Howard University’s Sports Information Director Ed Hill
Congratulations to Edward Hill, Howard University’s Sports Information Director and Ted White, former Bison quarterback from 1995-98. The two are among five members selected to the 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Hall of Fame class, the league announced today.
“We are excited to recognize another outstanding class of inductees who have made a significant impact on their institutions and our conference during their collegiate days and beyond,” said Dennis E. Thomas, MEAC Commissioner. “I’d like to congratulate the 2010 MEAC Hall of Fame Class for all of their achievements both athletically and professionally.”
Hill has served Howard for over two decades. He holds memberships with the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and Black College Sports Information Directors of America (BCSIDA). Hill is also active in the Washington, DC community where he served as head coach and co-founder of the DC Warriors basketball program and as a counselor for the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP).
A native of Wilmington, N.C., Hill is also an adjunct professor at Howard where he teaches a course on Sports and the Media. His stories have appeared in USA Today and the NCAA News. He has worked 283 consecutive Howard football games and has not missed a game since the 1984 season. In 2005, Hill was honored by CoSIDA as the Bob Kenworthy Award recipient for his community service outside the profession. He was honored by CoSIDA again in 2009 when he was presented with the 25-Year Service Award. Prior to his appointment at Howard, Hill was a staff writer for the Winston-Salem Chronicle and the Black College Sports Page. He has also worked as a news aide and freelance writer for the Washington Post.
White served as quarterback for the Howard football team from 1995-1998 and was named the MEAC Offensive Player of the Year in 1996. He holds the MEAC and school record for passing completions (638), passing yardage (9,908) and touchdown passes (92) during his tenure at Howard. White set the MEAC record for a single-game best mark in passing yards with 561 and eight TD’s against Florida A&M on October 17, 1998. He leads the MEAC with 1,169 passing attempts and 9,845 total offensive yards in his four-year career. White played professionally in the NFL for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1998 and the Kansas City Chiefs in 1999.
The Hall of Fame enshrinees were selected by an 11-person committee made up of administrators from each member institution. The MEAC Hall of Fame includes former student-athletes, coaches, university and/or conference administrators as well as special contributors, who have enriched the legacy of the conference since its inception in 1969.
Hill, White and the rest of the Hall of Fame Class will be honored in conjunction with the 2010 MEAC Basketball Tournament, held March 8-13 at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (LJVM) in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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