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Jenkins fined by MEAC for Critizing Officials

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IMG_0941Bethune-Cookman head football coach Brian Jenkins has received a letter of reprimand and has been fined by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference for his public comments concerning officiating following the Bethune-Cookman/North Carolina Central football game on Saturday, November 2, Commissioner Dennis Thomas announced today.

Coach Jenkins violated the MEAC’s Bylaw on criticizing officials which states that members of the coaching staffs, student-athletes, or other representatives of participating institutions shall not make public statements critical of officiating in any MEAC contests or events.

“It is unfortunate that Coach Jenkins decided to violate the conference’s policy on criticizing officials,” Thomas said.  “I hope that in the future that he will be in compliance with the policy.”

Jarkevis Fields named to 2013 preseason CFPA Award Watch List

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Jarkevis Fields

Jarkevis Fields

Senior linebacker Jarkevis Fields has been named to the 2013 preseason CFPA Award Watch List.

Fields led Bethune-Cookman in tackles with a 103 last season picking up first team All-MEAC honors in the process.  In 2011, the senior from Sanford Seminole High School led the team with 76 tackles.

Fields is the fourth Bethune-Cookman player to be named to the 2013 preseason CFPA Award Watch List.  Quarterback Brodrick Waters, tight end Justin Henderson, and defensive end LeBrandon Richardson have also been named to the CFPA Award Watch List.

According to their website, “the goal of College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.”

Richardson becomes 3rd BCU player named to the 2013 CFPA Awards Watch List

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LeBrandon Richardson -Credits BCU Athletics

LeBrandon Richardson -Credits BCU Athletics

Junior Defensive End LeBrandon Richardson, who led the Wildcats in sacks (8.5), tackles for loss (13), and quarterback hurries (7) last season, has been named to the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Watch List for the 2013 season.

Richardson joins quarterback Brodrick Waters and tight end Justin Henderson as 2013 CFPA Award Watch Lists selectees.

According to their website, “the goal of College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.”

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http://www.bcuathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23910&ATCLID=208097762

2013 MEAC Baseball All-Academic Honorees Include 12 Wildcats

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Jackie Robinson Stadium

Jackie Robinson Stadium

Norfolk, Va., Twelve (12) members of the Bethune-Cookman baseball team were named to the 2013 MEAC Baseball All-Academic Honors List.

In total, the MEAC honored eighty-one (81) sophomores, juniors, seniors and transfer students from member schools with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better.

Congratulations to all of the honorees for their performance both on the diamond and in the classroom.

2013 MEAC BASEBALL ACADEMIC HONORS LIST

BETHUNE-COOKMAN (12)

Paul Biocic

Jordan Dailey

Montana Durapau

Scott Garner

Gabriel Hernandez

Joshua Johnson

David Lee

Lenny Martinez

Juan Pizarro

Ali Simpson

Brandon Turner

Jake Welch

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Football: Lindy’s ranks BCU football #14 in its first Preseason Poll

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We are roughly three months away from the start of the college football season.  This is right about the time when your favorite bookstore’s magazine section become inundated with college and professional football preview publications (which don’t mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things but they are awfully fun to look at and to fuss over…but I digress).

Lindy’s was the first to release their preseason FCS Top 25 Poll earlier this week and the Cats debuted at #14 in Lindy’s rankings.  Two other HBCU’s joined BCU in Lindy’s  Top 25 rankings; Grambling State at #23 and Jackson State at #25.

The Cats open up the 2012 season against Alabama State in Orlando in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge on Sunday, September 2nd.