Author Archive for Mark Robertson
Mark is a freshman at Emory & Henry. He is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia. He is a Mass Communications and History double major and also plays baseball for the Wasps.
Softball sweeps Sweet Briar
Emory & Henry’s softball team came up big this weekend with a two game sweep of Sweet Briar College, winning 11-3 in the first contest and 6-5 in the finale.
Chelsea Campbell
The Lady Wasps (3-19, 3-13 ODAC) dominated the opening match, scoring five runs in the first inning and four in the second to jump out [...]
Wasps sting Roanoke
Emory & Henry’s baseball team was winless in the ODAC going into this week, but that all changed on Tuesday with the team’s 9-6 win at Roanoke. Right fielder Eric Houff went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run for the Wasps, who took a 5-0 lead in the first inning. Keith Fenner picked up the [...]
Wasps baseball splits with Virginia Intermont
Lee VanLear knocked in two runs with a single to give Emory & Henry’s baseball team a 3-2 walk-off win over the Cobras.
The rally was ignited by a bunt single by Anthony Lowry and followed by a double to right field by Keith Fenner. Codie Mitchell was walked by Virginia Intermont to load the bases [...]
E&H tennis player given ODAC weekly honor
Freshman Matt Nelson was named Old Dominion Athletic Conference player of the week went 4-0 last week in singles and matched the perfect record in doubles at the team’s tournament in Hilton Head, S.C.
Nelson and doubles partner Chip Wintringham led the Wasps to team wins over Heidelberg, Penn State-Behrend , Northwestern College and Juniata.
Nelson lost [...]
Tennis Coach Shares Life as a Documentary Film Maker
Emory & Henry tennis coach Jim Barker has an interesting claim to fame: he’s done just about everything. From frying pan tennis to filming documentaries, Barker has tried it all.
A graduate of nearby East Tennessee State University, Barker also served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam for a time. After graduating from ETSU, where he [...]
Hollins defeats Lady Wasps
Sarah Petty netted a team-high 22 points for Emory & Henry as the Lady Wasps (6-16, 5-12 ODAC) dropped an ODAC game to Hollins on the road, 73-71.
Baylie Snyder scored 20 points for E&H.
Jasmine Greene led Hollins (2-21, 1-17 ODAC) with 29 points.
The game marked the end of a 69 game conference losing streak for [...]
E&H names new Athletic Director
Emory & Henry College is no longer without an Athletic Director. Myra Sims, a former Senior Associate Director of Athletics and Recreation at Emory University in Atlanta, was named the newest Wasp A.D. Wednesday afternoon.
Myra Sims
Sims, a native of Hiltons, Virginia and a graduate of nearby Gate City High School, is a former women’s basketball [...]
E&H men earn first ODAC win
Emory & Henry’s men’s basketball squad finally grasped its first Old Dominion Athletic Conference win in dramatic fashion on Saturday, topping Hampden-Sydney by a score of 71-69. Terrance Grigg nailed a turn-around floater in the lane with 5.5 seconds remaining to give the Wasps the win.
Grigg, a junior, finished with 17 points and nine rebounds [...]
E&H basketball falls short against Lynchburg
Emory & Henry’s hardcourt struggles continued Saturday against Lynchburg College, as the Wasps suffered a 96-91 loss. A strong first half, during which Lynchburg outscored E&H 62-43, carried the Hornets.
Lynchburg finished with five scorers in double-digits and was led by senior Steven Echols, who tallied 36 points and made seven of nine 3-point attempts. Danny [...]
Wasps basketball falls to UVA-Wise
Emory & Henry’s men’s basketball squad lost their seventh straight contest, 89-74 at UVA-Wise on Saturday, December 12.
Point guard J.D. Dyson paced the Wasps with 18 points, made all six of his free throws, and had a team-high five assists. Malcolm Green and Terrance Grigg scored 11 and 10 points, respectively.
E&H went into halftime only [...]
