UMES to host Championship Rally for National Champions

Collegiate Women's Bowling

University will celebrate its bowling program Tuesday at 11a.m.

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) will take time out to celebrate its most recent athletic success Tuesday at 11 a.m. when it honors the Lady Hawks Bowling Program.

The Hawks made history this season winning not one, but two, national championships. UMES won the NCAA Championship, their second overall on April 16 and one week later the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships (ITCs).

The Championship Rally will be held in the William P. Hytche Athletic Center and is open to students, faculty, staff and the general public. There will be championship t- shirts thrown out to the crowd and a small reception and autograph session will follow the program.

The event will feature introductions of the team and coaches (pictured with the ITC trophy), a reciting of the team accomplishments, remarks from University President Thelma B. Thompson. Ph.D., and the presentation of several proclamations, ranging from the Town of Princess Anne, Somerset County, the State Senate and from Gov. Martin O'Malley.

The event will also feature remarks from Director of Athletics Keith Davidson and head coach Sharon Brummell. It will conclude with the unveiling of the three championship banners from this season, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) title, the NCAA championship and the USBC Collegiate title.

No school in college bowling history has won two national titles in the same year and UMES is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to own two DI NCAA titles.

Admission is free and fans are encouraged to wear their maroon and grey to show their support.