Tuesday, June 5, 2007

2007 CIAA COMMISSIONER’S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM ANNOUNCED:

Livingstone’s Shantrice Chapel Named to the Second Team

Twenty student-athletes from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association have been named to the 10th annual CIAA Commissioner’s All-Academic Team.

“This is an extraordinary group of student-athletes that have pushed their strengths and abilities to new limits,” said CIAA Commissioner Leon G. Kerry. “They represent the CIAA and all that it stands for. This 10th All-Academic Team is dedicated to future student-athletes who will follow in their footsteps to one day become the leaders of tomorrow.”

The 2007 CIAA Commissioner’s All-Academic Team recognizes 20 student-athletes, 10 on the First Team and 10 on the Second Team, as voted on by the CIAA-Sports Information Directors’ Association. The average grade point average of the First Team is a 3.830, and the average for the Second Team is a 3.739 GPA (on a 4.0 scale).

The 2007 CIAA Commissioner’s All-Academic Second Team includes Janine Canlas of Bowie State; Contessa Sanchez, Derek Scott and Deana Wooten of Fayetteville State; Brittany Sumpter of Johnson C. Smith; Shantrice Chapel of Livingstone; Rebecca Hubbard and Lakischa Fontenot of Saint Augustine’s; Marquita Pittman of Shaw; and Jermaine LaFate of Virginia State.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed one full academic year at a CIAA institution, earned a minimum 3.20 overall grade point average, and played as a starter or important reserve in a CIAA sanctioned sport.

2007 CIAA Commissioner’s All-Academic Team

FIRST TEAM

Name Sport School Year Hometown GPA Major

Mercedes Bell Tennis VSU Junior Hanover, VA 3.841 Biology

Valicia Brown $& Basketball SAC Senior Riverdale, MD 3.833 Communications

Christina Hager Volleyball/Basketball ECSU Junior Angier, NC 3.859 Accounting

Issreal Jaimes @ Cross Country, Track SAC Senior Wilson, NC 3.875 Accounting

Monique Lawson $% Tennis SU Senior Montego Bay, Jam. 3.95 Sociology

Chanel Raynor Track and Field NCCU Soph. Newport, NC 3.93 Psychology

Desirae Riddick Volleyball JCSU Senior Misawa, Japan 3.77 Business Administration

Daniel Sabogal $# Tennis SU Junior Cali, Columbia 3.89 Business Administration

Latoya Tate Volleyball NCCU Senior Toronto, Canada 3.72 Exercise and Sports Science

Michaela Vanakova Volleyball/Tennis VUU Senior Olomouc, Czech Rep. 3.63 Marketing

SECOND TEAM

Janine Canlas Bowling BSU Senior Bowie, MD 3.61 Biology

Shantrice Chapel Tennis LC Senior Parkton, NC 3.7 Chemistry

Lakischa Fontenot Track and Field SAC Senior Sacramento, CA 3.7 Sociology

Rebecca Hubbard $ Basketball SAC Junior Berlin, Germany 4.00 Psychology

Jermaine LaFate @& Football VSU Senior Wilmington, DE 3.875 Mass Communication

Marquita Pittman @ Softball SU Junior Ford Heights, IL 3.89 Political Science

Contessa Sanchez Tennis FSU Soph. Fayetteville, NC 3.76 Banking and Finance

Derek Scott Golf FSU Soph. Hope Mills, NC 3.60 Undeclared

Brittany Sumpter @ Basketball JCSU Senior Orangeburg, SC 3.52 Communication Arts

Deana Wooten Basketball FSU Junior Fayetteville, NC 3.73 Mathematics

HONORABLE MENTION

Hazeal Andrew, FSU; Jennifer Lee, JCSU; Charles Monroe, VSU.

$ = 2006 First Team

@ = 2006 Second Team

# = 2005 First Team

% = 2005 Second Team

& = 2005 Honorable Mention

CIAA School Reference:

BSU = Bowie State University

ECSU = Elizabeth City State University

FSU = Fayetteville State University

JCSU = Johnson C. Smith University

LC = Livingstone College

NCCU = North Carolina Central University

SAC = Saint Augustine’s College

SPC = Saint Paul’s College

SU = Shaw University

VSU = Virginia State University

VUU = Virginia Union University