Winter 2019 Little League Record Breaker
Signs with Hampton U Softball and team captain in soccer, basketball and softball. She also has played
baseball
for the Anderson Monarchs since she was seven years old.
For her efforts leading
her team to the Little League World Series, Davis was named 2014 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year.
University
According to Hampton head
coach
Angela Nicholson, the Scripps
of Journalism, and in particular, Dean B. DaVida Plummer, played a key factor in the signing of Davis as she is looking to major in that field.
Mo’ne Davis COURTESY OF HAMPTON UNIVERSITY HAMPTON, Va. - A
record-setter from the 2014 Little League World Series for Taney Little League, Mo’ne Davis has signed her National Letter of Intent (NLI) to play softball for Hampton University starting 2019.
in the fall of “It’s my pleasure to welcome
Mo’ne Davis to our Home by The Sea,” said Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey. “Her presence and athletic ability will be a welcomed addition to our softball program.”
Davis, who became the first
girl to throw a shutout in the Little League Baseball World Series and the sixth to get a hit in World Series history, is a three-sport star at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
opportunity
“Having had the to
meet with
Mo’ne and her parents on Homecoming weekend, it became
increasingly
clear as we toured our school that Hampton University was a good fit for her career as well as her athletic aspirations,” said Plummer. “I am pleased that she is going to be a ‘Scrippa’ and news of her coming has been met with celebration all throughout family.”
the Scripps Howard Her soon-to-be coach was very
pleased to announce the signing. “She is an outstanding athlete who just loves to compete no matter what sport it is,” said Nicholson. “Davis is great at everything and her hands up the middle are second to none. She is very dynamic in her movements, has a smooth transfer and just a strong knack for the game,” she added.
Delaware State FROM PAGE 1 Competitive Research), which
provides significant research dollars to Delaware State University, the University of Delaware, Delaware Technical and Community College, and Wesley College.
In addition to the $19.3 million
from the NSF, the State of Delaware is matching it with an additional $3.8 million, which bring the five-year funding total to just over $23 million.
Delaware College
Howard School and
Out of that NSF grant, State
of Technology
Agriculture is
University’s Science
receiving
approximately $5.8 million for its part in the overall research work, which is under the title “Water in the Changing Coastal Environment of Delaware.”
scientists
In its research the University’s will strive to better
understand how oyster serve as an excellent coastal filter. They will also study marsh grasses and their capacity to survive in high salinity and absorb excess nutrients that run off into water bodies from agriculture and other land uses.
“Water research is important,
because water is life,” Dr. Mishoe said. “It is something that affects not only us, but future generations.”
of aquatic sciences, is leading a research
Dr. Gulnihal Ozbay, professor team
that
understand ecological from
seeks to stresses
nutrients and salinization
which deals with oysters, marsh grasses, and tidal forests. Dr. Venugopal Kalavacharla, professor of agriculture and natural resources and the principal investigator of the University’s portion of the grant, along with Wesley College’s Dr. Stepanie Stotts, are serving as the co-leads with Dr. Ozbay.
Also taking part in the
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research projects are the following University faculty members: Dr. Sathya Elavarthi, associate professor of agriculture and natural resources; Dr. Tomasz Smolinski, associate
professor of computer
and information sciences; and Dr. Derrick Scott, assistant professor of biological sciences; Dr. Vasudevan Ayyappan, research scientist; as well as postdoctoral research associates Dr. Mayavan Subramani
and Dr. Antonette Todd. The
University’s Center
for Integrated Biological and Environmental Research (CIBER) serves as the EPSCoR hub for the University. Dr. Kalavacharla is the director of CIBER.
The University of Delaware
received the first EPSCoR funding in 2005. Delaware State University joined
them
investigating institution and also received
multi-year
as a co-principal research
funding in 2008 and 2013 – the latter year in which it was responsible for a research area on bioenergy.
University
Since 2005, Delaware State has received $17
million in direct EPSCoR funding. Dr. Kalavacharla said that faculty, staff, and students at the University have benefited tremendously from EPSCoR funding.
“We have been able to conduct
cutting-edge research, develop collaborations, hire and fund faculty, and most importantly provide
experiential and funding to graduate
training and
undergraduate students across the University’s STEM programs,” he said. “In the previous programs, faculty have received seed grants that enabled them to start off their research and obtain valuable data to seek larger federal
funding
opportunities, while encouraging students to pursue excellence in research and education.”
Dr. Mishoe noted that the
EPSCoR funding is valuable for the State of Delaware because it brings about scientific collaborations among its
education and it gives students the opportunity for hands-on research.
“This research helps to
prepare our students to be leaders, to ask the right question, identify the real problem, and as a result improve the quality of life for all,” Dr. Mishoe said.
University is grateful to Gov. Carney
the
delegation inclusion
She added that Delaware State and
Congressional
for ensuring the of the state’s only
Historically Black University in EPSCoR.
institutions of higher
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