Sports Shorts postseason passing record. Davis was named the Gulf South Conference and South Region Offensive Football Player of the Year. He was awarded the Gulf South Conference Commissioner’s Trophy and was a national finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy, an award given to the top football player in Division II. Graduating with a perfect GPA, Davis was named a National Scholar Athlete by the National Football Foundation and received the organization’s postgraduate scholarship. Davis was a finalist for the Campbell Trophy, presented to the nation’s top football scholar-athlete. A team captain and member of the Football Player Council, Davis was a leader in the Cleveland Mentor Program and the Pearman Reading Project. Davis also volunteered for Habitat for Humanity and the American Cancer Society.
Lady Statesmen Claim NSISC Championship, Statesmen take Second The Delta State University Lady Statesmen Swimming and Diving team claimed the 2013 NSISC Championship, their first conference title since 2001. The Lady Statesmen held off a late charge from Henderson State to win the title with 942 points. Heidi Nichols and Dan’l Murray picked up awards on the women’s side. Nichols was named the 2013 NSISC Women’s High Point Award winner, and Murray was named NSISC Women’s Coach of the Year. The Statesmen finished up as NSISC Championship runner-ups, falling to Missouri S&T 899.5 to 858. The Statesmen also picked up awards in the event. KarlRichard Hennebach was named 2013 NSISC Men’s High Point Award winner. The Lady Statesmen’s victory came after leading the NSISC Championships from wire-to-wire, leading after all four days of the event. The conference championship is the first for Delta State since the Statesmen won the New South Intercollegiate Swim League championship in 2002. The Lady Statesmen won the championship in 2001. 12 • Delta State Magazine • Summer 2013
Micah Davis receives NCAA Top 10 Award at Honors Celebration
The NCAA officially recognized its 2013 Top 10 Award recipients at its Honors Celebration at the annual convention. The NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award recognizes studentathletes who completed their athletics eligibility during the 2011-12 academic year for their success on the fields and courts, in the classroom, and in the community. Award recipients were recognized at the Honors Celebration during the NCAA Convention in Grapevine, Texas. The NCAA Honors Committee selects the honorees. The committee is composed of athletics administrators at member institutions and nationally distinguished citizens who are former student-athletes. Delta State University’s Micah Davis was among the recipients. Davis led Delta State to an NCAA Division II national runner-up finish in 2010 and a semifinal finish in 2011. A quarterback, Davis holds every Delta State
NCAA recognizes AIAW Basketball Pioneers: DSU’s Wade, Harris, and Brock to be honored
Pioneers who helped build women’s basketball through their accomplishments on and off the court were honored during halftime of the Women’s Final Four Championship game. Delta State University’s Margaret Wade, Lusia Harris-Stewart, and Debbie Brock were all honored during the celebration. Among the honorees are administrators who took the game to new heights under the auspices of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, which governed women’s collegiate sports before the NCAA began sponsoring championships in 1981-82. “This is the perfect time to celebrate the players, coaches, and administrators from the AIAW who helped establish the foundation for collegiate women’s basketball,” said Anucha Browne, NCAA vice president of women’s basketball championships. “Their achievements at that time were remarkable and opened the door to what we have today with the Women’s Final Four growing into the marquee women’s sporting event in America.”