Southern University Students Win Emmy Award For ‘The Hidden Sport’

Filmmaking students from Southern University and A&M College have recently won a Sports Emmy for creating a film named The Hidden Sport.

The school announced that Loren Sullivan, Verbon Muhammad, Sydney Cuillier, Ashley Lovelace, and Eric White, who are known as “The Dream Team,” were awarded the 2025 HBCU Sports Emmy at a ceremony that was held in New York City May 20.

“This isn’t just a win—it’s a call to action to invest in the arts,” said Sullivan, a senior hailing from Chino Hills, California, majoring in mass communication.

Sullivan is a member of the Human Jukebox Media Team, while the other filmmakers are recent graduates of Southern University. Cuillier, Lovelace, and White are former members of the Office of Student Media, while Muhammad is a former member of the Human Jukebox Media Team.

The Hidden Sport highlights the legacy of the school’s “Human Jukebox” Marching Band and the impact the band has on sports and athletics at Historically Black Colleges and Universities HBCUs).

The documentary was submitted as an entry for the Emmy Awards as part of a $40,000 national HBCU sports broadcasting grant competition that was sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company and the Foundation of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

The filmmakers stated that they plan to create scholarships for students at Southern University and will also donate a portion of the grant to the Human Jukebox and the Southern University Department of Mass Communication.

The documentary will be available on YouTube later this summer.

The school also announced that the Southern University School of Nursing celebrated the largest class of doctoral nursing students in its history. 12 students earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree, and two students received a Ph.D. in nursing.

Graduate Darryl Davis also made history by becoming the first male to earn a doctorate through the DNP program.

“I have been abundantly blessed with great professors, preceptors, classmates and parents who helped to shape my character and motivated me to aim higher and push further to achieve excellence,” Davis said.