St. Augustine’s and Virginia State take All-Sports Trophies

Raleigh, NC - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association presented Virginia State University with the Loretta Taylor Women’s All-Sports Trophy and Saint Augustine’s College with the C.H. Williams Men’s All-Sports Trophy at the Annual Awards Luncheon.

Virginia State was awarded this honor after conceding to Shaw last year after a four-year win streak. VSU won two championships this year; softball and bowling, while coming in second in three sports; women’s cross country, women’s indoor track and women’s tennis.

St. Augustine’s took the top spot in three men’s conference championships this year with first-place finishes in cross country, outdoor track and indoor track and field. Their three championships, along with exceptional finishes in football and men’s basketball placed them in position for their recognition.

The Loretta Taylor All-Sports Women’s Trophy and the C.H. Williams all-Sports men’s trophy are determined by a point system established to award an institution for achievement in each of their women’s and men’s programs. The champion is the institution with the most combined total points for all sponsored sports based on their conference finish and the number of CIAA sponsored events.

Chris Zona, Sports Information Director at Winston-Salem State University was awarded the John Holley Sports Information Director of the Year Award. Zona’s achievements in broadening WSSU’s archival database has given the Rams’ athletic department an edge in providing reporters excellent records on Winston-Salem State history. Chris has also been instrumental in expanding the Rams athletic website.

Michael Bailey of Virginia Union University and Tonia Walker of Winston-Salem State University were named Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator of the Year. Both individuals have made concentrated efforts to maximize the potential of their men’s and women’s programs, while maintaining equality between both programs.

This year’s Jeanette A. Lee Athletic Achievement Award was presented to Al Carter of Shaw University for providing extrodinary leadership for the Bears’ athletic department.

All Conference Coaches of the Year were formally given their awards.