The 2021 Catawba Golf Classic was back bigger and better this year! Thanks to Bill Hall and Bob Setzer for keeping this event going year after year - 56 teams and over 240 players.
This is where it all started on Friday morning around 6:15am.
The Catawba Football Committee and special guest start things off at 8:30am.
Brian Hinson, Stewart Adams, Bobby Honeycutt, Russ Adams, and Frank Adams.
Trent Bradshaw, Bill Hall, and Reid Bradshaw.
Coach Joe Pinyan, Devonte Peterson, Coach Tim Pangburn, and Coach Corey Ready
Hailey Barajas, Karli Jump, Coach Sam Gealy, Kaley Barts ’20, and Assistant Coach John Kale.
Tom Childress, Avery Locklear, and Rick Locklear
David Van Aken, Assistant Catawba Women’s Basketball Coach Emry Tsitouris, Mark Domske, Tom Nash.
Brian Hinson, Coach David Bennett, Devonte Peterson, Luke Puccinelli, Brandon Dabbs, and Kevin Brown.
Coach Corey Ready, Devonte Peterson, and Coach David Bennett.
Merionne Hunt ’22, had her dad make the 1st Flight winner awards. Merionne’s grandmother Linda Barnes Hunt is a 1960 Catawba graduate and Super Chiefs Club member. If anyone would like to purchase the wooden Catawba flags, just let me know - $100 each.
 
Thanks to all our supporters/sponsors. We sure do have some good ones.
All former Catawba Football players and coaches who took the time to come back and play.
 
The 2021 Catawba Golf Classic hats.
Brent Johnson, James House, Eddie Wall, and Ron Ellington. Brent Johnson, a former Catawba Football player, won the morning putting contest.
Thank you Novant and Gary Blabon for helping to support OUR Catawba Golf Classic.
Thanks to all our sponsors and glad that list just seems to keep growing.
It takes a lot of support staff to make this event work each year. Thanks to Merionne Hunt, James Taylor, and Pam Barber for all the time they put in to help out.
Johnny Wagoner, Coach Curtis Walker, and Joe Gorman.
Paige Haverty Stalcup and Coach Sam Gealy.
Thanks to former Catawba football player Raymond Daniels (#14) for sponsoring the awards.
Savannah Shaver and Bob Setzer starting early with the putting contest.
Thanks to all our sponsors for the Catawba Golf Classic. It is unbelievable the amount of support Bill Hall and Bob Setzer can put together year after year - a lot of very generous and supportive Catawba people.
Kevin Brown, Luke Puccinelli, and Brandon Dabbs
Bill Hall, Jailey Barajas, Kaley Barts, and Karli Jump.
The Championship clocks were made and donated by Rodney and Leslie Poteat. Again, a very nice award for the winners.
The winning team in the afternoon group with a 48 (23 under par) including five eagles. Tanner Bibey, former Catawba golfers Chad Clayton and Joey Boley, and Chase Clayton. Russ Weiker, Ryan Szalay, and Karli Jump won the morning group with a 51.
It started bright and early on Friday morning, then ended late Friday night. We will do it again next year!
 Change in Catawba Athletics’ Leadership for 2021-2022.
Effective May 31, Larry Leckonby, who has served as Director of Athletics since June, 2014, will depart Catawba. Craig Turnbull, Senior Assistant Athletic Director and Head of NCAA Compliance, will serve as the Interim Director of Athletics.
During Mr. Leckonby’s tenure, Catawba’s student-athletes have been successful both in and outside of the classroom. During each of the last twelve semesters, student-athletes earned better than a cumulative 3.0 GPA. Eleven teams across four sports earned South Atlantic Conference Championships. Two teams participated in a College World Series, and one finished as the National Runner-Up.
Mr. Leckonby oversaw major facilities renovations during the last seven years. These renovations included the first major renovation to Goodman Gym since opening in 1970, new Abernethy Hall locker rooms for volleyball, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball, installation of field turf, sound system, and video scoreboard in Shuford Stadium, construction of two new tennis courts in the Johnson Tennis Complex, and addition of a three court Beach Volleyball and recreation complex.
Leckonby also the past four years helped OUR Catawba Chiefs Club grow in membership and funds raised.
Good luck to former Catawba Indian, Peyton Williams, as he is assigned to play for the Augusta GreenJackets (Single-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves)!
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