MEAC 50th Anniversary Page


NORFOLK, Va., March 31, 2021 – As part of the year-long commemoration of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s (MEAC) 50th Anniversary, the conference concludes the International Women’s Month Celebration by honoring 27 individuals and one team as Pioneers in Women’s Sports, Presented by Academy Sports+Outdoors.

This recognition will likely become an annual endeavor to celebrate the impact that individuals have on women’s sports in the conference. 
 
The individuals and team being honored were trailblazers and groundbreakers who were nominated by administrators and staffs of MEAC member institutions, MEAC office staff members and members of the MEAC 50th Anniversary Committee and voted on by the conference’s Senior Woman Administrators.
 
Among the honorees are women’s sports coaches, athletics administrators, student-athletes, one team, one game official and a current NASCAR crew member.
 
The honorees on the MEAC Pioneers in Women’s Sports team, presented by Academy Sports+Outdoors, are listed here.
 
 
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) celebrates its 50^th year of intercollegiate competition with the 2020-21 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.