5.17.2013 | Baseball
NORFOLK, VA. – The opportunities were there for the taking for North Carolina Central University as the Eagles were eliminated by the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats by the score of 7-3 after leaving 12 men stranded on Friday night in the semifinals of the 2013 MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic ...
5.17.2013 | Cheerleading
Calling all former NCC(U) Cheerleaders to sign up to become members of the newly formed NCC(U) Alumni Cheerleaders Association.
5.17.2013 | Baseball
NORFOLK, VA. – North Carolina Central University kept its MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) Baseball Championship hopes alive by scoring at least one run in seven of the nine innings to eliminate the Spartans of Norfolk State University 12-6 on Friday afternoon at Marty Miller Field ...
5.17.2013 | Women's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. – The North Carolina Central University 2013 graduate and former women’s tennis student-athlete, Olesya Palko, was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Women’s At-Large Team announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on ...
5.16.2013 | Baseball
NORFOLK, VA. – North Carolina Central University’s 10-4 victory over UMES and Norfolk State’s 21-11 loss to the South’s No. 1 seed Savannah State University has setup a rematch for Friday morning, May 17 at 10:00 in the loser’s bracket of the 2013 MEAC (Mid-Eastern ...
Did You Know...
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.
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Eagles in the Super Bowl
Two Eagles have represented NCCU on the National Football League’s grandest stage – the Super Bowl.
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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.
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The Beginning of Volleyball at NCCU
The sport of women’s volleyball achieved intercollegiate status at North Carolina Central University in 1975.
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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.
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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.
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“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.
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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.
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Men's Tennis Boasts 10 Conference Titles
The NCCU men’s tennis program has won 10 conference championships.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NCCU Eagles in the NFL Draft
Forty NCCU football student-athletes have been selected in the National Football League Draft.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Student-Athlete of the Month - Sponsored by Nationwide Insurance
Women's Tennis
North Carolina Central University women’s tennis freshman Aissa Muamba has been named the Nationwide Insurance NCCU Student-Athlete of the Month for April 2013 in recognition of her outstanding accomplishments on the tennis court and in the classroom.
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