WASHINGTON (June 14, 2023) – Howard University Department of Athletics continues its season in review with part two, featuring winter sports: men's and women's basketball; men's and women's indoor track & field; men's and women's swimming & diving and women's bowling.
The following is the second 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:
Winter Sports
Men's Basketball
- Won the 2022-23 MEAC Regular Season title, first outright championship since the 1986-87 season
- Won the 2023 MEAC Tournament, earning a berth to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1993
- 2022-23 MEAC Postseason Honors (four Bison):
- Shy Odom (Roxbury, Mass.)
- 2022-23 MEAC Rookie of the Year
- Kenneth Blakeney
- 2022-23 MEAC Coach of the Year
- 2022-23 BOXTOROW HBCU Coach of the Year
- 2022-23 ECAC Coach of the Year
- 2022-23 John McLendon Award
- Team Social Justice Project Centered Around Black Maternal Health Advocacy
Women's Basketball
- Finished second in the regular season
- Placed runner-up in the MEAC Tournament
- 2022-23 MEAC Postseason Honors (four Bison):
- Destiny Howell (Queens, N.Y.)
- 2022-23 MEAC Player of the Year
- 2022-23 BOXTOROW Co-Player of the Year
- 2022-23 BOXTOROW All-America First Team
- Jeanne-Marie Wilson
Men's Indoor Track & Field
- 2023 MEAC Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Team (14 Bison)
- Finished runner-up at the 2023 MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
- Placed third overall at the 2023 IC4A Indoor Track & Field Championships
Women's Indoor Track & Field
- Won the 2023 MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
- Won the 2023 ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
- 2023 MEAC Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Team (15 Bison)
- David Oliver
- 2023 USTFCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Women's Coach of the Year
Men's Swimming & Diving
- Sports Illustrated Cover
- 2023 NEC Winter Team Sportsmanship Award
- Miles Simon (Atlanta)
- 2023 NEC Outstanding Swimmer
- Jordan Walker (San Antonio)
- 2023 NEC Outstanding Diver
- Nicholas Askew
- 2023 NEC Coaching Staff of the Year
- 2023 Drake HERO Award
Women's Swimming & Diving
- Sports Illustrated Cover
- 2023 CSCAA Scholar All-America Team
- Nicholas Askew
- 2023 NEC Coaching Staff of the Year
- 2023 Drake HERO Award
Bowling
- 2022-23 MEAC Postseason Honors (one Bison):
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 final installment of the three-part series features spring sports (men's and women's outdoor track & field, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's golf, softball, women's lacrosse).
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.
