PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – The Benedict College men’s golf team stands in eighth place after the first round of the 30th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship presented by CastleOak Securities, which is being played at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie. The Tigers shot a first-round score of 336 on Friday and trail SIAC rival Morehouse College by…
IRVING, Texas (BC SID) — The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced today the members of the 2016 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college career. A total of 868 players from 275 schools qualified…
ATLANTA (BC SID) — Benedict College senior pitcher Yaniel Delgado was named the SIAC Relief Pitcher of the Year for the second year in a row, and was one of four Tigers named to the 2016 SIAC All-Conference Team. Alex Jones (Spring Hill) was named the 2016 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Baseball Player of the Year and Kelvin Wimbish…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Benedict) — The Benedict Tigers rallied from a 7-0 deficit to defeat Miles College 12-9 in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday to close out the regular season. Miles used a pair of home runs in the second game to take a 14-7 victory. Benedict moved to 27-14 overall and 8-9 in the SIAC. Miles is…
TUCKER, Ga. (BC SID) — Benedict’s Rajai Cousley shot a third-round 77 and won a one-hole playoff to capture the tournament’s Most Valuable Player award and helped lead the Tigers to a second-place finish in the 2016 SIAC Men’s Golf Championship at Heritage Golf Links. Miles won the tournament with a three-day total of 322-326-314-962. Benedict shot the best team…
GREENVILLE, S.C. (BC SID) — Shomarii Thomas hit a monster two-run homer over the left field wall and added an RBI single to help lead the Benedict College Tigers to a 9-6 victory over Claflin in the Jackie Robinson HBCU Classic at Fluor Field on Friday night. Benedict improved to 23-11 overall, while Claflin dropped to 17-24. This was a…
GREENVILLE, S.C. (BC SID) — On Friday, the Greenville Drive and Michelin will team up to honor the storied legacy of Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball’s color barrier, and to celebrate the importance and value of diversity, by hosting the HBCU Classic at Fluor Field. Two of South Carolina’s historically black colleges and universities will take part in the contest, as…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (BC SID) — The Benedict College football team will wrap up its spring workouts with the annual Purple-Gold Spring Gameon Saturday at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium. The football team will begin with some drills at 2 p.m., with the spring game scheduled to start at 3 p.m. The format will be four 12-play quarters with a five-minute break…
