Six Wolfpack Student-Athletes Receive Arthur Ashe Award

5/30/2000 12:00:00 AM | Pack Athletics

RALEIGH, N.C. (May 30, 2000) -- Six NC State athletes have been chosen to receive the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award. The award is given annually by Black Issues in Higher Education to recognize outstanding student athletes of color from the nation's colleges and universities. The recipients were William Brown (football), Deval Desai (men's tennis), Derek Green (football), Cameron Morris (track and field), Shane Sealy (men's tennis) and Charece Williams (volleyball).

All recipients for the award must be a student-athlete of color, with at least a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 and have a demonstrated record of service to the institution on community.