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Richmond, VA artist Mark Sprinkle will have his art on display at the Hamilton Gallery throughout July and August. Read More


On August 12th, Dr. Terry Wilson conducted a training session for college professors and others who train both formal and nonformal educators in the environmental field. Read More


Montreat College officially became a Tobacco Free campus on August 1st. Read More


Montreat College Athletics is proud to announce the unveiling of our new Cavalier website www.montreatcavaliers.com. The site will go live in three weeks, so please be patient as we work on the site to make it a success! You can go to our conference web site www.aacsports.com to see schedules and rosters for Montreat and conference opponents. Read More


Don Maples of Knoxville, TN, has just taken over the head coaching position for the women's soccer squad at Montreat College. Maples has served as a professional staff coach with the Knoxville Football Club for the last five years and has over 27 years playing/coaching experience. He was the Director of the Goalkeeping Academy at KFC while also coaching primarily on the women’s side of the club. His teams have won three state championships, and have finished as a Region 3 Finalist and Semi-Finalist. He is a USSF “B” License Coach and holds the NSCAA National Goalkeeping License. Read More


Brenton Benware, former head men’s soccer coach at Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville, OK, has just taken over the head coaching position for the men’s soccer squad at Montreat College. Read More


Lauren Carson has recently joined the Advancement Department of Montreat College, serving as the new Director of Alumni Relations. Read More


Christine Mooberry will officially take over the head coaching position for the Montreat College Cavaliers volleyball squad on July 1st. She inherits a team that finished 6th in the Appalachian Athletic Conference last year with a 14-18 overall record and a 7-11 conference record. Mooberry is new to the Asheville area as she transitions from the Newfane, NY, area where she founded and directed the WNY Stars Volleyball club that has earned a 48-0 record over the last four years. She also served as the head varsity coach for Newfane High School for the last six years. She amassed a 92-12 record there in the last five years as well leading the team to four consecutive Niagara-Orleans League Championships from 2004-2007. Read More


The Montreat College softball program announces the signing of Janna James. James is a recent graduate of Raleigh Christian Academy where she excelled on the mound for the Eagles. She was selected in both her junior and senior years to the NCCSA 1st team All State team and also garnered Team MVP honors. Read More


The Montreat College softball program announces the signing of high school standout Casey Sheeler. Casey is a recent graduate of West Wilkes High School where she starred on the mound and at the plate. Read More


The Montreat College Outdoor Education Department is pleased to announce the hiring of Ken Kalisch as an Associate Professor. Read More


Dr. Brad Daniel and Dr. Dottie Shuman, professors in the Outdoor Education Department at Montreat College, recently developed a new workshop for inclusion in the state of North Carolina Environmental Education Certification program. Read More


Hellon Coffey Andrews, 85, of Montreat, NC, wife of E. Andy Andrews, died on June 4, 2008. Read More


The Montreat College Cavalier Softball team welcomes Samantha Haddock, a 2007 AC Reynolds High School graduate, to their ranks this afternoon. Haddock played around the infield and outfield for the Rockets, especially third base. She was named “Most Dedicated” one year and picked for the All-Conference team three out of four years in competition. She plans to study Accounting at Montreat. She is the daughter of Don and Darla Haddock of Fairview.


The Lady Cavalier soccer team will add Patten High School product Stephanie Liles to its 2008 roster. Coach Dan Woerner had this to say about Montreat's newest recruit, "Stephanie is a bright and friendly student athlete. On the field she brings a great deal of experience and should contribute immediately to a young Cavalier team. It is off the field that Stephanie brings leadership experience, a great student in the classroom, loves being part of a team, loves people, and a desire to enjoy the entire college experience." Stephanie is from nearby Morganton, NC.


Cross country and track & field runner Elyse Gildernew (Lookout Mt., GA) was recently selected by the American Red Cross, which recently partnered with the NAIA to develop a Youth Leadership Program; Gildernew, along with 11 other NAIA student-athletes from across the country, will attend a two week internship in Washington, DC this summer. Read More


In an effort to continue to compete at the highest AAC level, Coach Jose Larios has announced the addition of 11 new cross country and track & field athletes to his 2008 rosters. With the recruiting process still in full swing, Larios believes this batch of recruits will continue to build upon this year’s success. This past season, the Cavaliers made a solid impact in the conference by having three runners on the All-AAC Freshman Cross Country Team, while Talisa Bishop earned 1st Team All-AAC honors; Bishop also earned a trip to the NAIA National Cross Country Championships and earned her personal best cross country mark of 18:51. During the 2008 track campaign, Montreat was represented at the NAIA Track & Field Championships by four great athletes. “Overall, I believe our runners laid a tremendous foundation for the future of our program. Read More


Coach David Pennell has recently announced the addition of Bedford High School's golf star Savanna Biggs to his 2008 Lady Cavalier roster. Biggs comes to Montreat College as a highly decorated prep golfer from Lambertville, MI. In her senior year as a Bedford Mule, Biggs led her team to qualify for the state championship for the fourth time in a row, and win their first ever Regional Championship. She also led her team to a 9th place finish at the State Finals. For her great consistent play all year, Biggs was selected as 1st Team All-State, 1st Team All-Conference, and her school's most outstanding athlete. Read More


Montreat was represented at the NAIA National Track & Field Championships for the first time this weekend on the campus of Southern Illinois- Edwardsville, just outside St. Louis, Missouri. The Cavaliers were represented by freshman Ben Hall, Wilbourn Kosgei (So.), Arilicia Adkins (So.), and Talisa Bishop (Jr.). Montreat was led by marathoners Ben Hall and Arilicia Adkins. Both runners completed the 26.2 mile hilly course under their respected goal time, both finishing in 19th place! Hall put together a great race plan and stuck to it as he hit the half-way mark in just over one hour and 20 minutes. He went on to run the second half of the race in a faster 1:18! His 2:38.53 was the fastest run by any freshman marathoner at this year's championship. Read More


The Montreat College Outdoor Education Department is pleased to announce the hiring of Ken Kalisch as an Associate Professor. Read More


Every other year, Montreat College’s Natural Science Department offers a summer class called American Ecosystems, where students travel on a sleeper bus to the western United States to study the various ecosystems in our country’s national park system. Read More


Every other year, Montreat College’s Natural Science Department offers a summer class called American Ecosystems, where students travel on a sleeper bus to the western United States to study the various ecosystems in our country’s national park system. Read More


Jill Breedin remembers. She remembers late nights finding her son not in his bed. She remembers seeing him run off after cleaning horse stalls. She remembers him coming home from games and disappearing around the house. Danial Breedin always ended up the same place - the basketball court. "He would shoot all the time," Jill said. "You would hear him out there shooting in the middle of the night, and he'd come home from games and go right outside to shoot." That practice served Danial well - during his career he earned offensive player of the year and all conference honors; was named to all-tournament teams in the Western Highland Conference, Colvard Oil Holiday Tournament, and Unimin Harvest Hoops Tournament; and he set the record for free-throw percentage at Mitchell High School in 2007 at 89 percent before breaking it in the 2007-08 season by shooting with 95 percent accuracy. His playing style caught the eye of Rob Brendle, assistant coach at Montreat College, who offered Danial a scholarship to play for the Cavaliers. Danial jumped at it. Read More


Rose Hill Plantation developers want Western North Carolina residents to know they are serious about their pledge to be a positive addition to the Leicester community and good stewards of the land. Read More


Coach Robinson has recently announced the addition of his newest recruit, University Christian’s Terrell Mosley. Mosley will officially become a Cavalier this fall after averaging 17 points, eight assists, and five rebounds per game while playing for University Christian High School. Mosley was also recognized for being a 1000+ point scorer for his high school career. He averaged 88% from the free throw line and 45% from behind the three point line. Read More


Montreat College Baseball announces the signing of local standout Lewis Fraser. Fraser is currently a senior at Owen High School where he plays for Head Coach Anthony Lee. In a stellar senior campaign, Fraser goes into the final regular season game with some outstanding statistical accomplishments. With a win-loss record of 5-2, he has struck out 73 batters in 45.1 Innings pitched while maintaining an earned run average of 0.93. Read More


Montreat's Lady Cavalier Softball team put on a season-ending show at the 2008 AAC Softball Tournament by taking #1 seed Milligan College to 13 innings. Milligan went on to escape the upset, 2-1, but not before Montreat demonstrated what tournament play was all about. Entering the tournament seeded last (#9), Montreat came up one run shy of playing for the tournament championship, which Milligan ultimately went on to win. The Lady Cavaliers won an unprecedented three games on Thursday to earn the right to play in the semi-final game against Milligan. Led by the pitching heroics of Shelby English who pitched all but one out of the 13 innings, and by Brittany Burns who went 5-for-6 at the plate, Montreat created the great excitement that is often found in tournament play. Read More


Montreat College's spring commencement exercises will be held at 2:00 p.m. in Anderson Auditorium on May 10. Read More


The Lady Cavaliers (#9) are putting on a great display of determination, as they are now one of the final three teams remaining in the AAC Softball Tournament. “I don’t know what’s in the water over here in Tennessee,” said Head Coach Katie Duvall, “but I like it very much.” Coach Duvall’s girls won three more games yesterday to reach the semi-finals. They defeated Bluefield 6-1, for the second time in the tournament, and in yesterday’s second game, defeated Virginia Intermont, 6-2. Both games had great pitching by Haven Payne and Shelby English. In the third and final game of the night, Montreat defeated Tennessee Wesleyan 6-3 to move into the semi-final game. Read More


Montreat lost a heart-breaker to the Cavaliers of UVa-Wise, 5-6. Montreat went on a six hit streak in the sixth inning to go up 4-2. However, UVa-Wise came charging back to tie the game at 4-4, before senior Cam Duckworth nailed a double to start the eight inning, and eventually score the go ahead run. But, with bases loaded and no outs in the ninth inning, UVa-Wise managed to score two runs to end the game and send Montreat to the lower bracket. Montreat must now play the loser of Bryan College and top-seeded Tennessee Wesleyan on Thursday, 9:00am.


The Lady Cavaliers fell today in the 1:00pm game of the first round tournament to Milligan College, 1-3. "Our offensive struggled against Milligan," said Coach Duvall, "unlike our first game, we just couldn't get our bats going. We had a hard time adjusting to Milligan's pitchers. Defensively, I felt we had a solid game." Senior Brittany Burns led Montreat at the plate, going 2-for-3. Montreat now heads to the lower bracket where it will face either Bluefield College again or the loser of Tennessee Wesleyan and Covenant College game.


The Lady Cavaliers defeated Bluefield Colllege in the first round of the 2008 AAC Softball Tournament, being held in Bristol, TN. Montreat put on an offensive clinic on Bluefield, winning 9-1. "I thought the girls played great today," said Coach Katie Duvall, "we now earn the right to play Milligan later on in the afternoon." Montreat and Milligan will play today at 1:00pm. They play for the right to move onto the second round. The AAC bracket is a double-elimination, 9 team tournament.


In the first game, Montreat College would send its hottest pitcher to the mound in Patrick Ballew looking to go into the conference tournament with momentum and a chance to go in as the third seed. Ballew would pitch five complete with only allowing two earned runs on six hits and four strikeouts. Seth Blevins would come in and hold the Rams into the seventh when the Cavaliers would end the game with a walk off homerun and the mercy rule. Read More


The Cavaliers split a four game set with the Knights of Southern Virginia. In the two victories, the Cavaliers would total 26 runs and in the two losses only three. Great pitching would keep Montreat in all four games with Jonathon Madera and Matt Braswell picking up the victories and Seth Blevins and Aaron Hughes pitching very effectively in the losses. Leading the Cavaliers at the plate would be Jesse Wise as he would total eight hits in the four game set. Chad Dawkins and Justin Cockrell would each hit two homeruns apiece for the Cavaliers. Read More


Montreat’s Lady Cavaliers made a late charge yesterday at the NAIA Region XII Golf Championships, but were not able to defend their regional title. However, they did manage to finish in third place with a team total of 1128, behind 2008 Champions Tennessee Wesleyan (1078), and runner-up Brescia University (1087). Leading the way for Montreat was Amanda Thompson (93-91-96=280), Amber Cody (91-92-99=282), and Melissa Baker (98-92-92=282). All three of these ladies earned All-AAC Honors. Coach David Pennell couldn’t be more proud of the way his ladies fought back in the final rounds. Read More


Jesse Wise (SR., Benson, NC) had a phenomenal time at the plate last week for Montreat, which earned him both AAC and NAIA Region XII Player of the Week. Wise put up tremendous numbers, going 13-for-26 (.500) in a six game span, with a stellar slugging average of .923. In those 26 trips to the plate, Wise contributed 12 RBI's, two doubles, and three homers. All three home runs came in one game against NCAA D-II Mars Hill. Read More


The Cavalier track teams wrapped up their regular season at the 2008 AAC Track & Field Championships held this year on the campus of Lees McCrae in Banner Elk, NC. Completing his first season as a Cavalier, Wilbourn Kosgei ends this year as the AAC Conference Champion in the 1500 meter (4:07.5) and runner-up in the 800 meter (1:56.6). King College went on to win the men's and women's team championship, while Montreat finished 5th with both the men and the women. Freshman Eric Bowers also had a solid performance in the 400 meter run (51.82) finishing 5th overall. “After looking back at our performances, I don’t know how much better we could’ve done. All our athletes never give anything than their best. Most of them weren’t pleased with their efforts, but competitors never are. I think the elevation had something to do with our sub-par times, but again, I know they worked hard this weekend,” said Coach Larios. Read More


Montreat College defeated Union College in a non-conference Sunday game 15-2. Patrick Ballew would throw a complete game three hitter with only one earned run while recording nine strikeouts. He would get plenty on run support as the Cavaliers would bat around in the first inning while plating all the run support he would need by scoring five runs. The Cavaliers would also have a seven run inning as well. There were plenty of offensive stars on this day as leadoff hitter Brent Ashbaugh would have four hits and score three runs. Jesse Wise would continue his hot hitting as he would record three more hits along with 2 RBI. Justin Cockrell and Dustin Bartlett would have three hits apiece and score a combined five runs between the two. Read More


Coach Robinson is steadfast in his recruiting as he’s added another stellar player to next year’s roster. His newest recruit is Cherryville High School product, Tyler Buff. Buff comes to Montreat as a highly decorated athlete, excelling in basketball, baseball, and cross country. Buff helped his Cherryville Ironmen earn a final 3rd place state ranking. He was named to the All-Southern Piedmont Conference Team, and voted Defensive MVP for the Ironmen. Buff also led his team in charges drawn and steals, averaging 3.6 steals per game and shooting 40.1% from the three point line. In Tyler’s four years at Cherryville High, he helped guide the Ironmen to a 95-21 record. With Coach Robinson’s teams winning an unprecedented four Champions of Character Award, Tyler Buff has the pedigree to fit right into Robinson’s teams. Tyler is a member of the National Honor Society, earned the Boy Scouts of America’s highest honor when he was named Eagle Scout in 2004, and he had perfect attendance in school for 13 years! Read More


The Montreat College Lady Cavalier golf team currently sits in 4th place at the AAC Golf Championship with a team score of 384. Tennessee Wesleyan currently owns the leaderboard at 366. Brecia University sits alone in second two shots back with 368. The tournament is being held at the Tryon Country Club in Tryon, NC. Second round action begins at 11:30am on Tuesday morning. Amber Cody and Amanda Thompson lead the Lady Cavaliers with scores of 91 and 93, respectively. Read More


Montreat College was swept in a conference doubleheader at Union College on Saturday by the scores of 3-6, 3-9. In the first game, John Shannon would take to the mound for the Cavaliers and would pitch effectively into the fourth before being pulled for freshmen Seth Blevins and Brian Greene. Shannon would record four strikeouts and surrender three earned runs. The Cavaliers would make things interesting in the third as they would tie the game on a RBI double by Jesse Wise that would plate Brent Ashbaugh but that would be about as close as things would come in the first game as the Bulldogs would hit three solo homeruns in the game making the difference. Chad Dawkins would have a four hit game and have stolen base and run scored. Read More


Head Coach Bill Robinson and the rest of the Varsity Men’s Basketball team at Montreat College welcomed their newest player to the Cavalier ranks today – Rhett Hardin, a 6’2, 190-pound shooting guard transferring from the University of South Carolina Upstate. After red shirting his first year, Harbin comes to Montreat College to major in Communication and he’s excited about playing the next three years here. He says, “It feels great to be a part of the Montreat basketball program and to be playing under Coach Robinson.” Read More


Montreat College would take on Division II Mars Hill at Newell Field on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon and come away with a 9-2 victory for their 30th win of the season. Patrick Ballew would be the starting pitcher for the Cavaliers and he would not surrender the first hit until the sixth inning. He would finish the day only allowing one hit and recording six strikeouts. Brian Greene would finish the game on the hill relieving Ballew in the eighth. Jesse Wise would have a day to remember as he would hit three homeruns and have five RBI on the day. The senior catcher would also play incredible defense as well throwing out two runners trying to steal. Steven Hoyle and Dane Phillips would have three hits apiece as well. Read More


Montreat College swept a conference doubleheader from Covenant College on Saturday 24-5 and 8-0. In game one, John Shannon would pitch a complete game with seven strikeouts while surrendering eight hits. He would get plenty of offensive support as the Cavaliers would score in every inning. The long ball would be the theme as the Cavaliers would hit 3 three run homeruns and a Grand Slam. Centerfielder Chad Dawkins would be responsible for two of those as he would have six RBI on the day and score four runs. Junior C/DH Justin Cockrell would have a four hit game including one of the three run homeruns. Sophomore slugger Cam Duckworth would be a single short of the cycle as he would have four RBI on the day. Read More


Montreat College athletics is excited to announce the signing of two-sport star, Lindsay Mizok. Mizok, 5'-8", hails from Weddington High School where she has excelled on their girl's basketball team and cross country team. Coach Craig Jackson is thrilled to have Mizok on his Lady Cavalier squad next season, "We're very excited to have someone of Lindsay’s talent level, character, and work ethic join the Montreat basketball family. She's a welcomed addition to our program and we expect good things from her in the future. She will give us more depth, shooting, and defense at the two and three positions." Mizok will also run cross country in the fall for Coach Larios, "Lindsay will give us more depth as well. She comes from a successful program in high school and I have no doubts that she will continue to progress at the college level." Mizok has competed at the cross country state championships multiple times and will bring great experience to the Lady Cavalier cross country team that finished 3rd last season at the NAIA Region XII Championships. Read More


Professor Don Shepson will be taking another group of students to Israel next January for the Biblical Studies Abroad course. Read More


Montreat College traveled to South Carolina to take on the Warriors of Southern Wesleyan in a non-conference match up. Jonathon Madera would start on the mound for the Cavaliers and last until the fifth and would leave with the score tied at four, but the Cavaliers would not be able to rebound from their shaky defense as the Warriors would put up seven more runs to beat Montreat 11-5. Offensively, the Cavaliers were paced by Chris Allen with two hits and a sacrifice fly. Read More


Last week one of Montreat College's current Bachelor of Business Administration adult studies cohorts made international news. Read More


Matt Mittan, host of the "Take A Stand" show on AM 570 visited Montreat College last week for a special three hour live broadcast from the Chapel of the Prodigal. Read More


This month, four members of the Montreat College English Department will travel to the 2008 Conference on Christianity and Literature at Wingate University just East of Charlotte. Read More


The Montreat College track team participated this weekend at Duke University's ASICS Invitational. In her first official track meet since recovering from being ill, Elyse Gildernew (Fr., Lookout Mt, GA) had a solid 1500m race, setting a new personal best of 5:28.39. "It was great to see Elyse compete again. The 1500 seems like such a great event for her down the road," said Coach Larios. Gildernew also competed in the 5000m run on Saturday, running 22:19. Also running well for the men was sophomore Wilbourn Kosgei (Eldoret, Kenya). Kosgei finished 3rd out of 63 runners in the 1500m development run (4:01.27), and he also finished 3rd out of 104 runners in the 800m run on Saturday, clocking 1:55.32. Read More


Montreat College traveled to UVA-Wise for a conference doubleheader on Monday earning a split as they would take the first game 7-5 and lose a heartbreaker in extra innings 8-9. In the first game, sophomore Patrick Ballew would pitch into the fourth only surrendering two runs while striking out four. He would give way to Seth Blevins, John Shannon, Brian Greene and Garrett Jones before the first game was over as the bullpen would hold the Highland Cavaliers to only three more runs over the next five frames. Offensively, Montreat would have a very good day at the plate accumulating 14 hits in all but needing late inning heroics by Cameron Duckworth as he would blast a game winning two-run homer to win it in the tenth. Chad Dawkins, Steven Hoyle and Dane Phillips would each have two hits apiece to lead the Cavaliers in the victory. Read More


The Montreat College softball team split a doubleheader with the Lady Rams of Bluefield College today, 2-3, and 11-5. Bluefield scored and sealed the win in game one with a solid hit in the seventh inning. Game two however witnessed the Lady Cavaliers' bats come to life with the help of Haven Payne (Sr., Canton, NC). Payne went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer which ignited a barrage of hitting. Amber Summerow (Jr., Lenoir, NC) went 2-for-4 also, hitting the second Lady Cavalier homerun of the game. Montreat is now 2-4 in the AAC race, just three games back out of first place. Read More


The Cavalier baseball team continues to draw national attention to Montreat, NC. Just last week, the Cavaliers broke into the top 25 national poll, the first time since 2004. This week, Montreat climbed up to the 21st spot. The Cavaliers currently rank 13th in the nation in slugging percentage (.532) and 19th in batting average (.350). Read More


For the second consecutive week, the Montreat College track team has earned an AAC Athlete of the Week recognition. Last week it was Wilbourn Kosgei (So., Eldoret, Kenya) for his 5000m national qualifying run, which is the fastest 5000m by an AAC runner thus far. This week, it is Ben Hall (Fr., Columbus, NC) who garnered the top AAC honor by clocking the fastest 10,000 meter run by an AAC runner this weekend at the Raleigh Relays. His time of 33:09.45 currently ranks him at the top of the conference in the this event. Hall has already qualified for the NAIA National Marathon Championships by clocking 1:16.07 and finishing fourth at the Myrtle Beach Half Marathon back in February. The NAIA National Championships will be held this May in St. Louis, Missouri. Read More


Montreat College split a Conference doubleheader with King College on Monday with Montreat taking the first game 12-5 and losing the second game 4-5. In the first game, the Cavaliers got to the Tornadoes bullpen early by knocking starting pitcher Joey McCown out in the second inning. The Cavaliers put up a six spot with the big blow coming on a grand slam by centerfielder Chad Dawkins. Overall, the Cavaliers would hit four homeruns in the game with Chris Allen, Cam Duckworth and Dane Phillips adding solo shots. Montreat College would finish the game with 15 hits. John Shannon and Seth Blevins would combine for three earned runs and nine strikeouts in the victory. Read More


Due to inclement weather, the AAC baseball doubleheader between #25 ranked Montreat College and King College has been postponed to Sunday, March 30th at 1:00pm.


The young Cavalier track team continued to perform well this weekend at the exclusive NC State Raleigh Relays. With 103 colleges and universities participating, mostly NCAA D-I teams and many professional athletes, Montreat continued its preparation for the AAC and NAIA Championships. Setting a new personal best mark in the 400m was freshman Cavalier Eric Bowers (Lancaster, Pa). Bowers ran 51.69 to finish 6th in his respected heat. This was a great improvement from last week's 53.17. Distance star Wilbourn Kosgei (Eldoret, Kenya) had another solid performance in a more tactical 5000m race, running 15:14.83 and finishing in 7th of 23 runners in his heat. Read More


Montreat College 7 Lenoir-Rhyne 1. Montreat College took to the field for the first time since their national ranking by taking on the Bears of NCAA Division II Lenoir-Rhyne College. Montreat sophomore Aaron Hughes pitched 5 and a third innings of shutout baseball only allowing four hits and registering four strikeouts. Brian Greene came out of the pen to seal the win by holding the Bears to only two hits over the final three and two thirds innings. Read More


Local actor Matt Lutz returns to North Carolina to perform for the Montreat Professional Theatre Series in "Last Train to Nibroc" by Arlene Hutton. Known to audiences for his roles in the films A Walk to Remember, Bringing Down the House, and End of the Spear, Matt is a 1997 graduate of Charles D. Owen High School in Black Mountain, N.C. Read More


Noel Beruman, a Senior majoring in Human Services at Montreat College, has just signed a minor league baseball contract with the Midwest Sliders (Waterford, MI) in the Frontier League, an independ