(BSU's) CASSANDRA CLAYBORNE TO RECEIVE BEYA AWARD AT STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

CASSANDRA CLAYBORNE TO RECEIVE BEYA AWARD AT STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Career Group, Incorporated has selected Bowie State University sophomore Cassandra Clayborne as an honoree at the 27^th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Association Conference.

Clayborne will receive national recognition, along with other outstanding college students, in front of an audience of over 1,000 STEM professionals and college students at the Student Leadership Awards Dinner – February 8, 2013 at the Washington Marriot Wardman Park Hotel. The BEYA STEM Global Competitiveness Conference will be co-hosted by the Northrop Grumman Cooperation.

The Damascus (Md.) native was a member of the 2012 CIAA Commissioner’s All-Academic Second Team, maintaining a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA over the 2011-2012 academic year as a Biology major.

Cassie, as she is affectionately known, led the Lady Bulldogs softball team in Runs Scored (46), Triples (2), Stolen Bases (16) and At Bats (126) and was selected as the CIAA Rookie of the Year as well as being named to the All-CIAA First Team.