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
| « | September 2017 | » | ||||
| 1 September 1 Volleyball vs. MONTEVALLO 3-2 | 2 September 2 Cross Country in CHICK-FIL-A INVITE W-2nd; M-3rd Tennis (M) @ Belmont Abbey Individual Tourn. Volleyball vs. BELMONT ABBEY 1-3 Volleyball vs. CHOWAN 3-0 Soccer (M) vs. ERSKINE 1-2 | |||||
| 3 September 3 Soccer (W) @ Barton 2-0 | 4 | 5 | 6 September 6 Soccer (M) vs. MOUNT OLIVE 1-3 Soccer (W) vs. LIMESTONE 1-3 | 7 | 8 September 8 Cross Country @ Lenoir-Rhyne Invite W-3rd,M-3rd Volleyball @ Winston-Salem St. 0-3 | 9 September 9 Tennis (W) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 1) Tennis (M) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 1) Football @ VMI 27-20 Soccer (M) @ Belmont Abbey 0-4 |
| 10 September 10 Tennis (W) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 2) Tennis (M) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 2) Soccer (W) vs. FLAGLER 0-4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 September 15 Volleyball @ Mars Hill 3-1 | 16 September 16 Volleyball vs. TUSCULUM 2-3 Soccer (M) vs. MARS HILL 0-1 Football @ UNC Pembroke 41-9 Soccer (W) vs. MARS HILL 4-0 |
| 17 | 18 September 18 Golf (M) @ Queens Inv. - Day 1 (Club at Irish Creek) | 19 September 19 Golf (M) @ Queens Inv. - Day 2 (Club at Irish Creek) 11th of 16 Volleyball @ Lenoir-Rhyne 0-3 | 20 September 20 Soccer (W) @ Newberry 2-1 Soccer (M) @ Newberry 2-4 | 21 | 22 September 22 Volleyball @ Lincoln Memorial 1-3 | 23 September 23 Golf (W) @ Lady Brave Inv - Day 1 (Old South GC) Cross Country @ Bulldog Stampede Soccer (W) @ Coker 4:30 p.m. Volleyball @ Carson-Newman 5 p.m. Football vs. MARS HILL 6 p.m. Soccer (M) @ Coker 7 p.m. |
| 24 September 24 Golf (W) @ Lady Brave Inv - Day 2 (Old South GC) | 25 September 25 Golf (M) @ King Inv - Day 1 (CC of Bristol) | 26 September 26 Golf (M) @ King Inv - Day 2 (CC of Bristol) Tennis (W) @ Pfeiffer 3 p.m. Volleyball vs. ANDERSON 6 p.m. | 27 September 27 Tennis (M) @ Pfeiffer 3 p.m. Soccer (W) vs. USC AIKEN 5 p.m. | 28 | 29 September 29 Cross Country @ Royals Challenge Tennis (M) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 1) Tennis (W) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 1) Volleyball vs. QUEENS 7 p.m. | 30 September 30 Tennis (W) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 2) Tennis (M) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 2) Football @ Carson-Newman 1 p.m. Volleyball vs. WINGATE 2 p.m. Soccer (W) vs. GEORGIA COLLEGE 3 p.m. Soccer (M) vs. LANDER 7 p.m. |
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