Winter 2012 | Athletic Round-Up
Hampton High
To Hampton U A Smooth Transition For Coach Six
Winning is nothing new to David
Six. Though Six is in the midst of his
first college coaching gig – entering his third season at the helm of the Hamp- ton University women’s basketball program – his coaching background is both local and littered with the same impressive record he’s amassed in two years with the Lady Pirates. How impressive has Six been at the
Home By the Sea? He’s gone 45-19 in his first two seasons at HU, which is the third-best record for a Division I women’s team in the Commonwealth of Virginia – and better than such programs as University of Virginia, Old Dominion University and Richmond University in that span. After winning the Mid-Eastern Ath-
letic Conference (MEAC) tournament crown in 2009-10, Six led the Lady Pirates to winning both the MEAC regular-season and tournament titles this past season. The Lady Pirates, who went 25-7 last season, earned a No. 13
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seed in the NCAA Tournament – the best seed ever for a MEAC team in the NCAA 64-team format – and took Kentucky to the brink before falling 66-62 in overtime in Albuquerque, N.M. Jericka Jenkins, a diminutive point
guard from Lancaster, Texas, was the Lady Pirates’ unquestionable leader last season. A First Team All-MEAC selection, Jenkins was second in the nation in assists (7.2 per game) and assist/turnover ratio (3.0), and she led the team in scoring with 13.4 points per game. On top of being named Hampton
University Female Student-Athlete of the Year, Jenkins was an All-America Honorable Mention according to the Associated Press – marking the first time in program history that the AP recognized a Lady Pirate. Six, the 2010-11 MEAC Coach of
the Year, also benefited from senior forward Quanneisha Perry, who ended her collegiate career as a two-time
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