by Donal Ware boxtorow.com The MEAC is officially in trouble. Those are the words I said on last week’s FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW. I prefaced it by saying if the MEAC loses another school. The MEAC has lost another school. Bethune-Cookman announced late Thursday that it will join the SWAC beginning in
Listen to the podcast. BOXTOROW, a subsidiary of DWCommunications, LLC, is bringing back its HBCU Football Daily Podcast for the fourth year beginning Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Hosted by FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW host Donal Ware, the podcast previews in-depth all 52 HBCU football programs in a daily (Monday – Friday) podcast,
BOXTOROW is announcing the All-Americans of the 2020 Division I women’s basketball season. Norfolk State guard Chanette Hicks was named BOXTOROW National Player of the Year. Hicks led the MEAC and was 12th in Division I in scoring (20.0), and was second in Division I in steals (4.9). She also led the conference in assists
Despite the season not being fully completed due to COVID-19, the 2019-20 season was still memorable and exciting. With that, BOXTOROW releases its 12th annual Division I men’s college basketball All-America teams. Hampton guard Jermaine Marrow has been named BOXTOROW Division I National Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Marrow,
Hampton Guard Jermaine Marrow 6-0, Senior, Newport News. Va. Averaged 28 points, 6.5 assists, and 3.0 rebounds in two wins for the Pirates over Gardner-Webb and Winthrop last week. He scored 33 points, handed out seven assists and had two steals in the victory over Gardner-Webb. Marrow is the reigning BOXTOROW Division I Player of
Hampton Guard Laren Vanarsdale 5-3, Sophomore, Powder Springs, Ga. Averaged 22.5 points, 4.0 assists, 2.0 steals and shot 62.5 percent from the field in two victories for the Lady Pirates last week. She scored 31 points, registered 6 assists, two steals, and made 11-of-14 field goals (.786) in the win at Longwood. Vanarsdale is fifth
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com This is the 14th year of BOXTOROW’s Top 10 HBCU FCS Recruiting Class Rankings. Recruiting at HBCUs has really stepped up, to the point that HBCUs are regularly landing recruits that would go to small to mid-sized FBS programs. While Morgan State didn’t make this list, second-year head coach Tyrone Wheatley
For 14 years, BOXTOROW has ranked the top 10 HBCU FCS recruiting classes. I will reveal the classes this weekend on the nationally syndicated radio program FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW. The two best HBCU FCS classes were Tennessee State and Florida A&M. I will give you a sneak peek by reviewing these
Hampton Forward Ben Stanley 6-6, Redshirt-Sophomore, Baltimore, Md. Averaged 30 points, five rebounds, and shot 61 percent from the field in two games for the Pirates last week. In the 88-86 victory over Asheville (1/18) had a game high 33 points on 14-of-22 shooting along with three blocks and five rebounds. Stanley went from redshirting
Donal gives his grades to the teams from SWAC, MEAC, and to Hampton, and Tennessee State. Click to download or listen to the podcast.