Around The USCAA - 11/17/14 

Around the USCAA is a semi-weekly article that highlights current happenings, key matchups, and relevant news stories from across the association. If you have a relevant news piece that you would like considered for inclusion please send it to info@theuscaa.com.

Daemen Men’s Basketball Introduce Newest Member

AMHERST, N.Y. – Daemen College Head Men's Basketball coach Mike MacDonald has announced the addition of a new member to his team. Twelve-year old Leontae Parker of Buffalo, N.Y. was formally introduced during a press conference today in the Lumsden Gymnasium lobby.
 
Leontae is involved with Team IMPACT, a non-profit program that aims to improve the quality of life for children facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses. Core to their model is harnessing the power of teamwork by matching these courageous kids with college athletic teams. Team IMPACT children are drafted onto local college athletic teams and, to the greatest extent possible, become an official member of the team for the duration of their treatment and beyond.
 
"We are excited to have Leontae as a member of the Daemen Wildcats," MacDonald said.  "I've been involved with kids from Team IMPACT in the past, and I've found it to be a very rewarding experience, both for the child and his family, as well as for our student-athletes.  We are eager to get to know Leontae and welcome him into our basketball family."

Leontae is joining a Wildcat team which is about to embark upon its 2014-15 season, which unofficially opened last night with an 83-81 overtime win over Canisius College in an exhibition game. The team is coming off a 21-7 campaign last season that saw them capture the East Coast Conference regular-season championship in the Wildcats' first year as an affiliate of the NCAA Division II league.  The Wildcats officially open regular-season play this Friday, November 14 by hosting Concordia College (N.Y.) at 8 p.m. on the opening day of the East Coast Conference-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (ECC-CACC) Challenge sponsored by The Knee Center of Western New York.

Learn more about the Team IMPACT program at www.goteamimpact.org.
  
WILDCAT PROFILE
NAME: Leontae Parker
AGE: 12
HOMETOWN: Buffalo, N.Y.
FAVORITE NUMBER: 1
FAVORITE COLORS: Red and black
FAVORITE FOOD: Chicken Fingers
FAVORITE ATHLETE: John Cena
FAVORITE HOBBIES: Playing video games and listening to all types of music

 *Courtesy of Deamen College Athletic Website

Calvan Scores 1500^th Career Point

Barber-Scotia College Senior Chris Calvan came into the season looking to add to his already impressive career by surpassing the 1,500 point marker and did just that November 14th at Campbell University. He scored 22, 18 and 18 in the first 3 games of the season to put himself in position to eclipse the mark and needing only 8 points at Campbell, he scored 14.

Calvan is averaging 18 points per game this season being set up by assist extraordinaire Shaq Wilson. He would need to average 19.25 points per game to reach the elusive 2,000 point milestone by season's end.

Calvan played his first three seasons at Virginia University - Lynchburg where he accumulated 1,434 career points before transferring to Barber-Scotia College for his senior season.

*Courtesy of Barber-Scotia College Athletics

Reminder: USCAA Eligibility Forms Due

The USCAA would like to remind its members that eligibility forms for the winter season are due to the national office BEFORE the first competition is to be played. Please fax all necessary forms to the USCAA National Office at, 757-706-3758, or e-mail them to Senior Administrator of Membership Services and Communications, Michael Goodman, at Michael.Goodman@theuscaa.com.

Key Weekly Matchups

Men’s Basketball

11/17/14 – Penn State Hazelton at The King’s College 7:00 pm

11/18/14 – Penn State Worthington Scranton at Penn State Schuylkill 7:30 pm

11/19/14 – Eastern Maine CC at University of Maine Machias 8:00 pm

11/20/14 – College of St. Joseph’s-Vermont at Vermont Tech 8:00 pm

11/22/14 –Washington Adventist College at WVU Tech 7:00 pm

Women’s Basketball

11/19/14 – Alfred State College at SUNY Delhi 6:00 pm

11/19/14 – Penn State Wilkes Barre at The King’s College 6:00 pm

11/20/14 – Penn State Hazelton at Penn State Schuylkill 6:30 pm

11/20/14 – NHTI at Central Maine CC 8:00 pm

11/22/14 – University of Maine Augusta at Briarcliffe College TBA