Wednesday, November 3rd
Men’s Soccer – Newberry – Won 3-2 OT. Read More
Women’s Soccer – Newberry – Won 2-0. (12-0-2) -Read More
Volleyball at Queens – Lost 3-0 - Read More
Friday, November 5th
Men’s Basketball at East Tennessee State University – Exhibition - Lost 91-58.
Saturday, November 6th
Football – UVA Wise – Lost 30-7 - Read More
Volleyball – Carson Newman – Won 3-2 -Read More
Women’s Soccer – SAC Tournament 1st Round - Newberry- Won 1-0 - Read More
Men’s Soccer – SAC Tournament 1st Round at #2 Limestone - Won 1-0. Read More
Cross-Country at NCAA II Southeast Regional Meet – Milliken Research Park – Spartanburg, SC - Read More
Men’s Team – 3rd - Qualified for NCAA II National Meet.
Women’s Team – 11th
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Monday, November 8th
No Athletic Events Scheduled
Tuesday, November 9th
No Athletic Events Scheduled
Wednesday, November 10th
Volleyball – Coker – 7:00pm – Senior Night
Thursday, November 11th
SAC Men’s Soccer Semifinals – Matthews, NC – Matthews Sportsplex – Mars Hill – 8:00pm
Friday, November 12th
Swimming at Wingate with Lenoir-Rhyne
Men’s Basketball – JC Smith – at Newberry
Women’s Basketball – North Greenville – at Belmont Abbey
Women’s Soccer SAC Semifinals – Matthews, NC – Matthews Sportsplex – Lenoir-Rhyne - 11:00am.
Saturday, November 13th
Swimming – Wingate with Lenoir-Rhyne
Football at Lenoir- Rhyne
Men’s Basketball – UNCP – at Newberry
Women’s Basketball at Belmont Abbey
Volleyball at Wingate
Sunday, November 14th
Women’s Soccer – SAC Championship – Matthews, NC – Matthews Sportsplex
Men’s Soccer – SAC Championship – Matthews, NC – Matthews Sportsplex
What better way to support alum and former Catawba Basketball player Nathan Frye ’97 than to frequent his business while on a vacation to Cherry Grove or N. Myrtle Beach. Nathan and Catherine Frye are proud to support Catawba College Athletics and the Chiefs Club in 2021.
 
Thanks to former Catawba Football player Carpacio Owens ’98 (Army’s strongest man) for helping to support OUR Catawba Chiefs Club. Read More
 
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The family of former Catawba Football player Hazel Richardson ‘94 presented the flag that was flown over Afghanistan by former Catawba Football/Lacrosse player Ian Brinkley '96 during his service as a helicopter pilot in Afghanistan.
It was a very special event: Attending the recognition were Ian Brinkley’s mother and son; Hazel Richardson’s wife, son, daughters, and grandchild; Catawba Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Peter Bourque; former Catawba Head Football Coach David Bennett; and several of their Catawba teammates.
From Dawn Brinkley:
Thank you for allowing me to share a moment about one of my personal favorite student athlete/scholars to ever come out of Catawba, my late husband Major Ian ‘Moto’ Brinkley. Also known to many of the alumni, teammates & coaching staff as #43, Ian was born and raised in Rowan County and attended East Rowan HS. Whatever he set his mind to, he would get it done with an "awe shucks" sense about him. He had his bags packed for attending UNC Chapel Hill hoping for a walk-on slot. Instead, better things happened - he was recruited by Coach Bennett to attend Cat-U to play and also received the President’s Scholarship. He loved every minute of playing at Cat-U. He was conditioned so well that he excelled at Officer Commissioning School for the Marine Corps, mentally and physically achieving the top of his class. He was also prepared to enter into The Basic School with the same skill set and determination to earn it. The very same day he graduated from Cat-U he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the USMC at Catawba's Chapel. He always wanted to fly and when he went to Pensacola to earn those wings of gold, he was often teased by the Ivy leaguers, the Naval Academy graduates who would ask “what is a Catawba, is that an online school?“ Ian being Ian, he would take the jokes in stride but he was - once again - laser focused. He graduated #1 from Naval Flight School Pensacola with his choice of aircraft. He chose wisely - he got to fly the SuperCobra. I once asked, why not fly jets? His reply: why fly at 30,000 feet if I can protect people on the ground at 300 feet? That was Ian, always wanting to protect those he served with.
I can say Ian may have left Catawba, but Catawba never left him. He chose to be Gunfighter 43 (his Catawba Football number) and Rocket 27 (his Catawba lacrosse jersey number). When he learned of Hazel Richardson’s illness he was very upset, as were many teammates. He was in Afghanistan. While there he flew a flag in his aircraft in honor of Big Haze to be presented today with love from the Brinkley family. Lisa, he thought the world of your husband and your family. Thank you for attending today and accepting this flag on his behalf.
To the lacrosse family - Coach Bourque - I loved when he talked about you approaching him to play during the first season of lacrosse at Catawba. He said, "Man, I had no idea what I was doing but it was fun!!!" It meant a great deal to have your full support, your wife Anne Marie’s support, and the whole Catawba Lacrosse program cheering him on. Because of your wife, several people showed up to Catawba to swab into the "Be The Match" donor program. Because of Ian, over 6,500 people around the world are now in the registry. Read More
At Catawba there was a brotherhood only unmatched by his military family. Many Cat-U brothers and sisters circled the wagons during his illness and made the journey to visit with him, call him, be with him in his final days, and attend his burial at Arlington National Cemetery. There are no words to describe a love like that but I am still in awe of what a special group of friends he made over 20 years earlier.
To all alumni here, to all teammates here, to all the coaching staff here: thank you sincerely for being a part of what made my fella into a bright star. He is no longer with us in the flesh but he is in all of our hearts, so he will never be forgotten.
My very best - may God bless you all,
Dawn Brinkley
Special recognition was pushed back a couple of years but the one and only Catawba Tennis SAC Championship team had their team reunion to celebrate their 2001 SAC Tournament Championship 21 years ago.
Patrick Parr, a member of the 2001 Catawba SAC Championship, is in Japan and could not make it back for the special event. He did forward me a letter that he wrote after the team won the 2001 SAC Tournament Championship. It is very special to us to have this:
More Than A Feeling - Read More 
Thanks to Salisbury Salon & Spa for helping to support OUR Catawba Chiefs Club this year.
Catawba celebrated Military Appreciation Day on Saturday, November 6th, 2021. We were very fortunate to have the East Rowan High School Color Guard to present the flags. Thanks to Chiefs Club Board member Jim Duncan for all the time he put in to make our Military Appreciation Day happen this year at Catawba.
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Monday November 1st, 2021 
