CIAA Female and Male Scholar Athletes of the Year Selected
CIAA Female and Male Scholar Athletes of the Year Selected
May 16, 2008
Hampton, VA... The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is
pleased to announce its 2008 CIAA Female and Male Scholar Athletes
of the Year. Each of these honorees will be formally
recognized at the CIAA Coach of the Year Luncheon, May 20 at the
Durham Marriott at the Civic Center, Durham, NC.
CIAA Male Scholar Athlete of the Year
Alexandre Lord-Andrade, Men's Tennis
Shaw University
Lord-Andrade is a junior, Business Administration major with a 3.63
GPA. He was named as the 2008 Men's Tennis Player of the
Year; made the All-Conference and All-Tournament teams and was also
named as the Men's Tournament MVP.
Alexandre was placed on the Dean's List for 2007-2008 and received
the 2008 Shaw Men's Tennis Award of Academic Excellence. He
most recently was recognized with 2008 CIAA All-Academic Honors and
the 2007-08 Shaw Athletic Academic All-star Award.
CIAA Female Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year
Kim Moore, Volleyball/Women's Tennis
Shaw University
Ms. Moore is a senior, International Relations major with a near
perfect GPA of 3.99.
She made the 2008 All-CIAA and All-Tournament Women's Tennis teams;
won the 2008 Chester Davis Sportsmanship Award and Shaw's 2008
Female Athlete of the Year Award.
Academically, Kim was named to the 2007-08 President's List; won
2008 CIAA All-Academic Honors; won the 2008 Shaw Volleyball and
Women's Tennis Award of Academic Excellence, the 2008 President's
Award of Academic Excellence and the 2007-08 Athletic Academic
All-star Award.
Celeste Trahan, Women's Basketball
Elizabeth City State University
Celeste Trahan graduated Cum Laude (3.3 GPA) with a BA in Education
from ECSU.
As a senior, Celeste was named as the 2008 CIAA Women's Basketball
Player and Defensive Player of the Year, the 2008 Daktronics
Division II National Player of the Year; was the first woman in
NCAA Division II basketball history to record 2,000 points and
1,500 rebounds in a career and was named as an All-American six
times during her collegiate career. Ms. Trahan was also named
as the 2008 Division II Bulletin Player of the Year; the 2008 South
Atlantic Region Player of the Year and was selected as the 2008
ECSU Female Athlete of the Year.
Celeste's jersey was formally retired in 2008. She is the
first-ever female student-athlete to receive such an honor at
Elizabeth City State.
The CIAA Scholar Athlete of the Year is an honor awarded to the top
athlete in the conference that has excelled both athletically and
academically.
