Howard Athletics Caps Off Record-Breaking Season with All-Sports Awards
- Coach Rob
- Jun 15, 2023
- 2 min read
Howard University Department of Athletics continues its season in review with part two, featuring winter sports: men's and women's basketball; men's and women's indoor track & field; men's and women's swimming & diving and women's bowling.
The following is the second of a three-part recap of all the sports in Howard Athletics and the success on the courts, pool and field as well as in the classroom:
Winter Sports
Men's Basketball
Won the 2022-23 MEAC Regular Season title, first outright championship since the 1986-87 season
Won the 2023 MEAC Tournament, earning a berth to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1993
2022-23 MEAC Postseason Honors (four Bison):
Shy Odom (Roxbury, Mass.)
2022-23 MEAC Rookie of the Year
2022-23 MEAC Coach of the Year
2022-23 BOXTOROW HBCU Coach of the Year
2022-23 ECAC Coach of the Year
2022-23 John McLendon Award
Team Social Justice Project Centered Around Black Maternal Health Advocacy
Women's Basketball
Finished second in the regular season
Placed runner-up in the MEAC Tournament
2022-23 MEAC Postseason Honors (four Bison):
Destiny Howell (Queens, N.Y.)
2022-23 MEAC Player of the Year
2022-23 BOXTOROW Co-Player of the Year
2022-23 BOXTOROW All-America First Team
WBCA Thirty Under 30
Men's Indoor Track & Field
2023 MEAC Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Team (14 Bison)
Finished runner-up at the 2023 MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
Placed third overall at the 2023 IC4A Indoor Track & Field Championships
Women's Indoor Track & Field
Won the 2023 MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
Won the 2023 ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
2023 MEAC Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Team (15 Bison)
2023 USTFCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Women's Coach of the Year
Men's Swimming & Diving
Sports Illustrated Cover
2023 NEC Winter Team Sportsmanship Award
Miles Simon (Atlanta)
2023 NEC Outstanding Swimmer
Jordan Walker (San Antonio)
2023 NEC Outstanding Diver
2023 NEC Coaching Staff of the Year
2023 Drake HERO Award
Women's Swimming & Diving
Sports Illustrated Cover
2023 CSCAA Scholar All-America Team
2023 NEC Coaching Staff of the Year
2023 Drake HERO Award
Bowling
2022-23 MEAC Postseason Honors (one Bison):
Cameren Sullivan (Chicago)
2022-23 All-MEAC Third Team
During the past two years, the Howard University Athletics program has been setting precedents and making history. This year alone, the program won championships in six different sports: men's golf; football; men's basketball; men's swimming and diving; women's track and field and women's cross country.
The growth and success have been rewarded with a significant first since 1988: The men's and women's programs winning the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) All-Sports awards in the same season. The honor is based on a point system for success in the conference during the course of the season.
The men's team captured the Talmadge Hill All Sports awards for the first time since 1988 and only the fourth time since 1972. The women, who won the Mary McLeod Bethune All Sports Awards last year, won it again and the fifth time since 1987.
The final installment of the three-part series features spring sports (men's and women's outdoor track & field, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's golf, softball, women's lacrosse).
Derek W. Bryant, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations & Sports Information, Chevonne Mansfield, Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director, and Badi Cross, Journalism major, class of 2024, contributed to this story.
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.
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