ATHLETICS
FSU Bowling Team Starts Season Off with Perfect 12-0 Record The Fayetteville State women’s bowling team kicked the 2017-18 season off with a bang. The Broncos finished the CIAA Event I with a perfect 12-0 record against Southern Division teams. Devondra Bazemore (Fayetteville, NC) won the Southern Division Highest Average award with a 198.8 score. Veronica Santiago (Hope Mills, NC) bowled the division’s highest game with a 248 against Livingstone on the second day of action.
Starling also had stellar performances during the second day of action. She had three 200+ matches with a 229 against JCSU, a 212 against LC, and a 207 against Shaw. Santiago also had a 231 against the SAU in addition to her event high.
Fayetteville State wrapped up the first day of play with wins over Livingstone (911-546), Saint Augustine’s (887-414), Shaw (929-615), and Johnson C. Smith (952-556). Savannah Starling(Fayetteville, NC) and Brittany Worthy (Durham, NC) had a total of two 200+ games. They both finished with a 222 score against JCSU, while Worthy rolled a 210 against LC and Starling a 200 versus Shaw.
Fayetteville State had a total of 14 matches where the ladies bowled a 200+ score. Three Broncos finished with averages close to 200. Bazemore led all with the 198.8. Starling finished with a close second with 198.25. Santiago had a 193.714.
Paige Brayboy
The Broncos had a 971-621 win over the Falcons, a 1059-501 win over the Blue Bears, an 843-564 win over the Bears, and an 850-680 win over the Golden Bulls.
Veronica Colon-Santiago
Lola Neal
Savannah Starling
Brittany Worthy
Fayetteville State University NCAA Report On November 14, 2017, Fayetteville State University received the NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions decision resulting from the University’s self-reporting, to the NCAA, allegations pertaining to its women’s basketball program and former women’s basketball coach. The Committee on Infractions found that the former head women’s basketball coach recruited 2 transfer student-athletes who were academically ineligible to compete, practice and receive financial aid. She was also found to have knowingly arranged impermissible tuition payments by a booster for both student-athletes and to have acted unethically when she provided false or misleading information to the University when questioned about these payments. The former intramurals director, who was the husband of the former women’s basketball coach, was found to have engaged in unethical conduct when he permitted a booster to pay University expenses incurred by the 2-ineligible student-athletes. The former intramurals director, who was the husband of the former women’s basketball coach, was
found to have engaged in unethical conduct when he permitted a booster to pay University expenses incurred by the 2-ineligible student-athletes. The University was found to have failed to monitor its women’s basketball program when it did not provide adequate rules education for boosters, and when it did not monitor aspects of the women’s basketball program. The Committee on Infractions imposed the following penalties: • Public reprimand and censure for the university. • Two years of probation from Nov. 14, 2017, through Nov. 13, 2019. • A $2,500 fine. • Disassociation of the booster during the probationary period. • A three-year show cause period for the former women’s basketball head coach, from Nov. 14,
2017, through Nov. 13, 2020. During that period, any NCAA member school employing her must show cause why she should not have restrictions on athletically related activity. •A two-year show cause period for the former director of intramural athletics from Nov. 14, 2017, through Nov. 13, 2019. During that period, any NCAA member school employing him must show cause why he should not have restrictions on athletically related activity. • A vacation of all records in which ineligible student-athletes competed. The NCAA released a Public Infractions Report on November 14, 2017. The report is available at http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/ news/fayetteville-state-failed-monitor-its-athleticsprogram The University accepts the findings and the penalties issued by the NCAA and plans to move forward and work to provide an atmosphere of compliance with 17 all NCAA regulations and bylaws.