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He’s Bringing Baltimore Youths to the Wrestling Mats as a Way to Thrive
Morgan State dropped wrestling after the 1996-1997 season, one in a long line of colleges to shutter their Division I wrestling programs in the past three decades over financial concerns. Today, not one HBCU has a Division I program. In October, however, Morgan announced plans to resurrect its program thanks to a donation that will help provide annual funding and scholarships.
Ja’Niah Henson Stars On And Off The Court For Morgan State Women’s Basketball
On a cold and windy afternoon in Milwaukee in November 2019, Ja’Niah Henson stepped on the basketball court for her very first regular-season game for the Morgan State women’s basketball team. In the 70-48 loss to Marquette, the Baltimore native came off the bench and tallied six points for the Bears.
Recalling Morgan State’s ‘Quiet Storm Defense’
Morgan State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) that fielded its first football team in 1898, was a 3-time champion at the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference (MEAC) during the 1970s. In 1979, the Bears went 9-2-0, defeating local rivals Howard (DC) and Towson (MD) and losing just 2 games to Grambling State (LA) and Alabama A&M.
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In Push to Restore HBCU Wrestling, Athletes Regain Their 'Choice' Starting at Morgan State
There are more than 100 HBCUs across the country, but many lack wrestling programs. However, take a journey back less than 50 years and HBCUs, including Morgan State, were hotbeds for the sport.
Morgan State has Grappled its Way to the Top | READER COMMENTARY
Hats off to The Baltimore Sun for its recognition of my alma mater, Morgan State University, as the only historically black college or university to offer Division I wrestling (”Morgan State to become only HBCU to offer DI wrestling, reviving program thanks to $2.7 million donation,” Oct. 26).
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