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As Miles Williams ’15 co-captained the Elon Phoenix football team over the past year, he was also conducting undergraduate research just a few miles away on the way hip hop music might help African-American children develop self-confidence and a sense of self.

The former Elon women’s basketball standout with a distinguished career in collegiate and professional coaching will join eight other North Carolina sports figures to be formally enshrined during a May induction banquet.

The human service studies major from South Carolina excelled in the classroom and on the field this fall for the Elon Phoenix football team, earning him honors from the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association. 

A team visit to the Central American nation last spring inspired "Costa Rica Through the Lens: Reflections From ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Women’s Soccer" with contributions from players, coaches and staff.

¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ·'s Coralea Geraniotis and Nick Ciolkowski were named the Colonial Athletic Association's top freshmen in cross country for 2015, with Ciolkowski also taking home Athlete of the Year honors after claiming the league's individual men's title.

By the end of the calendar year, Tom Parham's "The Little Green Book of Tennis" will have been provided to high school tennis players in 20 North Carolina counties.

The head coach of Elon's men's soccer team led the Phoenix to a 14-6-1 overall record this season and back to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in five years.

The university community shared memories Thursday afternoon of Demitri Allison, a wide receiver on the Elon Phoenix football team, and began the healing process that follows the sudden loss of a loved one.

Barton College will award Parham its 2015 Distinguished Alumnus Award during the school's homecoming festivities.