NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 16, 2020—The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), in anticipation of its 50^th anniversary during the 2020-21 academic year, will be holding a competition among students from its 11 member institutions to create a tagline that will be used throughout the year-long celebration.
 
Beginning Thursday, Jan. 16 and ending on Friday, Feb. 7, students from the MEAC’s 11 member institutions will be able to submit potential taglines for the MEAC’s 50^th anniversary. The winning submissions will receive scholarships totaling $1,500 from Dominion Energy.
 
“The MEAC’s 50^th anniversary will be an outstanding celebration of our member institutions and the student-athletes and coaches who have made this one of the premiere conferences in college athletics,” MEAC Commissioner Dr. Dennis E. Thomas said. “I am proud that we are able to include our student bodies in the celebration, and I am appreciative of Dominion Energy for their support and investment in the MEAC’s students.”
 
“On behalf of Dominion Energy, it’s our pleasure to support the MEAC as it embarks on its 50^th year,” Troy Lindsey, External Affairs Manager, State & Local Affairs at Dominion Energy, said. “We are proud to support students from the conference’s 11 outstanding institutions as they continue their journey in higher education.”
 
Taglines are to be submitted to Jeff Cunningham, the MEAC’s Assistant Director of Media Relations, via email (cunninghamj@themeac.com) before 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 7. Approved taglines will then be posted to MEACSports.com and the MEAC’s social media platforms for voting from Sunday, Feb. 9 through Sunday, Feb. 16.
 
The top five submissions, by total votes, will then go to the MEAC 50^th Anniversary Committee, where the winners will be selected.
 
Both the logo and the winning tagline will be unveiled during the 2020 MEAC Basketball Tournament (March 10-14 in Norfolk Scope Arena). Students who have the top three submissions will be invited to the tournament, where Dominion Energy will present their checks.
 
 
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) begins its 49th year of intercollegiate competition heading into the 2019-20 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of 11 outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman University, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.