Team Information

Location: Prairie View, Texas

Established: 1876

Enrollment: 9.350

Mascots: The Black Panther

This will be the sixth Winter Classic for the PVAMU team, they were the very first team to sign up for the inaugural 2021 Winter Classic, so we have a soft place in our heart for them. They won the Gold Medal in 2022 with the “OpenFOAM Jail Break” and are looking to win it again in 2026.

This team is loaded with high-end talent. Plus they have a new coach who was a former multiple competition player and is now a newly minted PhD, Dr. Toya Acharya. This could be quite a year for Team Prairie View, keep an eye on them.

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2026 Team Roster:

  • Oladapo Ajike
  • Osioke Abokhai
  • Austin Ogbunuju
  • Josemaria  Osuorah

Team Faculty Advisors/Coaches:

  • Dr. Toya Acharya
  • Dr. Annamalai Annamalai
  • Dr. Mohamed Chouikha, Coach Emeritus 

2024 Team Roster:

  • Sheikh Ahmed
  • Abiodun Olaluwe
  • Naliyah Skipper
  • Tyler Mannings

Team Faculty Advisors/Coaches:

  • Dr. Annamalai Annamalai
  • Dr. Mohamed Chouikha

2023 Winter Classic

2023 Team Roster:

  • Draya Buckner
  • Jalen Graham
  • Sheikh Tareq Ahmed
  • Spencer Anderson
  • Toya Acharya
  • Tyler Mannings

Team Faculty Advisors/Coaches

  • Dr. Annamalai Annamalai
  • Dr. Mohamed Chouikha

2022 Winter Classic

2022 Team Roster:

  • Adrian Small
  • Ashley Chala
  • Juwan Byers
  • Tawab Attaie
  • Toya Acharya

Team Faculty Advisors/Coaches:

  • Dr. Annamalai Annamalai
  • Dr. Mohamed Chouikha

2021 Winter Classic

Team Roster:

  • Toya Acharya
  • Ishan Khatri
  • Johnny Turner

Faculty Advisors/Coaches:

  • Dr. Annamalai Annamalai
  • Dr. Mohamed Chouikha