March 16, 2009

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - Juniors April McBride (New Rochelle, N.Y.) and Neal Pitt (Fort Washington, Md.) have been named University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Athletes of the Week for the period ending March 15.

McBride led the women's basketball team to the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference basketball tournament, earning a place on the all-tournament team. She scored all 14 of her points in the second half of the Lady Hawks' loss to eventual conference champion North Carolina A&T and had 24 points six rebounds, three assists and one steal in a win over Morgan State to move UMES on to face the Aggies.

Pitt had 12 points and 10 boards in the Hawks loss to Bethune-Cookman in the Hawks' opening-round of the MEAC tournament. He picked up his team-leading 10th double-double of the season.