MONTGOMERY, Ala.(CAC) – Senior running back George Myers Jr. of Benedict College was named the 2016 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Football Player of the Year (MVP) as voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. Myers, a 5-6 senior from Hephzibah, Ga., led the conference this season in all-purpose yards (1,476) averaging 147.6 yards per game….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Benedict) – Benedict College Director of Athletics Willie Washington will be inducted into the Allen University Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday night. Washington arrived on the campus of Allen University in 1976 as the head men’s basketball coach and Athletic Director. Under his leadership, the Yellow Jackets expanded their athletic program to include five competitive sports: men’s…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Benedict College Tigers scored 19 fourth-quarter points to rally past Kentucky State University and knock off the Thorobreds 39-35 on Saturday in Alumni Stadium in an SIAC matchup. The win improves the Tigers to 5-5 on the season and 4-3 in the SIAC. Kentucky State, the SIAC Western Division champions, falls to 4-6 overall and 4-3…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Benedict won’t be playing Kentucky State for the SIAC Championship, but the Tigers travel to Kentucky to play in what could be called the SIAC Turnaround Bowl. Saturday’sgame will feature the two schools who have had the biggest improvement from a year ago. Benedict, which went winless in 2015, comes into Saturday’s final SIAC game of the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Benedict College women’s basketball team starts the season ranked 15th in the country, in the preseason poll released by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The Lady Tigers finished 29-3 last season, winning the SIAC championship and advancing to the championship game of the NCAA DII South Region. Benedict finished 10th in the final Division II national…
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Albany State Golden Rams jumped out to a 27-0 halftime lead and went on to take a 34-7 victory over the Benedict College Tigers on Saturday at Lucy Laney Memorial Stadium in the annual Augusta City Classic. Albany State quarterback Caleb Edmonds threw for one touchdown and ran for two more and was named the Albany…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Benedict) – The Benedict College Tigers are one game away from completing an amazing worst to first turnaround. Benedict will take on Albany State on Saturday in Augusta, Ga., in the annual Augusta City Classic at 2 p.m. at Lucy Laney High School. The winner will claim the SIAC East Division title and advance to the SIAC Championship…
ATLANTA – George Myers Jr. (Benedict) was selected as the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Offensive Player of the Week and Rodriquez Jones (Kentucky State) was named the Defensive Player of the Week, announced Monday by the league office. Rickym Holmes (Benedict) was chosen as the Special Teams Player of the Week and Whitney Richardson (Lane) earned the Newcomer of…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – For the Benedict College Tigers, there’s no place like home. After three straight losses on the road, the Tigers beat Morehouse College 13-10 for a Homecoming win when Rickym Holmes blocked a 26-yard field goal attempt by Morehouse with 38 seconds left in the game to preserve the victory. “What an exciting win, what an exciting way…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Benedict) – The Benedict College Tigers will look to snap a three-game losing streak, and the timing is perfect. It’s Homecoming. The Tigers return home after three weeks on the road. For the last two weeks, Benedict has experienced the gala and excitement of Homecoming at Lane and Clark Atlanta, and the Tigers have experienced firsthand the emotional…
