HBCU All-Stars LLC Announces 2022-23 HBCU All-Stars Watch List
HBCU All-Stars LLC has announced the second annual 2022-23 HBCU All-Stars Watch List featuring the nation’s top HBCU student-athletes from the MEAC, SWAC, CIAA, SIAC, Tennessee State, North Carolina A&T, and Hampton Universities. The HBCU All-Star Game will showcase 24 of the best student-athletes from the four Historically Black Athletic Conferences, representing the MEAC & SIAC HBCU All-Stars versus SWAC & CIAA HBCU All-Stars, along with Tennessee State, Hampton, and North Carolina A&T State Universities HBCU All-Stars.
The 2023 HBCU All-Star Game, a college basketball showcase highlighting the best HBCU players in the country, will be held at Texas Southern University H&PE Arena in Houston on Sunday, April 2 at 4:00 PM, ET. 12 CIAA student-athletes were included on HBCU All-Stars' Watch List: Justus Baldwin (Shaw), Francis "BJ" Fitzgerald (Virginia State), Jonathan Hicklin (Winston-Salem State), Terrence Hunter-Whitfield (Virginia State), James Love III (Virginia State), Zach Newkirk (Virginia State), Robert Osborne (Virginia Union), Jeremiah Pope (Shaw), Keleaf Tate (Virginia Union), Korey Williams (Lincoln [PA]), Cress Worthy (Fayetteville State) and Raemaad Wright (Virginia Union).
Travis L. Williams, HBCU All-Stars, LLC Founder/CEO and former head coach at two HBCUs Tennessee State University and Fort Valley State University shared, “What a blessing for us to celebrate Black culture, Black excellence, and Black history through our weeklong HBCU All- Star Game Experience in Houston. We are truly excited to showcase the nation’s best HBCU student-athletes and brilliant coaches on a national stage and honor the illustrious playing careers of Fred “Curly” Neal (Johnson C. Smith University, CIAA), Sam Jones (North Carolina Central University, MEAC), Purvis Short (Jackson State University, SWAC), Caldwell Jones (Albany State University, SIAC) and Anthony Mason (Tennessee State University, Independent).
All of these amazing HBCU legends made their mark in this great game of basketball and reached the highest level of success in the NBA and Harlem Globetrotters. We are honored to recognize their impact and importance on our HBCU basketball culture during the 2022-23 basketball season leading up to the first ever HBCU All-Star Game on an HBCU campus at Texas Southern University.”
This event is far more than a basketball game. HBCU All-Stars LLC will stage the HBCU All-Star Game Experience, a week-long festival that will kick off the week on Tuesday, March 28 and conclude the following Tuesday after the Championship game (April 4). It will celebrate the HBCU Experience and will be highlighted by a HBCU All-Stars College Admissions Fair, Community Outreach and Engagement, Pro Day Combine, Welcome Reception, Awards Ceremony, and Social Justice & Civil Rights panel discussion.
The HBCU All-Star Game will air live on the CBS Television Network and be available to stream on Paramount+. GET TICKETS Now!
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