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Millicent Sylvan Named SCSU Head Volleyball Coach

Millicent Sylvan has been named head coach of the South Carolina State Lady Bulldog volleyball team. Her appointment was effective on July 1.

Sylvan, who brings a wealth of volleyball knowledge to SC State, is no stranger to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), having served the last three seasons as the head coach at North Carolina A&T. While at NC A&T, she compiled an overall record of 49-52 and 23-6 in the conference. In her second season with the Aggies, Sylvan’s team posted a 9-1 conference record, good enough for a second place finish. In that same season she was named the MEAC Coach of the Year. Her accolades at NC A&T expand far and wide as she has coached one first-team All-MEAC performer and four different second-team All-MEAC.

Prior to her appointment at NC A&T, Sylvan spent three seasons at her alma mater, Alcorn State where she posted a 71-42 record, a pair of Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Eastern Division Titles and two runner-up finishes in the SWAC.

Sylvan currently holds a 120-94 overall record over a six year span.

Before launching to her coaching career, Sylvan was the director of athletics at Romeville Elementary School in Convent, LA for the 2000-01 school year. Additionally, she founded the Alley Catz AAU Volleyball Club. She also served as the strength and conditioning coach at Loyola University in New Orleans, LA.

As a student-athlete, Sylvan was a two-sport standout at Alcorn State earning letters in volleyball and track. On the court she was a two-time All-SWAC selection and was named the pre-season volleyball SWAC Player of the Year in 2000. On the track, Sylvan was a 2000 USA Track and Field Indoor National Participant and a provisional qualifier in the long jump and the 100-meter hurdles in that same year. She currently owns the school and SWAC record in the heptathlon with 5,071 points.

During her time as an athlete she was a member several student organizations including the NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, SWAC Student-Athlete Association and the Alcorn State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. A four-year SWAC scholar athlete, Sylvan was a two-time recipient of the NCAA Leadership Award and a recipient of the Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar Athlete Award in 2000.

She earned both her bachelor’s in education (2000), and a master’s degree in secondary education (2003) from Alcorn State.

She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and is involved in the NYSP Extended program.