---
"title": "Norfolk State and Howard dominate MEAC team awards"
"description": "Norfolk State and Howard University won Wednesday night’s MEAC All-Sports Awards Dinner in Virginia Beach. The Spartans’ men’s programs won the Talmadge Layman Hill all-men’s sports award for the second consecutive year, while the Bison women earned the Mary McLeod Bethune all-women’s sports award for the fourth year in a row. The Norfolk State men […]"
"date": "2025-05-29"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Chris Stevens"
"url": "https://hbcusports.com/2025/05/29/norfolk-state-and-howard-dominate-meac-team-awards/"
"categories":
  - "Basketball"
  - "Cross Country"
  - "Football"
  - "News"
"tags":
  - "Delaware State"
  - "Howard"
  - "MEAC"
  - "Morgan State"
  - "Norfolk State"
  - "South Carolina State"
---

# Norfolk State and Howard dominate MEAC team awards

Norfolk State and Howard University won Wednesday night’s [MEAC All-Sports Awards Dinner in Virginia Beach](https://meacsports.com/news/2025/5/27/general-norfolk-state-and-howard-repeat-as-recipients-of-the-meac-all-sports-awards.aspx). The Spartans’ men’s programs won the Talmadge Layman Hill all-men’s sports award for the second consecutive year, while the Bison women earned the Mary McLeod Bethune all-women’s sports award for the fourth year in a row. The Norfolk State men won cross country, outdoor and indoor track and field and a share of the men’s basketball regular season championship and represented the [MEAC](https://hbcusports.com/?s=meac) in the NCAA tournament. Howard’s women won indoor and outdoor track and field, softball, and volleyball regular-season championships. The Bison softball team won the MEAC tournament and recently represented the conference in the NCAA tournament.

[![](http://hbcusports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2023/03/Tori-Tyson.jpg)](http://hbcusports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2023/03/Tori-Tyson.jpg)
_Photo: Howard Athletics_

Delaware State and South Carolina State shared the conference’s GSR (Graduation Success Rate) award, with both schools graduating 81 percent of their student athletes during the 2014-17 period. Morgan State earned the conference’s best APR (Academic Progress Rate). Howard and Norfolk State each received $20,000 from the MEAC for their wins, Delaware State and South Carolina State received $12,500 and Morgan State took home $10,000.