UNC Hosts Tribute To Black History Month
February 5, 2018 | Women's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL - The North Carolina women's basketball program has teamed up with the Carolina Black Caucus to host a tribute to Black History Month on Wednesday, Feb. 7 when the Tar Heels host Virginia Tech inside Carmichael Arena at 7 p.m.
The game will feature special performances and recognition of African American pioneers from UNC women's basketball and the university community.
Tresa Brown
The first women's basketball player at the University of North Carolina to earn both Kodak All-America and ACC Player of the Year honors, both coming in 1984 • Competed at UNC for four seasons (1981-84) • Brown averaged 20.8 points that season in leading UNC to its first ever ACC Championship, earning MVP honors and setting program records in 1984 in total points scored and highest scoring average • Set a UNC record with 38 points against Fairleigh Dickinson on Jan. 9, 1984 and later broke her own standard with 41 points against national-power Virginia on Jan. 14 • Her 41 points remains the second most points ever scored in a game in Tar Heel history.Â
Howard Lee
Served as the first African-American Mayor of Chapel Hill from 1969-1975 • Also the first African American to be elected mayor of any predominantly white city in the American South • In 1964, Lee received a master's degree in social work from the University of North Carolina • Elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1990 and served from 1990-1994 & 1996-2002 • Upon retirement, Lee founded the Howard N. Lee Institute, which "focuses on erasing the achievement gap and improving academic performance for minority males."
Deborah Stroman
Served two seasons with the UNC women's basketball program as a graduate assistant for the 1983-84 and 1984-85 seasons • Earned a master's degree in athletic administration at North Carolina • Current faculty member at UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health and business advisor for the university • Also, currently a Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the American Underground in Durham • Teaches various courses in the sports business and entrepreneurship domains • Recipient of the 2013 General Alumni Association Harvey E. Breech Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award and the 2013 The Class of 1996 Award for Advising Excellence • In the spring of 2017, was inducted into The Order of the Golden Fleece, the university's highest and oldest honor society • Played basketball at the University of Virginia, graduating in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in history and social studies.
Edith Wiggins
The first African American female Vice Chancellor at the University of North Carolina • Served as Vice Chancellor and Dean of Student Affairs from 1994-96 • Previously was the Director of the Campus Y, the largest and most vibrant advocacy and public service student organization at UNC • Also served on the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School Board as well as the Chapel Hill Town Council.
The game will feature special performances and recognition of African American pioneers from UNC women's basketball and the university community.
Tresa Brown
The first women's basketball player at the University of North Carolina to earn both Kodak All-America and ACC Player of the Year honors, both coming in 1984 • Competed at UNC for four seasons (1981-84) • Brown averaged 20.8 points that season in leading UNC to its first ever ACC Championship, earning MVP honors and setting program records in 1984 in total points scored and highest scoring average • Set a UNC record with 38 points against Fairleigh Dickinson on Jan. 9, 1984 and later broke her own standard with 41 points against national-power Virginia on Jan. 14 • Her 41 points remains the second most points ever scored in a game in Tar Heel history.Â
Howard Lee
Served as the first African-American Mayor of Chapel Hill from 1969-1975 • Also the first African American to be elected mayor of any predominantly white city in the American South • In 1964, Lee received a master's degree in social work from the University of North Carolina • Elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1990 and served from 1990-1994 & 1996-2002 • Upon retirement, Lee founded the Howard N. Lee Institute, which "focuses on erasing the achievement gap and improving academic performance for minority males."
Deborah Stroman
Served two seasons with the UNC women's basketball program as a graduate assistant for the 1983-84 and 1984-85 seasons • Earned a master's degree in athletic administration at North Carolina • Current faculty member at UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health and business advisor for the university • Also, currently a Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the American Underground in Durham • Teaches various courses in the sports business and entrepreneurship domains • Recipient of the 2013 General Alumni Association Harvey E. Breech Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award and the 2013 The Class of 1996 Award for Advising Excellence • In the spring of 2017, was inducted into The Order of the Golden Fleece, the university's highest and oldest honor society • Played basketball at the University of Virginia, graduating in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in history and social studies.
Edith Wiggins
The first African American female Vice Chancellor at the University of North Carolina • Served as Vice Chancellor and Dean of Student Affairs from 1994-96 • Previously was the Director of the Campus Y, the largest and most vibrant advocacy and public service student organization at UNC • Also served on the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School Board as well as the Chapel Hill Town Council.
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