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
| Golf (M) @ Queens Inv. - Day 2 (Irish Creek CC), | |
| Volleyball @ Queens, 7:00 |
Calendar
| « | September 2018 | » | ||||
| 1 September 1 Cross Country in CHICK-FIL-A INV. (Salisbury Community Park) M-1st;W-1st Volleyball @ Florida Southern 1-3 Football @ West Georgia 3-34 Volleyball vs. Wilmington,DE 3-0 Soccer (M) @ Erskine 0-1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 September 3 Soccer (W) @ USC Aiken 1-0 | 4 | 5 September 5 Soccer (M) @ Mount Olive 1-2 | 6 | 7 September 7 Volleyball vs. Barton 0-3 Volleyball @ Augusta 0-3 Soccer (W) vs. BARTON 1-0 | 8 September 8 Tennis (W) @ Wingate Inv. (Day 1) Tennis (M) @ Wingate Inv. (Day 1) Volleyball vs. West Alabama 0-3 Football @ Winston-Salem State 34-7 Soccer (M) @ USC Aiken 3-0 |
| 9 September 9 Tennis (M) @ Wingate Inv. (Day 2) Tennis (W) @ Wingate Inv. (Day 2) Soccer (W) vs. FRANCIS MARION 3-1 | 10 September 10 Golf (M) @ Coker Inv. - Day 1 (Camden CC) Golf (W) @ Anderson Inv. - Day 1 (Cobbs Glen CC) | 11 September 11 Golf (W) @ Anderson Inv. - Day 2 (Cobbs Glen CC) 2nd of 9 Golf (M) @ Coker Inv. - Day 2 (Camden CC) 13th of 14 Volleyball vs. WINGATE 2-3 | 12 September 12 Soccer (W) vs. NEWBERRY 4-1 Soccer (M) vs. NEWBERRY 0-3 | 13 | 14 | 15 September 15 Cross Country @ Winthrop Invitational, ccd. 9 a.m. Soccer (W) @ Mars Hill, ppd. 1 p.m. Soccer (M) @ Mars HIll, ppd. 3:30 p.m. Swimming @ SAA Open Water, ccd. 4 p.m. Football vs. UNC PEMBROKE, ccd. 7 p.m. |
| 16 | 17 September 17 Golf (M) @ Queens Inv. - Day 1 (Irish Creek CC) | 18 September 18 Golf (M) @ Queens Inv. - Day 2 (Irish Creek CC) Volleyball @ Queens 7 p.m. | 19 September 19 Soccer (W) @ Queens 5 p.m. Soccer (M) @ Queens 7:30 p.m. | 20 | 21 September 21 Tennis (M) @ North Greenville 2 p.m. Tennis (W) @ North Greenville 2 p.m. Volleyball @ Lenoir-Rhyne 7 p.m. | 22 September 22 Golf (W) @ Lady Brave Inv. - Day 1 (Old South GC) Soccer (M) vs. LINCOLN MEMORIAL 1 p.m. Football @ Mars Hill 1 p.m. Volleyball vs. MARS HILL 2 p.m. Soccer (W) vs. LINCOLN MEMORIAL 3:30 p.m. |
| 23 September 23 Golf (W) @ Lady Brave Inv. - Day 2 (Old South GC) | 24 September 24 Golf (M) @ King Inv. - Day 1 (CC of Bristol) | 25 September 25 Golf (M) @ King Inv. - Day 2 (CC of Bristol) Volleyball @ Lincoln Memorial 6 p.m. | 26 September 26 Soccer (W) vs. UNC PEMBROKE 5 p.m. | 27 September 27 Tennis (M) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 1) Tennis (W) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 1) | 28 September 28 Tennis (W) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 2) Tennis (M) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 2) Volleyball vs. CARSON-NEWMAN 7 p.m. | 29 September 29 Tennis (M) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 3) Tennis (W) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 3) Cross Country @ USC Upstate Invitational 9 a.m. Football vs. CARSON-NEWMAN 1:30 p.m. Soccer (W) @ Tusculum 5 p.m. Soccer (M) @ Tusculum 7 p.m. |
| 30 September 30 Tennis (M) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 4) Tennis (W) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 4) | ||||||
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