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NFF and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Partner on MEAC Minute

Initiative will showcase the conference’s top scholar-athletes.

Football NFF

NFF and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Partner on MEAC Minute

Initiative will showcase the conference’s top scholar-athletes.

IRVING, Texas (Sept. 17, 2020) – The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today it will continue its partnership with the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) through a video series aimed at showcasing the conference's top scholar-athletes. The initiative, The MEAC Minute presented by The National Football Foundation, will capture video interviews with the leaders from each of the conference's nine football-playing institutions. Watch the first video in the series with Morgan State QB Raequan Beal.


 
"We are extremely pleased to share our national spotlight with the MEAC," said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. "The MEAC provides its players a unique opportunity to play Division I football while receiving a top-flight education from one the nation's finest HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). We look forward to helping document what the experience means to the exceptional players who currently star on and off the field in the conference."
 
The initiative will focus on what it means to be a student-athlete in the MEAC and represent an HBCU institution; the player's long-term aspirations after graduation; how each player is spending their time during COVID-19; their thoughts on the suspended season; and what they miss most about not playing this season. The interviews will be promoted throughout the fall semester on the MEAC and NFF social media platforms.
 
"We are elated to partner with the NFF in their efforts to shine a light on the top student-athletes during the MEAC's 50thAnniversary," said MEAC Commissioner Dr. Dennis E. Thomas, who also serves on the NFF Board of Directors. "The MEAC Minute Presented by The National Football Foundation provides us with an opportunity to raise the profile of the MEAC brand while providing our student-athletes a chance to share their thoughts on the value of playing in the MEAC and obtaining their degrees."
 
The NFF correspondents for MEAC Minute Presented by the National Football Foundation include the following media relations contacts: Curtis A. Ford (Florida A&M), Leonard Haynes (Morgan State), Brian Holloway (North Carolina A&T), Dennis Jones (Delaware State), Kendrick Lewis (South Carolina State), Matt Michalec (Norfolk State), Dan Ryan (Bethune-Cookman),  Kyle Serba (NC Central), Herman Shelton (Howard), and Maurice D. Williams (MEAC).
 
The MEAC Minute Presented by The National Football Foundation extends the partnership between the MEAC and the NFF. Since 2016, the NFF and the MEAC have partnered to reveal the league's offensive and defensive players of the year as part of the festivities surrounding the NFF Annual Awards Dinner in New York City at the New York Hilton Midtown each December.
 
The MEAC claims three recipients of the coveted NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards Presented by Fidelity Investments: Jerrell Moore (South Carolina State), Willie Thompson (Morgan State) and James Thurman (Florida A&M). This year, the MEAC schools have nominated Marque Ellington (Norfolk State) and Chris Faddoul (Florida A&M) for the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards Presented by Fidelity who will also vie as candidates for the William V. Campbell Trophy Presented by Mazda. 
 
The MEAC boasts 15 College Football Hall of Fame inductees, including Coach Earl Banks (Morgan State), Emerson Boozer (Maryland Eastern Shore), Roger Brown (Maryland Eastern Shore), Harry Carson (South Carolina State), Coach Jake Gaither (Florida A&M), Willie Galimore (Florida A&M), Coach Willie Jeffries (Howard, South Carolina State), Coach Billy Joe (Florida A&M), Willie Lanier (Morgan State), Coach Vernon "Skip" McCain (Maryland Eastern Shore), Tyrone McGriff (Florida A&M), Coach Doug Porter (Howard), Art Shell (Maryland Eastern Shore) Coach Joe Taylor (Howard, Florida A&M) and Donnie Shell (South Carolina State). Additionally, coaches Rudy Hubbard (Florida A&M) and Eddie Hurt (Morgan State) are on the 2021 ballot.
 
ABOUT MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) celebrates its 50th year of intercollegiate competition with the 2020-21 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of 11 outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman University, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University. Learn more at meacsports.com
 
ABOUT THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION & COLLEGE HALL OF FAME
Founded in 1947 with early leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik and immortal journalist Grantland Rice, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame is a non-profit educational organization that runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in young people. With 120 chapters and 12,000 members nationwide, NFF programs include the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, The William V. Campbell Trophy® Presented by Mazda, the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments and a series of initiatives to honor the legends of the past and inspire the leaders of the future. NFF corporate partners include Delta Air Lines, ETT, Fidelity Investments, Goodyear, Mazda, the New York Athletic Club, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses and the Sports Business Journal. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @NFFNetwork and learn more at footballfoundation.org.
 
 
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