WASHINGTON (June 12, 2023) - During the past two years, the Howard University Athletics program has been setting precedents and making history. This year alone, the program won championships in six different sports: men's golf; football; men's basketball; men's swimming and diving; women's track and field and women's cross country.
 
The growth and success have been rewarded with a significant first since 1988: The men's and women's programs winning the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) All-Sports awards in the same season. The honor is based on a point system for success in the conference during the course of the season.
 
The men's team captured the Talmadge Hill All Sports awards for the first time since 1988 and only the fourth time since 1972. The women, who won the Mary McLeod Bethune All Sports Awards last year, won it again and the fifth time since 1987.
 
The following is the first of a three-part recap of all the sports in Howard Athletics and the success on the courts, pool and field as well as in the classroom:
 
Fall Sports
 
Football

• Won a share of the 2022 MEAC Title, first championship since 1993
• 2022 MEAC Football All-Academic Team (39 Bison)
• 2022 MEAC Postseason Honors (17 Bison)
• Kenny Gallop, Jr. (Portsmouth, Va.)
  • 2022 BOXTOROW HBCU All-American
  • 2022 All-ECAC Defensive Team
  • 2022 Phil Steele FCS All-MEAC First Team
  • 2022 Bluebloods All-Conference First Team

 
Volleyball

• Won a share of the 2022 MEAC Regular Season Crown
• 2022 MEAC Volleyball All-Academic Team (14 Bison)
• 2022 MEAC Postseason Honors (three Bison):
• Kayla Diaz (Nanuet, N.Y.)
  • 2022 MEAC Co-Setter of the Year
• Rya McKinnon (Besser, Ala.)
  • 2022 MEAC Player of the Year
  • 2022 MEAC Rookie of the Year
  • 2022 AVCA East Region Rookie of the Year
  • 2022 AVCA All-American Honorable Mention

 
Men's Cross Country

• 2022 MEAC Cross Country All-Academic Team (three Bison)
• Finished runner-up at the 2022 MEAC Men's Cross Country Championships
• 2022 MEAC Postseason Honors (two Bison):
• Ayoade Adebiyi (Virginia Beach, Va.)
  • NCAA Regional Appearance
• Julian Lawson (Sewell, N.J.)
  • NCAA Regional Appearance

 
Women's Cross Country

• Won the 2022 MEAC Cross Country Title, first championship since 2005
• Competed in the 2022 NCAA Regional for the first time since 2003
• 2022 MEAC Cross Country All-Academic Team (five Bison)
• 2022 MEAC Postseason Honors (six Bison)

 
Men's Soccer

• 2022 NEC Postseason Honors:
  • Bryson Baker (Ellicott City, Md.)
    • All-NEC First Team

Women's Soccer

• 2022 NEC Postseason Honors:
  • Rachel Asare (Tampa, Fla.)
    • All-NEC Second Team
  • Bre'Elle Dean (Huntingtown, Md.)
    • All-NEC Rookie Team

 
The next installment of the three-part series features winter sports (men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming & diving, men's and women's indoor track & field and women's bowling).
 
Derek W. Bryant, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations & Sports Information, Chevonne Mansfield, Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director, and Badi Cross, Journalism major, class of 2024, contributed to this story.
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.