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7.27.17
Football

2017 NCCU Football Season Preview

7.26.17
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Rookie’s to Host Meet-and-Greet with New Women’s Basketball Head Coach

7.25.17
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NCCU Men’s Tennis Tabbed ITA All-Academic Team

7.21.17
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NCCU Alum Hopkins Signs Contract to Play Professional Baseball

7.20.17
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NCCU Alum Kovalcik Signs Professional Baseball Contract

7.19.17
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NCCU Student-Athlete of the Month: Lynsey Cover

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Lady Eagle Runners Dominate CIAA

From 1999-2006, NCCU captured seven of the eight CIAA (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) women’s cross country individual titles. Details

NCCU Eagles in the NFL Draft

Forty NCCU football student-athletes have been selected in the National Football League Draft. Details

CIAA's First WNBA Draft Pick

On April 19, 2002, NCCU center Amba Kongolo became the first women's basketball student-athlete in school and CIAA history to be drafted into the WNBA. Details

NCCU's First Volleyball All-American

Shari Matthews became NCCU’s first volleyball All-American when she was voted as the 2006 NCAA Division II National Player of the Year. Details

In the Beginning...

The first organized sports team at NCCU was baseball, fielding a squad in the first academic year of the institution in the spring of 1911. Details

“Thousand-Dollar Team” Wins First Title

Under the direction of first-year head coach John B. McLendon, the 1940-41 men’s basketball team won the first championship in NCCU athletic history. Details

Eagles in the Super Bowl

Two Eagles have represented NCCU on the National Football League’s grandest stage – the Super Bowl. Details

Historical Comeback

On Sept. 1, 2002, the NCCU football team rallied from a 27-point deficit to defeat rival North Carolina A&T 33-30 in overtime. Details

Fulmore Collects 41 Points, 32 Rebounds

On Feb. 1, 1986, Von Fulmore amassed 41 points and 32 rebounds against UNC-Asheville to establish NCCU women’s basketball records in both categories. Details

Taller than "Too Tall"

The tallest player in NFL history was a NCCU Eagle. Standing 7-feet tall and weighing 300 pounds, Richard Sligh roamed the NCCU gridiron from 1962-64. Details

HBCU Gridiron Pioneer

John Brown, who represented NCCU on the gridiron in the 1940s, was one of the first to play professional football out of a historically black college or university. Details

Men's Tennis Boasts 10 Conference Titles

The NCCU men’s tennis program has won 10 conference championships. Details

NCAA Cross Country Trailblazers

On Nov. 4, 2006, NCCU became the first HBCU to advance to the NCAA Division II Women’s Cross Country National Championships. Details

Hall of Fame Boston Celtic Played at NCCU

Boston Celtic great Sam Jones, one of the greatest NBA players of all-time, is NCCU’s second-leading career scorer. Details

Let's Play Four

On March 22, 1941, during an end-of-season men’s basketball tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio, NCCU played four games in one day. Details

The Beginning of Volleyball at NCCU

The sport of women’s volleyball achieved intercollegiate status at North Carolina Central University in 1975. Details

The 'Secret Game'

On Sunday morning March 12, 1944, during a time of heated racial segregation, NCCU and Duke played the first racially integrated college-level basketball game in the South. Details

First CIAA Women’s Bowling Championship

When the CIAA instituted the sport of women’s bowling in the fall of 2001, NCCU rose to the occasion to win the first CIAA Women’s Bowling Championship. Details

From Worst to First

The 1983-84 NCCU women’s basketball team ended the regular-season in last place, but rallied to win the CIAA Tournament. Details

Student-Athlete of the Month

Lynsey Cover

Women's Tennis

North Carolina Central University women’s tennis senior Lynsey Cover has been named the NCCU Student-Athlete of the Month for June 2017 in recognition of her outstanding performance on the court and in the classroom.

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3/13/2017 - Durham Herald Sun

NCCU to face UC Davis in First Four

3/13/2017 - News & Observer

NC Central to face UC Davis in NCAA tournament play-in game

3/12/2017 - Durham Herald Sun

NCCU, firing on all cylinders, headed to MEAC championship game

3/12/2017 - Durham Herald Sun

FLYING HIGH! 19-0 2nd-half run lifts NCCU to MEAC title, NCAA bid

3/11/2017 - NBCSports.com

Introducing Cinderella: The NC Central Eagles are headed to the NCAA tournament

3/10/2017 - Durham Herald Sun

Eagles hard to defend, tough to beat