Athletic Department
Herman Helms
Year Inducted: 2008
Category: Sports Information Director
- Sports Information Director at Catawba, 1944-1948
- Began his writing career with the Charlotte Observer in 1948 covering all sports and writing a twice-a-week column
- Moved to the State newspaper in Columbia, SC in 1963 and served as Executive Sports Editor until 1987 and was the lead sports columnist 1963 until retiring in 1989
- Only journalist to be named Sportswriter of The Year in both Carolinas evening the North Carolina honor twice and the South Carolina award five times
- Inducted into the North Carolina Boxing Hall of fame in 1988 and his interest in boxing led him to get to know and write about such greats as Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali
- Former President of the Atlantic Coast Writers Association and was a founder and director of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame
- Considered the most highly read sports columnist in the Carolinas for four decades
Today's Events
Calendar
| « | April 2021 | » | ||||
| 1 April 1 Tennis (W) @ Newberry 0-7 Soccer (W) @ Coker 1-0 Soccer (M) @ Coker 2-1 | 2 April 2 Baseball @ Mars Hill 12-1 Softball NEWBERRY 5-4 Baseball @ Mars Hill 12-6 Softball NEWBERRY 8-7 | 3 April 3 Lacrosse (M) @ Mars Hill 16-8 Baseball @ Mars Hill 13-1 Baseball @ Mars Hill 11-0 | ||||
| 4 | 5 April 5 Tennis (W) TUSCULUM 2-5 Soccer (W) WINGATE (SAC Tournament - Quarterfinals) 2-1 | 6 April 6 Baseball @ Wingate 0-8 Baseball @ Wingate 5-2 | 7 April 7 Tennis (W) @ Wingate 0-7 Softball WINGATE 3-4 Softball WINGATE 5-2 Lacrosse (M) COKER 12-13 | 8 April 8 Soccer (W) LENOIR-RHYNE (SAC Tournament - Semifinals) 0-1 | 9 April 9 Track/Field @ Flames Invitational - Day 1 Soccer (M) SHAW 3-2 Softball @ UVA Wise 10-6 Softball @ UVA Wise 2-3 | 10 April 10 Track/Field @ NC A&T Invite Track/Field @ Flames Invitational - Day 2 Tennis (W) vs. Carson-Newman (Lake Norman Tennis Center) 1-6 |
| 11 April 11 Baseball UVA WISE 11-2 Baseball UVA WISE 16-3 | 12 April 12 Golf (W) @ SAC Championships - Day 1 (Woodlake GC ) Softball @ Carson-Newman 6-1 Baseball UVA WISE 7-1 Softball @ Carson-Newman 4-7 Baseball UVA WISE 24-1 | 13 April 13 Golf (W) @ SAC Championships - Day 2 (Woodlake GC ) 10th of 13 Baseball MOUNT OLIVE 5-3 | 14 April 14 Softball @ Queens 11-2 Beach Volleyball SPARTANBURG METHODIST W,5-0 Softball @ Queens 11-1 Beach Volleyball SPARTANBURG METHODIST W,4-1 Lacrosse (W) WINGATE, ccd. 6 p.m. | 15 | 16 April 16 Beach Volleyball @ Small College Championships - Day 1 Beach Volleyball vs. Colorado Mesa (Small College Championships) 0-5 Beach Volleyball vs. Tampa (Small College Championships) 0-5 Softball COKER 6-3 Baseball ANDERSON 12-1 Softball COKER 2-1 Baseball ANDERSON 5-0 | 17 April 17 Beach Volleyball @ Small College Championships - Day 2 Baseball ANDERSON 2 p.m. Lacrosse (M) QUEENS, ccd. 4 p.m. Baseball ANDERSON 5 p.m. Lacrosse (W) QUEENS, ccd. 7 p.m. |
| 18 April 18 Beach Volleyball @ Small College Championships - Day 3 | 19 April 19 Golf (M) @ SAC Championships - Day 1 (Woodlake GC ) 8 a.m. Baseball v. Belmont Abbey (Atrium Health Ballpark) 6 p.m. | 20 April 20 Golf (M) @ SAC Championships - Day 2 (Woodlake GC ) 8:30 a.m. Softball BELMONT ABBEY 1 p.m. Softball BELMONT ABBEY 3 p.m. Baseball @ UNC Pembroke 6 p.m. | 21 April 21 Beach Volleyball ST. ANDREWS 5 p.m. Beach Volleyball ST. ANDREWS 7 p.m. | 22 April 22 Baseball @ SAC Tournament | 23 April 23 Softball @ SAC Tournemant Baseball @ SAC Tournament Beach Volleyball Erskine vs. CVCC 2 p.m. Beach Volleyball CVCC 5 p.m. | 24 April 24 Softball @ SAC Tournament Baseball @ SAC Tournament Track/Field @ SAC Outdoor Championships - Day 1 9 a.m. Beach Volleyball ERSKINE 9:30 a.m. Beach Volleyball Free Volleyball Clinic (Beach & Indoor) 11:30 a.m. Beach Volleyball ERSKINE 2:30 p.m. |
| 25 April 25 Baseball @ SAC Tournament Track/Field @ SAC Outdoor Championships - Day 2 9:30 a.m. | 26 April 26 Baseball @ SAC Tournament | 27 April 27 Beach Volleyball SANDHILLS CC 4 p.m. Beach Volleyball SANDHILLS CC 6 p.m. | 28 | 29 | 30 April 30 Beach Volleyball Lincoln Memorial vs. Tusculum 3 p.m. Beach Volleyball CARSON-NEWMAN 5:30 p.m. | |
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