JCSU Associate Athletic Director Natasha WIlson and Director of Athletics Stephen Joyner, Sr. at the 2014 CIAA Spring Assembly Awards Reception with five honors for the department
Richmond, VA – The Johnson C. Smith University department of athletics closes out the 2013-14 season receiving more awards and prestige at the CIAA Spring General Assembly Meeting and Awards Reception held at the Richmond Marriott on May 13-14. Recent JCSU graduate sprinter Danielle Williams (St. Andrew, Jamaica) was selected as the CIAA Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and the CIAA Woman of the Year.
Williams earned both honors for her outstanding grade point average, superior athletic achievement, and service within her community. Williams adds these awards to a slew of other accolades this season, including Division II Indoor National Track Athlete of the Year and the Pettis Norman Female Student-Athlete of the Year at JCSU.
During the 2014 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships, Williams became the first student-athlete in DII history to claim three individual track titles at the same indoor national championship meet with crowns in the 60 meters, 200 meters and the 60-meter hurdles.
At the CIAA Outdoor Championships, Williams was named the 2014 Women's Outdoor Track MVP. She won the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 100 meters hurdles events. Those victories produced 30 points towards securing the repeating as conference champions.
JCSU Associate Athletic Director
Natasha Wilson was named the 2014 CIAA Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) of the Year. Wilson serves the athletic department as the compliance coordinator and SWA within her role as the associate AD. Wilson joined the athletic department at JCSU in July 2013.
Wilson serves as a sport administrator for all women's sports including cheerleading. She has been instrumental in revamping the compliance policies and procedures as well as successfully updating departmental handbooks and documentation.
Wilson represents the Atlantic Region as a member of the NCAA Division II nominating committee. She was recently elected as President of the CIAA Compliance Officers Association. Wilson is also an active member of the National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and a 2009 graduate of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) Hers Institute.
Head track and field coach
Lennox Graham received CIAA Coach of the Year honors in women's indoor and outdoor track and field. Graham led JCSU women's track and field to a second place finish at the 2014 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships and repeated as CIAA Outdoor Champions.
Director of Athletics
Stephen Joyner, Sr. was elected to the position of president of the CIAA Management Council. Head football coach
Steven Aycock and head men's and women's tennis coach James Cuthbertson retained their positions as association president for their respective sports.
