell |
Johnson C. Smith |
3.44 |
Business Administration |
| Horane Holgate |
Johnson C. Smith |
3.98 |
Psychology |
| Waynee Hyman |
Johnson C. Smith |
3.31 |
Physical Education |
| Rajiv Service |
Johnson C. Smith |
3.63 |
Biology |
| Randale Watson |
Johnson C. Smith |
3.89 |
Computer Engineering |
| Miles Green |
Lincoln (Pa.) |
3.29 |
Business |
| Taffawee Johnson |
Saint Augustine’s |
3.64 |
Sport Managment |
| John King |
Saint Augustine’s |
3.79 |
Business Administration |