The Winston-Salem Journal has a great piece on Appalachian Board of Trustees member and football alumnus, Avery Hall ’93: Avery Hall’s large stature and prowess on the football field earned him a four-year starting position as defensive tackle for the Appalachian State University football team. ...

The News & Observer has a nice write-up on oyster-farming pioneers Jim ’75 and Bonnie Swartzenberg. To raise a good oyster, it helps to have the tenacity of one. Much the way that tasty bivalve attaches itself to a solid foundation and stays there until it’s forcibly removed, Jim and Bo...

Read this uplifting story about Larry McCreary ’68, a blind man since birth, who enjoys the best seats in the LJVM for Wake Forest basketball games courtesy of his brother, Bob McCreary, a former Wake Forest and NFL football player. Bob can’t help but remember when Larry was shipped off at the a...

The 2007 North Carolina Sportscaster of the Year is our very own David Jackson ’00 of the Appalachian/ISP Sports Network. From the GoASU.com release: Appalachian State University associate athletics director for public affairs David Jackson has been named the 2007 North Carolina Sportscaster of th...