WASHINGTON (June 16, 2023) – Howard University Department of Athletics wraps up its season in review with part three, featuring winter 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.
The following is the third 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:
Spring Sports
Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Women's Outdoor Track & Field
- Won the 2023 MEAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
- Highest Rank in Program History (27th in the nation)
- 2023 MEAC Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team (15 Bison)
- Seven entries to the 2023 NCAA East Preliminary First Round
- Three entries to the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships
- Darci Khan (Stockbridge, Ga.)
- 2023 All-American Second Team
- Jessica Wright (Durham, N.C.)
- 2023 All-American Second Team
- David Oliver
- 2023 USTFCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Women's Coach of the Year
Men's Tennis
- 2023 MEAC Tennis All-Academic Team (five Bison)
- 2023 MEAC Postseason Honors:
- Marcel Dawson (Columbus, Ga.)
- 2023 All-MEAC Second Team
- Nicholas Askew
Women's Tennis
Men's Golf
- Won the 2023 PGA Works Collegiate Men's Golf Championships
- Finished runner-up at the 2023 NEC Men's Golf Championships
- 2023 NEC Postseason Honors:
- Everett Whiten Jr. (Chesapeake, Va.)
- Won the 2023 PGA Works Collegiate Individual Title
- 2023 All-NEC First Team
- Gregory Odom Jr. (Memphis, Tenn.)
- 2023 Ben Hogan Watch List
- 2023 All-NEC First Team
- Marcus Smith Jr. (Rockford, Ill.)
Women's Golf
- Finished third overall at the 2023 NEC Women's Golf Championships
- Finished third overall at the 2023 PGA Works Women's Golf Championships
- 2023 NEC Postseason Honors:
- Marley Franklin (Los Angeles)
- 2023 NEC Rookie of the Year
- Kendall Jackson (Pearland, Texas)
- Kyra Cox (South Salem, N.Y.)
Softball
- 2023 MEAC Softball All-Academic Team (10 Bison)
- 2023 MEAC Postseason Honors (five Bison):
- Kalita Dennis (Elk Grove, Calif.)
- 2023 MEAC Preseason Player of the Year
- 2023 All-MEAC Second Team
Women's Lacrosse
- 2023 NEC Spring Team Sportsmanship Award
- 2023 NEC Postseason Honors:
- Quai Skeete-Ridley (New Carrollton, Md.)
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.
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.
