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ALBANY STATE TOPS FINAL BCSP TOP TEN;

FINAL STATS; HENRY FRAZIER LEAVES PV

DOUSED: Texas Southern

head coach Johnnie Cole

gets obligatory Gatorade

bath after Tigers' historic win

in SWAC title game.

A WRAP

ON 2010

SEASON

Albany State finishes as 2010's bestLUT WILLIAMS

BCSP Editor

In the 17 years of the BLACK

COLLEGE SPORTS PAGEAlbany State

has been selected as the final No. 1

football team just once.

That was in 2004 when head

coach James "Mike" White led

the Golden Rams to an undefeated

regular season (10-0), the SouthernIntercollegiate Athletic Confer-

ence championship, a No. 2 ranking

nationally in NCAA Div. II football,

a win in the first round of the Div.

II playoffs before bowing out in a

heartbreaking loss to Valdosta State

in the national quarterfinals.

In 2010, it was pretty much deja

vu all over again!

White's Rams (11-1) again

posted an undefeated (10-0) regular

season, took home the SIAC title and

this time reached No. 6 in the national

NCAA Div. II rankings while earning

the top spot in the newly configured

Super Region II.

After receiving a first round bye

to the playoffs, they went on to get

a second round win at home overWingate (30-28) before bowing to

Delta State (28-7) in the national

quarterfinals. The undefeated regular

season and playoff win helped Albany

State narrowly edge Bethune-Cook-

man for the top spot in the final BCSP

Top Ten of 2010.

Most, including this writer,

thought the transition from veteran

head coachAlvin Wyatt to new coach

Brian Jenkins at Bethune-Cookman

would take some time. Mid Eastern

Athletic Conferencecoaches picked

the Wildcats to finish eighth in the

nine-team league while this writer

rated them even worse.

Jenkins and his 'Cats (10-2)

proved everyone wrong, running

off ten straight wins in dominating

fashion, including ending two-time

defending MEAC champ South

Carolina State's two-and-a-half

year conference win streak. Only

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BCSP NotesFrazier steps down at Prairie View,

Northern takes overPrairie View A&MDirector of AthleticsFred Washingtonannounced

that defensive coordinator Heishma Northern, who was named head coach

in-waiting this past October, will become the 31st head coach in univer-

sity history effective immediately. Northern willreplace Henry Frazier III, who stepped down as

head football coach this afternoon to pursue other

opportunities.

Frazier leaves Prairie View as the second-most

successful head coach in school history with amark of 43-30 during his seven-year span. Dur-ing his tenure, Frazier captured the school's first

Southwestern Athletic Conferencechampionship

since 1964 in 2009 and has guided the Panthers to

four consecutive winning seasons. Named the 2009

Eddie Robinson Award winner as the top coach on the Football Champion-

ship Subdivision level, Frazier leaves behind a program that has become aconsistent contender in the SWAC and on the FCS ranks.

A 14-year veteran on the collegiate level, Northern has moved the

Prairie View A&M defense to new heights during his six-year tenure as the

team's defensive coordinator. As a result of the unit's success, Northern was

named the 2008 Division I-AA Coordinator of the Year by FootballScoop.com and has participated in the NCAA Champions Forum and NCAA

Expert Coaches Academy. He has also completed an NFL training camp

internship with the Oakland Raiders.

A native of Baton Rouge, Northern is a 1996 graduate ofSouthern

University with a degree in mathematics. He began his coaching career at

Glen Oaks (La.) High School before moving on to the collegiate level at

Morehouseunder former NFL standout Doug Williams. Northern moved

on to Grambling State with Williams and spent seven seasons there as the

team's defensive coordinator, defensive backs coach, running backs coach

and special teams coordinator. Northern has collected a total of five SWAC

Championships with one coming as a player in 1993 and four as a coach(2000-2003, 2009).

"I'm happy for the opportunity to become head coach at Prairie View

A&M University," said Northern. "Being a head coach on the collegiate

level was one of the goals I've set since entering the coaching profession

and I plan to go above and beyond while carrying out my goal. I also want

hold down the third spot in our final

ranking.

A year after crosstown rival

Prairie View A&M won its first

Southwestern Athletic Confer-

ence title in 45 years, Johnnie

Cole's Tigers of Texas Southern

(9-3) almost duplicated the feat,

winning its first SWAC title since

1968 (42 years). The Tigers started1-3 but finished with eight straight

wins including a critical 34-28

West Division overtime win over

Grambling State late in the season

and a 11-6 win over East Division

champAlabama State in Saturday's

SWAC Championship Game (see

story below). The Tigers are fourth

in our final ranking.

Joe Taylor's Rattlers of

Florida A&M (8-3), whose season-

ending win over Bethune-Cookman

knocked the Wildcats from the

unbeaten ranks and earned FAMU a

share of the MEAC title, are fifth.

Rod Broadway's Grambling

State Tigers (9-2), who finished

a season-ending loss to Florida

A&M kept B-CU from a perfect

regular season.

Still, its sterling play earned

B-CU the MEAC's automatic bid to

the FCS playoffs where they faced

New Hampshire without starting

quarterback Matthew Johnson,

the MEAC's offensive player of

the year. The Wildcats fought hardbefore succumbing to the UNH

Wildcats 45-20.

They hold down the second

spot in our final ranking.

South Carolina State (9-3)

made a strong run at its third straight

MEAC title but was felled by the

Bethune-Cookman buzzsaw. Other

than a loss on the road at ACC-mem-

ber Georgia Tech, the loss to B-CU

was the only blemish on South

Carolina State's MEAC ledger

and earned the Bulldogs and head

coach Buddy Pough their third

straight trip to the FCS playoffs. The

Bulldogs fell to Georgia Southern,

41-16 in a first round game. They

AVERYHARDT

to thank Coach Frazier for allowing me to work alongside him for six years

as he was more than just a head coach. He was very good administratorwho taught me more than Xs and Os as he believed in letting his coaches

do the jobs they were assigned to do."

Northern, who also holds a masters in Sports Administration from

Grambling State, is the oldest of three siblings and is married to the former

Paula Duell of Baton Rouge, La. Together, they have one son, Adam (3).

Averyhardt to play on LPGA Tour Former Jackson State women's golfer Shasta Averyhardt has earned

partial exemption on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour

after a strong finish at the Final Qualifying Tournament in Daytona Beach,

Fla.

Averyhardt shot a 4-over-par 364 to finish in a tie for 22nd at the five-round Qualifying Tournament. After shooting an excellent 67 in Saturday's

fourth round that left her tied for eighth, she shot a

79 in difficult conditions in Sunday's final round,

her worst score of the week. She shot rounds of

70-71-77-67-79.

Had she shot 77 Sunday, she would have fin-ished inside the top 20 and would have received full

exemption on the tour. With a partial exemption,

Averyhardt should play in at least one quarter of

the 25 or so tournaments on the LPGA Tour.

Averyhardt, 24, is a 6-1 Flint, Michigan native

who won nine collegiate tournaments and four

SWAC titles while playing for head coach Eddie Payton and the JSU

golf program. She p layed on the Duramed Futures Tour last season. Before

turning professional, she finished with a degree in accounting from JacksonState in 2008.

She is the first black member on the LPGA Tour since LaRee Suggs in2001 and just the fourth black player in the 60-year history of the LPGA.

Prize money for LPGA tournaments range from $1 million to $3 mil-

lion, with tournament winners getting about $200,000 on average.

Averyhardt's feat comes a week after former Stanford golfer Joseph

Bramlett became just the second African-American male with Tiger Woods

on the PGA Tour and the first in 25 years to earn his card thru Q-School.

F I N A L 2 0 1 0 B C S P T O P T E N

1.ALBANY STATE (11-1) - The Golden Rams, under head coach

James "Mike" White, rode nation's No. 1-ranked defense and prolific

offense to undefeated regular season (10-0) grabbing the SIAC title

and No. 1 seed in the NCAA Div. II Super Region II. After first round

bye, won second round Div. II playoff game over Wingate (30-28)

before bowing out in quarterfinal round to Delta State (28-7).

2.BETHUNE-COOKMAN (10-2) - Upstart Wildcats were picked

to finish near the bottom of MEAC race but ran off ten straight

wins under new coach Brian Jenkins before bowing in regular

season-finale to Florida A&M and finishing in three-way tie for conference title. Won

tie-breaking procedure to earn conference's automatic bid to FCS playoffs. After first

round bye, fell to New Hampshire (45-20) in second round playoff game.

3.SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (9-3) - Two-time defending MEAC champs had Bet-

hune-Cookman end 21-game conference win streak but went on to tie with B-CU and

Florida A&M for MEAC title. Received at-large bid to FCS playoffs and fell at Georgia

State (41-16) in first round game. Other loss was to Georgia Tech, 41-10.

4. TEXAS SOUTHERN (9-3) - Pulled off overtime win vs. Grambling to take SWAC

West Division title and then beat East Div. champ Alabama State for SWAC title.

Suffered losses to Prairie View, Tuskegee and Big East champ UConn early before

finishing the season on 8-game win streak.

RECEPTIONS CL G REC YDS TD YPC YDS/G REC/G

WEBBER, Raym. - APB SR 11 101 1429 10 14.1 129.9 9.2

KING, Jermain - WVSU SR 10 69 944 7 13.7 94.4 6.9

HOLLAND, Robt. - CHO SO 10 65 804 7 12.4 80.4 6.5

STEPHENS, Sh. - PV SR 11 63 859 9 13.6 78.1 5.7

FRANKLIN,Jer. - JCS SR 10 55 823 5 15.0 82.3 5.5

WILSON, J. - DSU SO 11 59 937 11 16.0 85.2 5.4

WILDER, Marcell - JSU JR 11 57 726 8 12.7 66.0 5.2

JEAN-PIERRE, J. - VUU JR 9 47 963 6 20.5 107.0 5.2

WILLIAMS, R. - CNST 7 34 393 1 11.6 56.1 4.8ANDERSON, Jos. - TSU JR 12 56 818 2 14.6 68.2 4.7

HAIRSTON, Vic - NSU JR 11 52 580 2 11.2 52.7 4.7

DAVIS, Tony - FVS JR 11 50 611 2 12.2 55.5 4.5

TOTAL OFFENSE CL G RUSH PASS PLAYS YDS AVG/G

THERRIAULT, C. - JSU JR 11 164 3436 538 3600 327.3

BOUDREAUX, J. - APB SR 11 276 2750 459 3026 275.1

CARTER,Ryan - JCSU SR 10 434 2129 449 2563 256.3

JOHNSON, Matt - B-CU SR 11 700 2053 367 2753 250.3

BRIDGE, Brandon - ALC FR 11 601 2086 411 2687 244.3BLACK, K. J. - PVAM SR 9 -143 2154 338 2011 223.4

JENNINGS, Stan - ALB JR 12 142 2392 359 2534 211.2

NELSON, Arvell - TSU SR 11 529 1772 368 2301 209.2

PHILLIPS, Ricky - WVS 10 310 1758 346 2068 206.8

ATKINS,Kevin - SHAW SR 11 317 1925 341 2242 203.8

GLAUD, Anthony - DSU SR 11 67 2175 389 2242 203.8

BENJAMIN, R. - FSU JR 10 418 1558 330 1976 197.6

SMITH, Kameron - WSS SO 10 396 1522 278 1918 191.8

HILL, Carlton - MILES SR 10 238 1678 416 1916 191.6

PUNT RETURNS CL G RET YDS TD LNG AVG

JOHNSON, Alb. - SHA SR 9 12 199 0 76 16.6

BARBER, Demar. - FVS SO 11 25 393 0 66 15.7

GOODMAN, T. - CHO SO 10 24 359 1 66 15.0

CHRISTIE, Rich - SCS SR 8 16 233 1 54 14.6

THOMPSON, K. - GSU SR 11 23 329 0 48 14.3

FITZGERALD, D - WSS JR 10 23 282 1 52 12.3

PONDER, Orion - ALB SO 9 20 221 0 37 11.1

L'HOUSE, T. - SAC SO 11 19 203 0 51 10.7

OSBORNE, W. - TXS SR 12 31 304 0 63 9.8

LAWRENCE, A. - FAMU SO 11 28 258 0 47 9.2

BUDD, CLIFTON - BSU JR 10 12 108 0 27 9.0

KICKOFF RETURNS CL G RET YDS TD LNG AVG

L'HOUSE,T. - SAC SO 11 15 442 0 47 29.5

FERRELL, J. - NCAT JR 11 26 694 3 90 26.7

WIGGINS, Billy - ECS JR 9 15 396 1 75 26.4

MEDLIN, R. - FSU SR 10 20 520 0 47 26.0

MOORE, Jamel - LIV JR 11 14 350 0 82 25.0

H'TOWER, Ch. - STIL SR 11 32 800 0 67 25.0

PROCTOR, J. - BSU JR 10 20 486 1 89 24.3

MARDIS, Jeremy - MIL SO 9 23 558 0 59 24.3

ANDERSON, D. - CAU FR 10 25 585 0 58 23.4

JOHNSON, L. - WVSU 10 41 952 0 45 23.2

HENDRIX, T. - MSU FR 11 30 693 1 93 23.1

GOODMAN, T. - CHO SO 10 31 711 1 85 22.9

KEITH, C. - B-CU SO 11 26 573 0 61 22.0

SCORING CL G TDS FGS PAT PTS AVG/G

ANDERSON, J. - CNST JR 7 14 0 0 84 12.0

BARTON, Nyk. - TUS SR 11 19 0 4 118 10.7

WARREN, Frank - GSU SR 11 19 0 0 114 10.4

SANDERS, Walt. - SAC SR 10 15 0 0 90 9.0

COOPER, Nich. - WSS JR 10 15 0 0 90 9.0

ERICKSON, Bl. - SCS JR 12 0 18 39 93 7.8

REID, Tony - FVSU JR 11 14 0 0 84 7.6

THOMPSON, W - CAU SR 9 11 0 0 66 7.3

McNEILL, Dar. - ECS SO 9 11 0 0 66 7.3

BRANCHE, D. - NSU SR 11 13 0 0 78 7.1

RUSHING YARDS CL G CAR YDS AVG TDS AVG/G

WARREN,Frank - GSU SR 11 232 1537 6.6 18 139.7

SANDERS, Walter - SAC SR 10 277 1377 5.0 15 137.7

McNEIL, Daronte - ECSU SO 10 238 1321 5.6 10 132.1

CARTER, David - MHC SO 11 262 1347 5.1 10 122.5

BRANCHE, DeAng. - NSU SR 11 272 1330 4. 9 13 120.9

COOPER, Nicholas - WSSU JR 10 184 1134 6.2 15 113.4

ANDERSON, Josh - CNST 7 156 718 4.6 12 102.6

WRIGHT, Marcus - TXS JR 12 261 1212 4.6 8 101.0

MAYHEW, MIKE - NCAT JR 11 221 1082 4.9 7 98.4WILLIAMS,R. - SHAW SR 11 219 1081 4.9 9 98.3

SYLVESTER, Phil - FAMU SR 10 170 968 5.7 10 96.8

THOMPSON, W. - CAU SR 9 211 808 3.8 10 89.8

PASSING YARDS CL G COM - ATT - INT PCT YDS TDS AVG/G

THERRIAULT, C - JSU JR 11 255-437-8 58.4 3436 31 312.4

BOUDREAUX, J. - APB SR 11 217-371-13 58.5 2750 21 250.0

BLACK, K.J. - PVAM SR 9 168-285-5 58.9 2154 13 239.3

CARTER, Ryan - JCSU SR 10 164-320-13 51.2 2129 12 212.9

JENNINGS, Stan - ALB JR 12 139-253-11 54.9 2392 26 199.3

GLAUD, Anthony - DSU SR 11 170-296-9 57.4 2175 15 197.7

BRIDGE, Brandon - ALC FR 11 150-291-13 51.5 2086 19 189.6

JOHNSON, Matt - B-CU SR 11 151-231-5 65.4 1053 14 186.6

POWELL,Creven - ECS JR 9 124-219-5 56.6 1662 10 184.7

PHILLIPS, Ricky - WVS 10 162-265-11 61.1 1758 18 175.8

ATKINS, Kevin - SHAW SR 11 134-256-8 52.3 1925 19 175.0

FINAL 2010 FOOTBALL

INDIVIDUAL STATS

NORTHERN

RECEIVING YARDS CL G REC YDS TD YPC YDS/G

WEBBER. Raym. - APB SR 11 101 1429 10 14/1 129.9

JEAN-PIERRE, J. - VUU JR 9 47 963 6 20.5 107.0

KING, Jermaine - WVS SR 10 69 944 7 13.7 94.4

WILSON, J. - DSU SO 11 59 937 11 15.9 85.2

CHILDS, Ronnie - ALB SR 12 45 1005 12 22.3 83.8

FRANKLIN,Jerem - JCS SR 10 55 823 5 12.4 82.3

HOLLAND, Robt. - CHO SO 10 65 804 7 12.4 80.4

STEPHENS, S. - PVAM SR 11 63 859 9 13.6 78.1

THOMPSON, K. - GSU SR 11 34 761 3 22.4 69.2

ANDERSON, Jos. - TSU JR 12 56 818 2 14.6 68.2

BRANTLEY, T. - WSSU FR 9 38 608 5 16.0 67.6

MAYES, Anthony - JSU SR 11 42 727 6 17.3 66.1

WILDER, Marcell - JSU JR 11 57 726 8 12.7 66.0

MANLEY, Dexter - ECS SR 10 34 650 7 19.1 65.0

ALL PURPOSE CL G Rush Rec PR KR YDS YDS/G

WARREN, Frank - GSU SR 11 1537 158 0 33 1728 157.1

JOHNSON, Land.- WVS 10 15 541 47 952 1555 155.5

MEDLIN, Rich - FSU SR 10 779 160 23 520 1482 148.2

SANDERS, Walt - SAC SR 10 1377 84 0 0 1461 146.1

McNEILL, Dar. - ECS SO 10 1321 133 0 0 1454 145.4

WILLIAMS, R. - Shaw SR 11 1081 92 13 297 1483 134.8

GREEN, Tony - AA&M SR 9 734 162 103 191 1190 132.2

THOMPSON, W. - CAU SR 9 808 339 0 24 1171 130.1

WEBBER, Raym. - APB SR 11 0 1429 0 0 1429 129.9

BRANCHE, DeA. - NSU SR 11 1330 56 0 0 1386 126.0

CARTER, David - MHC SO 11 1347 37 0 0 1384 125.8

FRANKLIN, J. - JCS SR 10 0 823 42 385 1250 125.0

COOPER, Nich. - WSS JR 10 1134 57 0 49 1240 124.0

5.FLORIDA A&M (9-3) - Joe Taylor's Rattlers knocked Bethune-Cookman from

undefeated ranks to tie for MEAC regular season title. Denied a FCS playoff berth.

Losses to SC State, Tenn. State and Miami.

6. GRAMBLING STATE (9-2) - Rod Broadway's G-Men lost out on chance for SWAC

West title to Texas Southern. Also lost to Louisiana Tech.

7. SHAW (9-3) - Darrell Asberry's Bears prevailed over St. Augustine's and Winston-

Salem State to take CIAA South Division crown and then knocked off N. Div. champ

Virginia State in CIAA Championship game. Lost in first round of DIv. II playoffs on

the road at Shepherd (40-6). Also had losses to Elon and Catawba.

8. SAINT AUGUSTINE'S (9-2) - Mike Costa's Falcons lost CIAA South to before earn-

ing Pioneer Bowl XII berth and win over Fort Valley State. Also lost to Mars Hill.

9. MOREHOUSE (8-3) - Maroon Tigers under Rich Freeman finished tied with Fort

Valley State and Tuskegee behind Albany State in the SIAC and in our final ranking.

Earned first-ever NCAA Div. II playoff berth, losing to Wingate in a shootout.

10. FORT VALLEY STATE (8-3) - Donald Pittman's Wildcats tied for second in SIAC

with Morehouse and Tuskegee. Fell to St. Aug's in Pioneer Bowl XII. Also lost to

Albany State and Morehouse.

(TIE) TUSKEGEE (9-2) - Wille Slater's Golden Tigers fell to Albany State and Fort

Valley State but had wins over SWAC title game participants Texas Southern and

Alabama State. Tied for second in SIAC.

WHITE

in a tie with Texas Southern for the

SWAC West crown but lost in the

head-to-head meeting, are sixth.

Darrell Asberry's CIAAcham-

pion Shaw (9-3) Bears, who beat

North division titleist Virginia State

in the league's title game, before los-

ing in the first round of the NCAA

Div. II playoffs, are seventh.

CIAA South runners-up and

Pioneer Bowl XII champ St. Au-

gustine's (9-2), under Mike Costa,

is eighth.

SIAC runners-up Morehouse

(8-3), Fort Valley State (8-3) and

Tuskegee (9-2) hold down the final

spots in the Top Ten. Morehouse,

under Rich Freeman, made its first-

ever trip to the Div. II playoffs.

Donald Pittmn's FVSU squad

lost to St. Aug's in the Pioneer Bowl.

Tuskegee, under Willie Slater, had

losses to Albany State and Fort Val-

ley State but big wins over SWAC

championship game participants

Texas Southern and Alabama State.

Texas Southern takes first SWAC title in 42 years

LARGE WIN: Riko Smalls (13)

replaced starter Arvell Nelson andled Texas Southern to its first SWAC

title in 42 years. Smalls was named

TSU's MVP for the game.

Texas Southern scored on its first possession of the game and tallied

all its points in the first half while the vaunted Tigers' defense made it stand

up as alum and third-year head coach Johnnie Cole's squad celebrated thefirst Southwestern Athletic Conference football title since 1968 with an

11-6 win over Alabama State Saturday at Birmingham's legendary Legion

Field in the 12th SWAC Championship game.

Sophomore back-up quarterback Riko Smalls (9-of-15, 86 yards, 13

rushes for 84 yards), who got his first start in place ofArvell Nelson whowas held out of the game for unspecified eligibility concerns, led the West

Division champion Tigers on an early 12-play, 86-yard drive culminating

in Martin Gilbert's one-yard plunge. The score gave the Tigers (9-3), who

won their final eight games, a lead that would never be surmounted.

The TSU defense led by SWAC Defensive Player of the Year, linebacker

Dejuan Fulghum, held Alabama State to 72 yards on 43 offensive playsand only surrendered a TD late in the fourth quarter following a punt return.

Fulghum had two sacks, 10 tackles and combined with Marquis Jacksonon a second quarter safety. Placekicker Robert Hersh added a 28-yard

second quarter field goal. Marcus Wright carried 37 times for 123 yards

to pace the TSU offense.

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