AAMU Honda Team Gets No. 1 Seed

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AAMU Honda Team Gets No. 1 Seed in 20th National Tournament

Just Wait’ll Next Year!

Huntsville, Ala. —- The Alabama A&M University Honda Campus All Star Challenge (HCASC) national champion competition team for the third consecutive year advanced to the Sweet 16 in the HCASC National Competition Tournament (NCT) in Orlando, Fla.

The team won the Pre-NCT at Harris Stowe University in St. Louis, Mo., and at the end of the Round Robin play in the NCT was 7-0, with the highest number of points per toss-up among all 64 teams chosen for this year’s competition. Thus, the group earned the #1 seed for the playoffs. The AAMU team made it to the quarter finals in the NCT and gained the respect of all the players and coaches for their discipline, style of play, quick recall, and overall knowledge, according to team coach, Dr. Barbara A.P. Jones.

The 2008 HCASC team was led by Kevin Render, senior biology major from Buffalo, N.Y. Other members of the team were Kyle Davis, senior, urban planning, Birmingham, Ala.; Mary Lynn Hayes, junior, chemistry, Woodbury, Ga.; Steven Sanders, senior, sociology, Trotwood, O hio; and DeVonna Freeman, junior, management, Russellville, Ala.. They are coached by Dr. Barbara A.P. Jones, Department of Economics and Finance, and Carla Draper-Holloway, director of the Honors Center, is campus coordinator.

HCASC is a University-wide program and student competitors in the campus-launched competitions represent all disciplines offered by the University. Although the Honors Center has been very supportive of the program, many outstanding HCASC players are not honor students. Every AAMU student with a passion for trivia and a strong knowledge base is encouraged to participate in the program.

Coach Jones has already begun recruiting for the 2009-2010 HCASC team. Interested students and faculty who want to be a part of the program are encouraged to contact her or Ms. Holloway. An information session will be held on Friday, April 10, 2 p.m., in the School of Business library on the second floor of the School of Business building.

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