Mar. 2—BLUEFIELD — Derrick Price has been appointed as the full-time Director of Athletics at Bluefield State College. Bluefield State College President Robin Capehart made the announcement on Monday, at which time Price's appointment went immediately into effect. Price had been serving in the dual roles of Interim AD and Men's Head Basketball Coach since 2020. "Derrick has already .
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Members of the Bluefield College men s basketball team kneel during the national anthem before a Jan. 30 game.
When Ayanna Strother, a junior on the Bluefield College women’s basketball team, heard that the men’s team had been suspended for kneeling during the national anthem before games, she and her teammates weren t surprised.
The decision to kneel was not a spur-of-the-moment gesture. Like college and professional athletes of color across the country who had done the same thing, the mostly Black men s team wanted to make their presence felt and raise public awareness about police brutality against people of color and racial injustice in society at large, said Strother, who has since been participating in other protest actions led by the college s athletes, including non-Black athletes.