JERRY HOLMES... defensive back
CLAYTON CROSY... guard
, • M y
KEN DOBLER... tackle
JI Braves
Win Coastal
Grid Honors
Eleven Chowan College football players
have been named to All Coastal Con
ference teams.
Four sophomores were selected for the
first team. Defensive players receiving the
top honor are Clayton Crosby of Walter-
boro, SC; nose guard, and Jerry Holmes of
Hampton, Va; free safety.
Named from the offense are tight end
Bruce Bryant of Beltsville, Md; and tackle
Ken Dobler of Virginia Beach, Va.
Named to the second team are offensive
guard Pat Miller of Norfolk, VA; running
back C. W. Wilson of Clinton, SC; and
defensive back Charles Hopkins of Salem,
Va.
Four Braves received honorable men
tion including three from the defense, end
Rodney Robbins of Jamestown; tackle
Eddie Deeb of Richmond, Va.; and
linebacker Randy Raper of Wilson. Offen
sive tackle Glenn Beach of Norfolk, Va,
was also honored.
Only Miller, a freshman, returns for the
1978 season. Chowan’s head coach, Jim
Garrison, expects the others, all
sophomores, to receive scholarships to
play for senior colleges.
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Holmes, Bryant Chosen
NJCAA All-Americans
Defensive back Jerry Holmes and tight
end Bruce Bryant of the Chowan College
football team have been honored in recent
All-America selections by the National
Junior College Athletic Association.
Holmes, a 6-4,170 pound free safety from
Hampton Va., was named to the first team
All-America, while Bryant, a 64, 215-
pounder from Beltsville, Md., made the se
cond team.
Holmes was also named to the J. C. Grid-
Wire All-American second team, while
Bryant received honorable mention.
Jim Garrison, the Braves’ head coach,
called Holmes “the finest at his position in
cluding senior colleges in the state of
North Carolina.” Garrison added, “I think
Jerry could play for any college in the
state. He’s a super athlete.”
Garrison said the two-year starter “is a
true All- American if I’ve ever seen one.
He has great speed, good size, is a vacious
tackier and shines at pass coverage.”
Garrison said Holmes is also an offen
sive threat. He scored on punt returns of 35
yards against Baltimore and 70 yards
against Baltimore and 70 yards against
Nassau. Three other long touchdown
returns were nullified by penalties.
Holmes led Chowan’s defensive backs in
an overall team contribution with 44
tackles, 16 assists, eight broken passes.
two recovered fumbles and five intercep
tions. Garrison noted Holmes made a
number of saving tackles in the open field
to prevent touchdowns.
Garrison lauded Holmes as a “fine stu
dent with an outstanding academic record.
He’s the kind of person we’re proud to have
at Chowan. Jerry’s leadership abilities are
a plus to the team and school. ’ ’
Garrison predicts Holmes, who is being
courted by a number of senior colleges,
will continue his outstanding performance
with a senior college.
Bryant caught 22 passes for the Braves
for 354 yards and five touchdowns. Coach
Garrison praised Bryant for his blocking
and pass receiving.
“He’s a very unselfish player who puts
as much effort into his blocking as he does
into his pass receiving,” the coach
remarked. Garrison called Bryant “a
clutch performer who makes the big catch
and the big play when you need it the
most.”
Chowan ended its season with an 8-3
mark and 4-2 for third place in the Coastal
Conference. Ferrum was the only other
Coastal Conference team to be
represented on the team. The Panthers
landed three; offensive lineman Chris
Grey, defensive lineman Richard Goods
and defensive back Nate Parker.
Winslow Appointed Women s
Athletic Program Coordinator
ROY W'lNSLOW
. Women's A thletics
Co-ordinator
Roy Winslow has been named coor
dinator of women’s athletics according to
President Bruce E. Whitaker, who ex
plained that Winslow, who came to
Chowan in 1975, will continue to perform
his basic duties as associate dean of
students.
As coordinator of women’s athletics,
Winslow will be responsible to the athletic
director, Jim Garrison, for planning and
implementing the women’s intercollegiate
sports program. He will coach the
women’s intercollegiate teams in basket
ball and softbaU, Whitaker noted. Winslow
wiU also continue to coach the men’s cross
country team.
Whitaker said the changes are made “in
line with the intent of the college to con
tinue strengthening the intercollegiate
program of athletics for women.” He also
noted the changes will permit Mrs. Collins
to give greater attention to the women’s in
tramural program.
Dr. Whitaker said that Mrs. Janet Col
lins, professor of health and physical
education since 1964, will work with
Winslow in the program of intercollegiate
sports for women. Whitaker said Mrs. Col
lins requested that she be relieved of
coaching responsibilities for women’s
basketball, which she has coached since
initiating the program in 1965.
Whitaker said Mrs. Collins will continue
to coach the women’s intercollegiate
volleyball team. Her other duties will in
clude the teaching of classes in physical
education and hygiene, and responsibility
for the women’s intramural program and
cheerleaders. Mrs. Alice Vann, director of
residence hall life, will continue to assist
with the women’s intramural program and
cheerleaders.
Both Whitaker and Garrison expressed
appreciation for the “outstanding services
of Mrs Collins in the athletic program for
women.”
THE CHOWANIAN