Thursday, February 19, 2009

AAMU Honda Team Advances to the National Tournament in Orlando

Huntsville, Ala. ---- The 2009 Alabama A&M University Honda Campus All Star Challenge Team has been selected to participate in the 20th Anniversary National Competition Tournament March 26-30 in Orlando , Fla. The tournament will feature teams from 64 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the United States.

The AAMU team, led by Kevin Render, senior biology major from Buffalo , N.Y. , will answer20questions about literature, history, science, social sciences, the fine arts, pop culture, current events, mathematics and trivia from other areas. Other members of the team are Kyle D av is, senior, Urban Planning, Birmingham, Ala.; Mary Lynn Hayes, junior, chemistry, Woodberry, Ga.; Steven Sanders, senior, sociology, Trottwood, Ohio; and DeVonna Freeman, junior, management, Russellville, Ala. The team was selected from among the 80 students who participated in the November 2 campus tournament that was open to all unde rgr aduate AAMU students. The HCASC Coach, Dr. Barbara A.P. Jones, School of Business , and the AAMU Campus Coordinator, Carla Draper Holloway, interim director, Honors Center , thank supporters of this year's students and program.

The 2008 AAMU HCASC team advanced to the Elite Eight. This year’s team expects to do even better.
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Source: AAMUFamily yahooogroup, writen by Jerome Saintjones

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