NORFOLK, Va. (September 18, 2020) – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) unveiled its 50 Greatest Moments as part of its 50^th anniversary celebration where Howard University saw seven moments make the list. The announcement came Friday afternoon.
 
The list was voted on by a panel comprised of the MEAC 50^th Anniversary Committee, along with sports information directors from the conference's current member institutions.
 
Below are the following seven Howard moments selected (listed in chronological order):

• In 1970, the MEAC was formed following a meeting of individuals from Delaware State, Howard, Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State, North Carolina A&T State, North Carolina Central and South Carolina State. Their objective was to "establish, organize and supervise an intercollegiate athletics program among a compact group of education institutions of high academic standards with a sound philosophy of co-curricular activities." The conference agreed to seek NCAA Division I status.
• On March 18, 1976, the baseball team defeated No. 1 Florida State, 6-1, in Tallahassee, Fla.
• In March 1982, the women's basketball team became the first MEAC representative at the NCAA Division I Tournament, facing Long Beach State at the Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto, Calif.
• In 1982, the 4x400-meter relay team set an NCAA record (3:02.66) at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships on the campus of BYU in Provo, Utah. The 4x400-meter relay team consisted of Edward Simms, Richard Louis, David Charlton and Oliver Bridges.
• On April 28, 1997, Denique Graves became the first women's basketball player in league and school history to be drafted into the WNBA, chosen in the second round by the Sacramento Monarchs.
• On Aug. 21, 2008, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, David Oliver won bronze in the 110-meter hurdles with a medal-winning time of 13.18 seconds.
• On Sept. 2, 2017, the football team defeated UNLV, 43-40, in what has been tabbed as the biggest upset in college football history, entering the game as a 45-point underdog to the Rebels at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev.

 
Items were originally submitted for consideration by current and former institutions' sports information directors.
 
In the coming weeks, the MEAC will further highlight many of these moments, points in history where the MEAC, its member institutions or its outstanding student-athletes made history or performed admirably on the national or international stage.
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com or the MEAC at www.MEACSports.com.