The 2009-2010 season is the final run in the MEAC for the Lady Rams basketball team. The season is also the last of head coaching for Dee Stokes. Stokes, 39, said she believes she has been called to do something greater and hopes to pursue a career outside of the […]
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Blount vacates Rams head coach position
After 17 seasons, Kermit Blount the head football coach for the Winston-Salem State Rams has stepped down following the final football game of the season. The Rams lost to Norfolk State University 28-21. The loss put the Rams at 1-10 overall, the worst season for the Rams under Blount since […]
Chancellor Reaves chooses Bill Hayes as Athletic Director
After a nine-month search to fill the Athletic Director position at Winston-Salem State, Chancellor Reaves announced in late October that former WSSU head football coach Bill Hayes would occupy the vacancy. I am very happy about Bill coming on as the University’s Athletic Director,” Reaves said. “I am looking forward […]
Sebrina Brunson gives MEAC officiating a ‘woman’s touch’
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has stepped away from having the typical officials work the sidelines during football games. Sebrina Brunson is a full-time felony probation officer in Gwinett County, Ga, but every weekend she travels to officiate college football games. She is originally from Florida and resides in Georgia. […]
Intramural sports introduces women’s flag football to WSSU
After two years of attempting to establish an Intramural Women’s Flag Football League, the Campus Recreation Program of Winston-Salem State has finally accomplished its goal. “After enough participant interest we were able to get the league started,” said Dash McNeal, director of intramural sports and recreation. The women’s league began […]
Devin Cherry awarded Coach’s ‘Game Ball’
Devin Cherry, from Charlotte is a sophomore on the Rams golf team. The former student of Independence High School is a dominate left-handed player in his second year on the team. Rams head coach Robert Bethea has selected him as the recipient of the Coach’s Game Ball. It was […]
Devin Cherry sets school record in golf tournament
After a multiple knee ligament surgery in January 2009, sophomore Devin Cherry bounced back in the HBCU Golf Invitational to set a record and assisted the Rams to a fourth-place finish. The criminal justice major from Charlotte won an individual medal, and his round of 68 gave him the lowest […]
Lady Rams tennis near perfect at Guilford College
Women’s tennis team recap The Lady Rams tennis team dominated during a Davis Cup style tournament against the Guilford College Quakers Oct. 4. Winston-Salem State controlled the close to perfect match 13-1, 11-0 after the singles matches and losing only one of their three doubles matches. The young […]
Bianka Locklear awarded Coach’s ‘Game Ball’
Bianka Locklear, from Washington D.C. is a freshman on the Lady Rams tennis team. The former student of H.D. Woodson High School entered her first year as a dominate right-handed player. Lady Rams head coach Charlie Schoderbek selected her the recipient of the Coach’s Game Ball. Locklear’s performance against Guilford […]
William Hayes gives back to Ram football team
The Winston-Salem State football team may now be easier to distinguish on the field, and they have a Titan to thank for the deed. Former WSSU defensive lineman, William Hayes, now playing in his second year in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans purchased for each player to have his […]