Norfolk State and Howard University won Wednesday night’s MEAC All-Sports Awards Dinner in Virginia Beach.
The Spartans’ men’s programs won the Talmadge Layman Hill all-men’s sports award for the second consecutive year, while the Bison women earned the Mary McLeod Bethune all-women’s sports award for the fourth year in a row.
The Norfolk State men won cross country, outdoor and indoor track and field and a share of the men’s basketball regular season championship and represented the MEAC in the NCAA tournament.
Howard’s women won indoor and outdoor track and field, softball, and volleyball regular-season championships. The Bison softball team won the MEAC tournament and recently represented the conference in the NCAA tournament.
Delaware State and South Carolina State shared the conference’s GSR (Graduation Success Rate) award, with both schools graduating 81 percent of their student athletes during the 2014-17 period. Morgan State earned the conference’s best APR (Academic Progress Rate).
Howard and Norfolk State each received $20,000 from the MEAC for their wins, Delaware State and South Carolina State received $12,500 and Morgan State took home $10,000.
