NORFOLK, Va. – Coppin State volleyball recent graduate
Miajavon Coleman has been selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year, it was announced by the league office on Monday. Coleman is the third-straight CSU student-athlete to be voted by the league's Senior Woman Administrators as the MEAC's Woman of the Year.
"It is my honor to congratulate
Miajavon Coleman as the 2023 MEAC Woman of the Year," MEAC Commissioner Sonja Stills said. "Miajavon's on-court accomplishments as a volleyball student-athlete speak for themselves, and she has also been a star in the classroom and in the community. I want to thank Coppin State's coaches, athletics staff and academic support personnel, as well as Miajavon's family, for their part in her success, and I know she'll continue to represent both Coppin State and the MEAC well."
One of the most decorated volleyball players in the history of the MEAC, Coleman graduated Magna Cum Laude from Coppin this past spring with a degree in biomedical science and chemistry. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Coleman was a four-time First Team All-MEAC selection (2019-22) and received Rookie of the Year and Second Team honors as a freshman in 2018.
Coleman finished her career ranked third in MEAC history with a CSU-record 1,742 kills, which is the most in the league since the NCAA adopted the 25-point scoring format in 2008. Also, a great defensive player, Coleman ranks fifth in Coppin history with 1,046 digs and 185 blocks and is the only player at Coppin to record both 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs. She was also named to the MEAC 50
th Anniversary All-Time Team – being recognized as one of the top players in league history.
Prior to Coleman's arrival in Baltimore, the Eagles won just four matches in 2017 which increased to 12 victories during her freshman season in 2018. Coleman led Coppin to MEAC Regular Season titles in 2020 and 2022 while receiving conference Player of the Year and AVCA All-America accolades in 2021.
Active in the community, and highly successful in the classroom, Coleman was a two-year President of Coppin's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Chi Alpha Sigma Chapter, the National Collegiate Athlete Honor Society. She also received a grant to perform biomedical research on campus in Ophthalmic Research Laboratory, investigating the role of oxygen free radicals in the pathogenesis of ocular diseases.
Within Baltimore, Coleman participated in several North Avenue cleanups near campus, food and supply drives in support of earthquake and Hurricane Maria victims in Puerto Rico, and served as a mentor for Liberty Elementary students through 'Queen in You,' an organization of female collegiate students who train individuals in professional development, self-esteem, etiquette, scholarship and service. In her hometown of San Antonio, she volunteered at the San Antonio Food Bank and the Haven for Hope Homeless Shelter.
Coleman will advance to the next stage of the NCAA Woman of the Year selection process. The Woman of the Year Selection Committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees, ten from each division.
