BOWIE, Md. -- Bowie State University Athletic Director Anton Goff has announced the hiring of Tara Davenport (Compliance Coordinator) and Shadae Swan (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach) as full-time staff members.

Davenport received her undergraduate degree from Bowie State and worked as a student assistant in the Compliance Office and served as an intern in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) office in Hampton (Va.).

Swan was the second assistant for the Lady Bulldogs basketball team on a part-time basis during the 2011-2012 season and will now serve as the top assistant to head coach Renard Smith.