BC recognizes philosophy, religion students
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Bridgewater College seniors Rebekah L. Miller and Blake Strother and junior Jesse Winter were recognized by the Department of Philosophy and Religion for academic excellence
Search Results for Bridgewater College
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JMU team had four future MLB pitchers, but finished .500 during ‘Storm of the Century’ season
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Scanning the record books, there is nothing special about the 1993 JMU baseball team – the Dukes were 24-24-1 overall and 3-7-1 in what was then the competitive Colonial Athletic Association.
JMU Baseball: Dukes welcome new pitching coach, Christian Bourne
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JMU announced in late July that Christian Bourne, a former pitcher for the Dukes, will be the new pitching coaching. Bourne has been on the coaching staff at Radford.
The Commonwealth of Virginia has long been fertile ground for MLB scouts
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We recently reported on Bill Buck, a long-time resident of Northern Virginia who covered the Mid-Atlantic region as a professional baseball scout for the Detroit Tigers before retiring in 2015.
Larry Haney, Cal Raleigh among the many MLB catchers with ties to Virginia
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This October will be the 60th anniversary of the first World Series title for the Baltimore Orioles – who have not been back to the Fall Classic, much less won it, since 1983.
Country music legend Patsy Cline grew up in many Shenandoah Valley towns
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Patsy Cline, would become a famous country singer, was born in Winchester in 1932. But on the heels of the Depression, and with her father looking for work as a blacksmith, her family moved around around a lot.
Virginia baseball scout Bill Buck helped sign Billy Wagner, Justin Verlander
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It was the spring of 1993, and baseball scouts were flocking to Southwest Virginia to see Billy Wagner, a hard-throwing lefty pitcher for Ferrum College.
Greene County: Tom Dulaney Slonaker has had several SuperFun careers
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Long-time Ruckersville resident Tom Dulaney Slonaker has had a plethora of successful careers, including sports broadcaster, financial engineer, stockbroker, and as an insurance agent he had an office in Charlottesville.
MLB Draft roundup: Page County, JMU pitchers drafted by the Chicago Cubs
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It has been more than three years since Jimmy Jackson was the pitching coach for the JMU Baseball team.
Roaring Twenties MLB pitcher Carl Yowell, the pride of Madison County
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There was only Major League Baseball player born in the small town of Madison, Virginia, according to baseballreference.com.
