Shayla Thomas-Patton graduated from Alcorn State.  Shayla played Honda Campus All-Star Challenge in its inaugural year, 1990.  A Nursing graduate, Shayla has specialized in Oncology and rural home medical care in Texas and Mississippi.

Shayla worked on an oncology floor at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center from May 1993 to May 1995. She specialized in adjunctive and palliative care of patients with female cancers, including chemotherapy administration. Shayla next worked in Home Health from May 1995 to August 1997 and specialized in treating patients in rural areas.

She earned her Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC) certificate in May, 2002. After the Mississippi office of Medicare Part B relocated in September 2006, Shayla became a Quality Improvement and Education Coordinator for Home Health Care of Mississippi, in which she is in charge of evaluating and initiating quality of care audits and chart reviews on the clients they serve. Shayla received my Certified Professional Coder (CPC) credential in October 2006.

Brian Ross competed for FAMU from 1991 - 1994. After graduation, Brian served with distinction in the U.S. Army.  After earning his J.D., he has served in government and private law.

Brian then began his legal career, which included stints as an Assistant Solicitor in the Office of the Solicitor General, City Court of Atlanta, and an Assistant District Attorney in the Alcovy Judicial Circuit.

In these roles, he prosecuted hundreds of bench and jury trials, including successful jury trials on crimes ranging from DUI and Family Violence Battery, to Cocaine Trafficking, Conspiracy, Child Molestation, and Rape. He also completed the DUI/Vehicular Homicide Course offered by the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council and the Trial Advocacy Course offered by the National District Attorneys' Association.

Brian is presently engaged in the private practice of law, with cases ranging from juvenile law to family law to criminal defense. Brian has extensive Juvenile Court Experience, having handled hundreds of cases of child deprivation, delinquency, and termination of parental rights.

Stephen Nurse-Findlay from Tuskegee played from 1991 to 1995.  Stephen holds a masters degree in public health and an M.D.

After medical school Stephen began to actively re-define the principles that underpin the clinical, policy and commercial elements of healthcare through first-person professional experience in all three elements within his career.

Stephen developed his commercial acumen as a healthcare business consultant with Arthur Andersen in 2000-01.  He became immersed in governmental health policy issues as a pediatric health policy analyst and research fellow at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in 2001-02.  He added community advocaby to his resume as a Board member, and strategic planning chair for the Health Education and Resource Organization, a community based HIV organization in 2002, and as a member of the Malcolm Baldride Healthcare Award review committee that year.

Stephen currently works as a medical communications, marketing and strategic planning consultant.

Marvin played HCASC for Prairie View A&M in 1990.

After graduation, he earned his M.D. and has gone on to become a noted Urologist in southern Florida.  He has actively published, presented and volunteered in the community around issues of men’s health.

Myles B. Caggins, III played for Hampton University for four years earning a Bachelors Degree in History. 

Major Caggins is a graduate of the Ordnance Officer’s Basic Corps and the Combined Logistics Captains Career Course, with Honors, at Ft. Lee, Virginia.

Myles’ military career has taken him to Germany, Albania and Macedonia. His military awards and decorations include: Bronze Star Medal.  Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Army Achievement Medal.

Matthew Barnhill graduated with an economics degree from North Carolina A&T State University and was on his school’s 1990 HCASC Nationals team.

After earning an M.B.A. in Marketing,  Matthew started the Market Research Department at Black Entertainment Television.  Under Matthew’s leadership, B-E-T won 8 Telly Awards for promotional excellence, including 3 Gold Winner Awards.  Matthew is now the Senior Vice President of Market Research for B-E-T. 

He is actively involved in community initiatives, including the Hugh O’Brien Youth Foundation and AIRS, an organization focused on providing housing and life skills training to families affected by HIV and AIDS.

Thaddeus Hoffmeister competed in the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge from 1992-1995 while studying French at Morgan State University.  He received his Bachelor of Arts from Morgan State University, followed by J.D. and LL.M. degrees.

Thaddeus is Chief Counsel and Legislative Director for Congressman Bob Filner.  Thaddeaus has served as a federal law clerk in the U.S. Federal District Court of New Jersey and as a military attorney. 

Thaddeus is a Captain in the United States Army Reserves assigned to the United States Army Japan as an international/operational law attorney.  He publishes articles on legal and international issues and has had pieces appear in the International Herald Tribune, Federal Lawyer, Harvard Asian Pacific Review and the Military Law Review.

Dr. Marla Black Morgan graduated with a degree in chemistry from Albany State University and played on the HCASC team for all 4 years. She graduated in 1998 from the University of Alabama School of Medicine and received the Samuel L. Clements Award in Neurology. After a neurology residency, where she served as chief resident, she completed a clinical fellowship. She serves on the faculty of the University of Alabama Birmingham school of medicine.

But hers is also a love story. Shortly before she got her medical degree, she married Martin Morgan, a former Tuskegee player whom she had met at the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge.

In addition to her medical work, she has continued her volunteer involvement with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, has worked with Bed and Roses, a homeless shelter for battered women, and taught in the Birmingham AIDS Education Project and remains active in her local church and with Girl Scouts.

Clarence E. Tucker played for Norfolk State University from 1993-1996. After graduation in 1996, he continued his studies at Old Dominion University, he received his Masters of Science Degrees in Bio-mechanics and Physical Therapy in 1998. Since then, he has served as the rehabilitation director of the Transitional Care Center, a skilled health care facility.

Clarence is also active as a mentor to physical therapy students from Hampton University's school of physical therapy and serves as an adjunct professor and clinical instructor.

Clarence is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and participates in numerous community and scholarship oriented programs. He is active in The Shepard's Way Church of God in Christ which is pastored by his mother.

Hi, I’m Ravi Howard from Howard University. My final year playing HCASC was the first year of the 64-team format, 9 years ago. It's good to see so many of the same faces as volunteers, coaches and staff. It says a lot about the event itself when so many people return year after year. When I think about HCASC, four memories came to mind: Shotgun House… Albinoism… Roosevelt… Lincoln Tunnel. Those are the answers to some of the questions I got wrong in the round robin games. Just to let you all know...eight years later I still remember. But I also remember the first question I got right. I was excited to be out of school for a few days and to be a part of something unlike any other gathering of college students in the country. At my graduation, President Swygert announced the amount of grant money that HCASC teams had generated for their schools. Know that in exchange for your hard work, you get a great time in Orlando and you are keeping people in school. I’m now pursuing a career with NFL Films. I write, edit and produce television programming for the National Football League. In addition, I am a writer and my novel, Like Trees Walking, was just released by William Morrow/HarperCollins.

I’m Syretta Nicole Richardson, but call me Nikki. I played for Del State from 1996 through 1998. Honda Campus All-Star Challenge was one of the best experiences of my college career. I networked and met friends that I still have and keep in touch with today. Before I arrived at my first HCASC, I thought that I would be surrounded by nerds. Instead, I met people who were very much like myself, who realized that being smart and well-rounded was nothing to be embarrassed about. I am still proud to be a member of such an elite group of scholars. When I got back home and shared my pictures, bragged about the deluxe accommodations and fun stories with all of my friends back on campus, EVERYBODY wanted to try out the next year. I still made the team for 2 more years before graduating. I have earned a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction and work as an Assistant Principal of an elementary school in Washington D.C. I am still learning, and start my doctoral program in June. HCASC was an experience that I will never forget and I will come back every year they ask me. Enjoy this experience, because I dare say you will never encounter another one like it again.

Yup, that’s me, Yusef Johnson from Tuskegee. I played Honda Campus All-Star Challenge from 1992-1996. I probably broke the stereotype, as I was a football player and at that time, a C student. I was blessed to be on what is arguably, one of the best teams in the history of HCASC. In my opinion, the battles that we had with FAMU and Morehouse at the South Sectionals during my first 3 years on the team helped defined and refine the way that the game is played today. My fondest game memories are getting the winning tossup against FAMU in our first championship run and then our second final against Morehouse, when we came back from more than 100 points down in the second half to win. The best thing about it all is that once the games are over, we have a blast, and get to know kindred spirits from all over the country. I'm now at the Johnson Space Center, helping to make the future happen. I've been there 7 years now, working in the Space Shuttle program, developing procedures to help the astronauts get themselves out of some of the hairiest situations that can arise. Spaceflight will never be risk-free, but we owe it to the men and women who fly to give them a fighting chance to survive.

Hello, my name is Bomani Jones. Between 1999 and 2001, I played in two championship finals, and captained the 2001 team. I was an All-Star and the 2000 Ernie Jones Sportsperson of the Year. Without a doubt, my fondest memory of HCASC competition is the 200 point comeback CAU made in the second game of the championship series against Florida A&M. Sorry FAM, that was our year. With my HCASC playing days behind me, I have begun a career as a freelance writer, while working on a PhD in economics. The Honda Campus All-Star Challenge provided me with networking opportunities and competition, but the most important things I have taken from the program are the friendships I have made. HCASC has become a family affair. I played while my mother coaches rival, Alabama A&M. Look to your left and your right...one of those people may wind up sleeping on your couch. But don't sweat it...chances are they will return the favor.