USCAA Division I Basketball Tournament

USCAA Division I Basketball Tournament

The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) has announced the All-American

and All-Academic recipients for the 2009 basketball season. The athletes in attendance were

honored on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at the USCAA National Championship Banquet at

Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Pennsylvania.

Landon Bertram, an Oakwood University Ambassador’s forward, was recognized as the

“Number 1” player for the All-American Division I Team.

Deshawn Preston, an Oakwood University Ambassador’s forward, was recognized as a

member of the All-American Division I Team.

Kara Baxter, Sarai Cisneros, Jennifer Williams and Monique Woodson, members of the

Oakwood Lady Ambassadors Basketball team, were recognized for their academic achievements

as members of the All-Academic Team for the women’s division.

Congratulations to each of these players for their accomplishments.

The USCAA Basketball Tournament is being held on the campus of Penn State Fayette in

Uniontown, Pennsylvania. There are 30 teams from three divisions participating in this

tournament (8 Men’s Division I Team, 10 Men’s Division II Teams and 12 Women’s Team).

The Official Men’s Division Tournament Seeding has ranked the Oakwood University Men’s

Basketball Team as number four (4) in the field of eight Division I teams participating in this

tournament.

Oakwood’s Ambassadors won their first game on Thursday, March 4 against Robert Morris University, 66-41.  The game was broadcast live on WJOU 90.1 FM.  According to the schedule, Oakwood goes on to play Talledega College on Friday, March 5.  The game on Friday will also be broadcast live on WJOU at 9:00 a.m. (Central time).