Spartan Echo

  NORFOLK, Va. – Interim head coach Brandon Duvalland the Norfolk State volleyball program released the 2013 volleyball schedule on Thursday, June 13,  and NSU will once again host the Spartan Classic as well as six MEAC opponents during the home portion of the upcoming season. The Spartans will play in three tournaments away from [...]

  NORFOLK, Va. – Three members of the Norfolk State softball team were voted to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) all-state team, the organization announced on Friday, June 14. Sophomores Haley Ward and Alina Moriarty and freshman Whitney Williams were each named to the all-state second team. It marks the second year in a [...]

  NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State University Athletics Director Marty L. Miller released the following statement Tuesday, June 11,  in response to the NCAA’s yearly release of the Academic Progress Rate (APR) data: “It is unfortunate that we did not meet the NCAA’s APR benchmark in a couple of our sports, notably men’s track and [...]

  NORFOLK, Va.– Norfolk State University Athletics announced today its tailgating and parking guidelines for the 2013 football season.  A committee of NSU administrators including representatives from the athletics department, facilities management, alumni relations, campus police, parking and the NSU Athletics Foundation collaborated to develop the plan. Due to construction of the new Nursing and [...]

  NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State women’s basketball head coach Debra Clark announced Wednesday, May 29, that high school products Kieera Basey, Amber Brown, Dominique Harper, Koryn Lawrence and Logan Powell have signed national letters of intent to join the Spartans for the 2013-14 season. “I’m very excited about the recruiting class of 2013.  They all come [...]

  EUGENE, Ore. – Norfolk State junior Champagne Bell placed 23rd overall in the women’s long jump at the 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday night, June 5, at Hayward Field. Bell fouled on her first two attempts before notching a jump of 5.77 meters (18 feet, 11.25 inches) on her third and [...]

  NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State University Athletics has agreed to a new four-year deal to keep Sidearm Sports as its web site and digital services provider. The new deal also includes a first for NSU Athletics: smartphone apps for both Android and Apple mobile devices. The smartphone apps are available now through both the Android [...]

  NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State University won its ninth straight Talmadge Layman Hill Award, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men’s all-sports trophy, the league announced on Friday, May 24. The Spartans tallied 82.8 points to win their 10th Talmadge Layman Hill Award overall. Bethune-Cookman was second with 68 points. The Spartans first won the award [...]

  NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State bowling team ranked 19th in the third International Bowling Media Association (IBMA) collegiate poll released by the organization this season. NSU garnered 32 points to finish ahead of No. 20 Sacred Heart. NSU was one of six full-time NCAA schools to appear in the poll along with No. [...]

  NORFOLK, Va. – Troy Marrow hit a tie-breaking three-run home run in the sixth inning and Luis Diaz drove in four runs to help send North Carolina Central past Norfolk State, 12-6, in an elimination game of the MEAC Baseball Tournament on Friday morning at Marty L. MillerField. The loss ends the Spartans’ season [...]

  NORFOLK, Va. – Twenty-eight Norfolk State University student-athletes received their bachelor’s degrees at the university’s spring commencement earlier this month. The graduates include eight former members of the NSU football team, five from the baseball program, four from volleyball, three women’s track, two each from men’s track and men’s and women’s basketball, and one each from [...]