Howard Newsletter Jan 2024

Fall Semester Recap

This season Howard Volleyball finished second in the conference regular season and got to the MEAC Tournament Championship match. As a result, Howard was able to attend the NIVC Tournament for the first time ever. At the MEAC post-season banquet, Rya McKinnon and Cimone Woodard were awarded first-team all-conference awards, while Kayla Diaz and Claire Simpson were both named to the second team.

Congrats to Rya McKinnon on being named 2x Honorable Mention All-American

The Burr Gymnasium Lower Gym remodel is finished!!!

Alumni Spotlight: Taylor Joy Mason

Congratulations to our Howard Volleyball Alumna Taylor Joy Mason for winning her second Emmy award as an editor for "A Black Lady Sketch Show." Taylor graduated and played at Howard from 2003-2006 receiving her Bachelors in Journalism and Political Science.

Alumni Weekend!!!

We would like to invite our volleyball alumni to come to the Mecca for Spring Fest on April 12th and 13th. We will be looking to host a spring match and hopefully fellowship with as many of you as possible. If you would like to help make this a big event please email phil.evans@howard.edu so we can make this a great weekend!

Teammates Help Teammates!

We still have a lot of missing or incorrect contact information for Volleyball Alumni. Please check with your teammates to see if they receive these newsletters. If they do not please have them email volleyball@howard.edu with the subject "Alumni Contact Information" so we can get the contact information updated! We want to involve all of our Alumni!

Africa Foreign Tour

This May we are returning to Africa for our foreign tour. We are still fundraising so if you would like to contribute please go to https://giving.howard.edu/volleyball