Falcons Add Two To Athletic Staff

Falcons Add Two To Athletic Staff

August 11, 2010

RALEIGH, N.C. – Saint Augustine's College has announced that Marquita Davis and Carlitta Moore have joined the athletic staff. Davis is the new assistant track and field coach and Moore is the new assistant athletic trainer.

Davis was a former standout hurdler under acclaimed track and field head coach George Williams from 2004 to 2007. During her illustrious collegiate career, Davis won two NCAA Division II indoor titles in the 60-meter hurdles in 2006 and 2007. She won both races in 8.44 seconds which set a national championship meet record at the time.

Davis

Moore

A nine-time All-American, Davis won the CIAA 100-meter hurdles outdoor crown all four years she competed at Saint Augustine's College. She helped the Lady Falcons win two NCAA Division II indoor crowns, four CIAA indoor titles and three CIAA outdoor championships.

A native of Memphis, Tenn., Davis was previously the assistant coach at Cary Academy in Cary, N.C. from 2008 to 2010. Her duties included coaching the sprinters and hurdlers. She graduated at Saint Augustine's College in 2006 with a human performance and wellness degree.

Davis was hired for the newly created position which is funded through the NCAA and Saint Augustine's College. The Division II Coaching Enhancement Grant was developed to address the issues of access, recruitment, selection and long-term success of women, ethnic minorities and other individuals in Division II.

The Grant program seeks to overcome hiring barriers by providing funds that help schools create assistant coaching positions. Saint Augustine's College is one of 18 NCAA Division II institutions to have been awarded coaching enhancement grants to create new assistant coaching positions.

Moore joins the Falcons' staff after working at Champion Sports Medicine in Birmingham, Ala., since August 2009. Her duties included aquatic and hand therapy, sports injury rehabilitation, pediatrics, work conditioning and orthopedics. Moore also spent time in the United Football League, where she helped rehabilitate the injuries of football players.

A native of Charlotte, N.C., Moore gained clinical experience at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga from 2007 to 2009 and Fayetteville State University from 2003 to 2007. She has a B.S. degree in biology from Fayetteville State (2007), and a master's of science degree in health and human performance with a concentration in athletic training from Tennessee-Chattanooga (2009).

Moore has won many honors including graduate student-athlete trainer of the year from the Tennessee Athletic Trainer's Society in 2009. She has a board of certification for athletic training, and is licensed in the state of North Carolina. Moore is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, Southeast Athletic Trainers Association and the Tennessee Athletic Trainers Society.