David Driver is a native of Harrisonburg and grew up in nearby Dayton. He played baseball for one year at Eastern Mennonite University before graduating in 1985 with a degree in English and a minor in journalism. A former sports editor of papers in Virginia and Maryland, he is a member of the United States Basketball Writers Association. Of note, he covered the Washington Nationals during their 2019 World Series season.
He is the author of
Hoop Dreams in Europe: American Basketball Players Building Careers Overseas, and the co-author, with
University of Virginia graduate Lacy Lusk, of
From Tidewater to the Shenandoah: Snapshots from Virginia's Rich Baseball Legacy. Both are available on
Amazon, at
Rocktown Museum in
Dayton,
Parentheses bookstore in
Harrisonburg and at
daytondavid.com, and the baseball book is sold at
Barnes & Noble in
Harrisonburg.
