Prairie View A&M to celebrate 2009 SWAC Football Championship
Coach Frazier and his team with the SWAC Champsionship Trophy
Panther fans are expected to fill the historic Blackshear Stadium on Tuesday, Jan. 19 to celebrate Prairie View A&M University’s first SWAC football title in 45 years. Beginning at 12:30 p.m., the University marching band and cheerleaders will escort players and coaching staff through campus to Blackshear Stadium where the “official” championship ceremony will take place beginning at 1 p.m.
A festive parade will commence at the corner of L.W. Minor St. and University Dr., travel in front of the William “Billy” J. Nicks, Sr. Fieldhouse on O.J. Thomas St. and end at the Panthers home field – Blackshear Stadium. Fans are encouraged to line the parade route and follow the entourage to the ceremony.
The 2009 SWAC champions are expected to receive keys to the city from Prairie View Mayor Frank Jackson and hear congratulatory remarks from members of PVAMU’s 1964 championship team. Following the event, players and coaches will be on hand to sign autographs and take photos.
WHO: PVAMU fans, students, alumni and the local community
WHAT: Prairie View A&M University celebrates the historic 2009 SWAC Championship. Fans and University officials will salute the achievements of the entire PVAMU football team led by quarterback K. J. Black, SWAC Offensive Player of the Year and the 2009 NCAA FCS statistical champion for passing efficiency and head football coach Henry Frazier, III who has been named Coach of the Year by the Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C., the Southwestern Athletic Conference, College Sporting News, American Football Coaches Association (Region III), Boxtorow.com/BASN, the ESPN HBCU Notebook and the Black College Sports Page.
WHEN: Tuesday, January 19
1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Prairie View A&M University
Blackshear Stadium – F.M. 1098 Road, University Drive
Prairie View, TX 77446-0519
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