Lady Rams basketball coach Dee Stokes was released Feb. 9 despite in November calling the 2009-2010 season her last at Winston-Salem State to focus on other endeavors. Stokes, who coached her final game Feb. 8, a 67-26 loss against MEAC rival Hampton, has been involved with coaching for 16 years […]
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WSSU recruits N.C., S.C. talent on National Signing Day
National Signing Day, Feb. 5 is one of the most important days of the year for college football fans and teams. It’s the day that college-bound high school football players sign letters of intent for the university they will play for in the fall. Winston-Salem State inked 14 signings — […]
Rams begin 2010 with strong January effort
The Winston-Salem State men’s basketball team began the 2009-2010 season below .500 with a 2-8 record in November and December. The resolution: a turnaround resulting in a 5-3 January record. The Rams bounced into the new year with a convincing 94-60 home win Jan. 4 over Washington Adventist […]
Hayes brings new ideas to athletics
Since his hiring date of Nov. 3 as Winston-Salem State’s athletic director, Bill Hayes has taken the athletic department by the horns at a non-stop pace. Hayes, a former winning head football coach at WSSU has had other coaching successes at NC Central and NC A&T. He also went to […]
Basketball coaches sideline shoes, go barefeet for needy cause
Women’s head basketball coach Dee Stokes and men’s head basketball coach Bobby Collins participated in “The Barefoot for Barefeet” Coaches Initiative Jan. 25 at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum against NC A&T. Winston-Salem State partnered with Samaritan’s Feet, a national non-profit organization, to raise awareness and generate traffic to their […]
New coach, new season, new record, hopefully
Winston-Salem State turned to another familiar face to serve as the school’s ninth football coach. WSSU alum Connell Maynor, a veteran with more than 20 years of football experience as both a player and a coach, began his first stint as a head coach. Maynor was hired Dec. 16 and […]
Inaugural cookout brings together coaches, faculty, student-athletes
Director of Athletics Bill Hayes is backing up his emphasis on the success of Winston-Salem State’s student-athletes with the first Dr. Reginald K. Sherard Academic Cookout. The event took place at C.E. Gaines Center Jan. 21 in attempts to reconnect the focus on academics between coaches, student-athletes, and professors. “The […]
Rene Rector awarded ‘Coach’s Game Ball’
Rene Rector, from Winston-Salem, is a junior on the Lady Rams basketball team. The former student at Mount Tabor High School is a 5-foot-6 point guard who averages 13 points per game, as well as 2.5 rebounds. Lady Rams head coach Dee Stokes sleected her as the recipient of the […]
Rams season: tight losses, dramatic conclusions
The Winston-Salem State football team had a 2009 season filled with growing pains. The Rams, who played their last year in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, saw an emotional exit to their head coach Kermit Blount. Blount is a 1980 WSSU graduate and a former four-year starting quarterback for the Rams. […]
Division II suitable for Winston-Salem State University
For several years, N.C. Central and Winston-Salem State have laid the groundwork for moves to Division I athletics – spurred by the intoxicating new level of prominence it promises. But these two public universities, are on divergent paths. NC Central has made steady progress and recently gained entrance to the […]