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G-Men honored at banquet
Thursday, February 25, 2016
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CANDICE DIXSON
The Gramblinite
The Grambling State University annual football banquet
was held in the Black and Gold
Room of the Favrot Student
Union Friday, February 19.
Featured presenters included
Douglas Porter, former GSU
assistant coach, Wilbert Ellis,
retired GSU head baseball
coach and the coaches from the
Grambling team.
Head coach Broderick
Fobbs gave words of encouragement to the team and
thanked them for their hard
work.
Senior quarterback Johnathan Williams once again
walked off with the Eddie
Robinson Most Valuable Player
Award during the 2016 Football
Awards Banquet in the Black
and Gold room of the Favrot
Student Union.
At the 2015 banquet, the
engineering technology major
from Tampa was also presented
the award.
Sophomore wide receiver
Chad Williams of Baton Rouge
earned the Charlie Joiner and
Pitbull Awards while junior
defensive back Guy Stallworth
of Gulfport, Mississippi, captured the Buck Buchanan and
Newcomer Awards.
Other award recipients
included Martez Carter,
sophomore running back/
wide receiver from Monroe,
More G-Men are awarded at the annual football banquet.
GLENN LEWIS/The Yearbook
Martez Carter (from left), Michael Jolivet and Arkez Cooper with their awards.
Louisiana, who was awarded
the Paul Tanker Award; Justin
Miller, junior offensive lineman from Ruston—Melvin
Lee Award; Jamison Goins,
senior defensive lineman from
Gulfport, Mississippi—Willie
Davis Award; Arkez Cooper,
junior linebacker from Mansfield, Louisiana—Linebacker
Award; Nicholas Peoples, senior
defensive back from Shreveport, Louisiana—Willie Brown
Award; Marc Orozco, sophomore kicker from Denton,
Texas; Henry Taylor, senior
linebacker from Baton Rouge—
Perseverance Award; Ja’Terious
Pouncey, sophomore defensive
back from Shreveport—Most
for the Washington Redskins.
recruited by his cousin Collie J
Nicholson at Grambling State
University where he played under the legendary Eddie G. Robinson, who served as the coach
of both basketball and football.
Hopkins led the GSU tigers
to two Southwestern Athletic
Conference championships and
was twice named National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American. He averages
29.8 points and 17 rebounds at
Grambling. Hopkins was also
giving the nickname “li’l Abner”
in a press by Nicholson because
he scored the second most
points (3,759) in college basketball history.
After playing at GSU, Hopkins joined the NBA for four
seasons with the Syracuse Nationals from 1956-1960. After a
knee injury ended his career, he
then became a coach at Prairie
View A&M University, Alcorn
Sate University (both in Texas)
and Xavier University of Louisiana.
Improved Award; Ka’Jandre
Domino, senior wide receiver/
running back from Baton
Rouge—Academic Award; Trey
Goins, junior offensive lineman
from Richwood—Robert Piper
Award; Dre’ Fusilier, junior
running back from New Iberia,
and Jevonta Williams, senior
defensive lineman from Zach-
ary—Robert Gee Award; and
Orlando Calhoun, a sophomore
linebacker from Lafayette, and
La’Terious Pouncey, sophomore
wide receiver from Shreveport—Scout Team Awards
(defensive/offensive).
Recognized for making
the All-SWAC first team were
Johnathan Williams, Justin
Miller, Chad Williams and Guy
Stallworth. Johnathan was also
Offensive Player of the Year
and Coach Fobbs was Coach of
the Year.
Second team All-SWAC
members were Martez Carter,
Chester Rogers, Michael Jolivet,
Arkez Cooper Marc Orozco
and Chris Basile.
Making the President’s list
were Abubakarr Conteh, Percy
Cargo, Jordan Powell, Jevonta
Williams, Paul Nosworthy,
Terence Brigham and Jonathan
Wallace.
Named to the Dean’s List
were La’Terious Pouncy, Johnathan Williams, Brandon Varner,
Jamie King, Jarett Triplett, Isaiah
Thomas and Darrell Woolen.
Honor Roll members
included Donovan McCray,
Christian Bailey, Ka’Jandre’
Domino, Derwin Butler,
Dominique Leake, Koby Lee,
Tyler Oliver, Ja’Terious Pouncy,
Malcolm Williams, Christopher Johnson and Deaumante
Johnson.
SBN All-Americans recognized were Johnathan Williams,
Justin Miller, Chad Williams and
Guy Stallworth.
Named to the All-Louisiana
second team were Johnathan
Williams, Justin Miller, Chad
Williams and Guy Stallworth.
Looking back at GSU sports Neal scores high, helps Lady
DEONTE SATCHER
KRISTOPHER JOHNSON
Contributing writers
Since being established in
1901, now Grambling State
University has produced many
legends on the football field as
well as other sports that will forever be remembered in history.
The outstanding former
mid 1970s GSU quarterback,
Doug Williams, made history
by becoming the first African
American quarterback to play
in a Super Bowl game as well as
the first to win the MVP awards.
After his quarterback career at
GSU he played on the professional level with teams such as
the Buccaneers and Redskins
until 1989 when he began his
role as head coach at Morehouse and his alma mater.
Williams’s leadership and
amazing efforts on and off the
field has opened the doors for
many Black quarterbacks. He is
now working in the head office
Jason Hatcher
Recently traded from the
Dallas Cowboys to the Washington Redskins, Jason Hatcher attended Grambling State
University where he majored
in physical education. As a senior Hatcher recorded over 65
tackles and was crowned an
All SWAC selection and also
assisted his team in winning
the conference title with an
undefeated record of 9-0 and
Co-Black College Football National championship. Hatcher
will return to Grambling State
to serve as a guest speaker for
the Louisiana Collegiate Honors
Council Conference.
Bob Hopkins
A native of Jonesboro, Louisiana Bob Hopkins was a star
of both baseball and basketball
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