Omegan 2016 Winter Edition

Voice of the Second District
LGG’s Annual Youth Leadership Conference
The Omegan
Youth attending Lambda Gamma Gamma Youth Leadership Conference
Springdale, MD. October 17, 2015. Lambda Gamma Gamma
(LGG) chapter, in conjunction with the Uplift Foundation,
held their annual Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) on Saturday,
October 17, 2015 at Charles Herbert Flowers High School.
The 2015 LGG Chapter & Uplift Foundation Youth Leadership Conference
was presented on the theme of “Getting on the Grind, Getting
to Success” and the operational motto was “Leaders plan and
planners lead.” This motto served as the basis for conducting the
three track conference break-out approach: Academic, Business
and Entrepreneurial and Student Athlete. The students chose a single
track based on their particular academic and athletic interests.
The YLC began with a plenary session facilitated by nationally-known
and acclaimed motivational speaker, Bro. Brian Heat. Bro. Heat began
by getting the students awake and engaged promptly at 8:00 am.
The keynote presentation of Bro. Heat worked well to set the tone
for the remainder of the conference for the 86 student participants.
The conference was chaired by Bro. Lloyd Davis and he was assisted
by Brothers Corey Sanders and Lonnie McAllister.
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Bowie State Head Football Coach Damon Wilson
Has History-Making Season
Bro. Damon Wilson
Bowie, MD. December 7, 2015. Lambda Gamma Gamma (LGG)
chapter’s Coach Damon Wilson, head football coach of the Bowie
State Bulldogs, was selected CIAA Coach of the Week two times during
the 2015 football season. At the team level, it was also impressive
that the Bulldogs’ 57-3 win over Lincoln brought Bowie State into the
American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Coaches’
Top 25 Pool for just the first time since the program’s inception.
Coach Wilson’s meteoric rise this season is nothing less than remarkable
given all the adversity he and his team faced. The biggest loss, arguably,
was in his starting roster. The Bulldogs lost their starting quarterback,
back-up quarterback, 3 starting linebackers, 2 starting safeties and numerous
other players on the offensive and defensive lines. Commenting on the
losses due to injuries, Coach Wilson stated that “We have been operating
on a next man up mentality and we will figure it out. We have had to play
freshman that we didn’t plan on playing, but it’s a ‘trial by fire’ thing for the
guys.” He went on to say that “It tests the whole team and as a result the
team makes up and covers each other. They really drive each other. Hats
off to the guys. They’re some of the most talented guys I have coached.”
Despite the season-ending loss against Assumption in the NCAA Super
Region One quarterfinals, Coach Wilson’s accomplishments will go down
in the CIAA record books for years to come. Head Coach Damon Wilson
has resurrected a once written off program, with perseverance and dedication
and he eagerly anticipates another record-breaking season in 2016.
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