(New Orleans) Members of Dillard's track and field teams traveled to Marion, Indiana, for the 33rd Annual NAIA Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field National Championships on the campus of Indiana Wesleyan University.  The events begin on Thursday and continue through Saturday.

(New Orleans) Dillard University's track and field team participated in a free food drive that led hundreds of people from the local community to Next Level Church to take advantage of this generous effort.

(New Orleans) Graduating senior Jalisa Swift of Lake Nona High School announced that she will attend Dillard University in fall 2013.  Swifts plans to study medicine and will also join a Lady Bleu Devils basketball team that has already signed three other players during the off-season.

New Orleans, LA - Southern University at New Orleans took a big step towards bolstering its backcourt with the addition of combo guard Melvin Davis who spent the last two seasons lighting up scoreboards for Delgado Community College.

Davis, listed at 6-0, 165 lbs, is a New Orleans native who prepped at John McDonough High School.  He was named to the All-Miss-Lou Conference team this past season after averaging more than 25 points per game.  For the season he had 10 games of more than 25 points including 9 games where he topped 30 points.  He poured in 38 points against Pensacola-Florida, a contest in which he knocked down 9 three-pointers.