Monday, June 9, 2008

LeMoyne-Owen presidential finalists to meet public

College narrows search for new leader down to 3

Officials with LeMoyne-Owen College have narrowed their search for a new president to three people. The finalists are Dr. Charles Beady, Dr. Lester Newman and Dr. Patricia Ramsey. If one of them is chosen, he or she will succeed James Wingate, who stepped down in July 2006. Former Memphis City Schools superintendent Johnnie Watson has led the school since shortly after Wingate resigned.

Each of the candidates will meet with the community, beginning today through Wednesday, said Robert Lipscomb, chairman of the college's board directors. "They're coming in for community and constituent meetings. Let them feel the college out and vice versa," Lipscomb said Sunday.

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Sunday, June 8, 2008

Tavon Waters transferring to FSU

Every athlete dreams of taking their game to the next level. Former Wayne County prep standout Tavon Waters is getting that chance. Waters recently announced that he will be leaving Brunswick Community College, and enrolling at perennial Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association power Fayetteville State University. The move is the culmination of hard work, prowess and perseverance.

"I know that Fayetteville State is a place where I can be successful," said Waters, who played at Goldsboro High and Wayne Country Day. "It's a place where I can help keep the spotlight on basketball. "I have a really close family, and I wanted to go to a place where they could come and watch me play ... a place that would allow me to be close to home."

After completing a successful high school career at Wayne Country Day, the combo-guard weighed all of his collegiate options. Eventually he found a home within coach Walter Shaw's highly-successful program at Brunswick.

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Iverson's ability opens door for playing at Stillman College

TUSCALOOSA Sitting through team meetings and overhearing countless recruiting calls, Iverson Williams couldn’t escape football, no matter how much his father, Ivey, tried to deter him.

Iverson Williams, a junior wide receiver at Stillman College, learned the subtleties of football shadowing his dad, a football coach for 33 years.

Now an assistant head coach at Northwest Oklahoma State University, Ivey Williams is known to Alabama Crimson Tide fans as the running backs coach for Gene Stallings and Mike DuBose from 1994-2000. He coached the same position for the Detroit Lions in the late ’80s.

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Sixth Annual ASU Golden Rams Golf Outing

ALBANY - The college football season will be here before you know it, and regarding Albany State University, Coach Mike White is hoping to contend for an SIAC Championship. But Saturday afternoon, instead of barking out play calls, he hosted the sixth Annual Golden Rams Golf Outing.

The event is put on to help raise money for the ASU football program. Even though temperatures were high, many still showed, which White appreciated. "It is extremely important to our program. Our sponsors have been great to us. A lot of guys have come to play this year and we're really pleased. And again, we look forward to this each year."

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