Lancers Past
Catching Up with Lancers from the Past reconnects with former Longwood College and Longwood University student-athletes, faculty, staff and coaches. Lancers Past is an independently produced podcast not affiliated nor associated with Longwood University.
Episodes
Armstrong came to Longwood as a recruited basketball player, but he struggled to balance books and ball. After one year, he was on academic probation. With the help of close friends such as teammate Ron Orr and a renewed sense of direction, Adrian applied himself. At Longwood, he was named...
Bill Reinson’s dream was to be a Division I Basketball Head coach. After 10 years as an assistant men’s coach at UNC-Greensboro and Longwood, he was named interim and then permanent Head coach for the Longwood women in 2010. He and the Lady Lancers shocked the Big South by advancing to the finals of the tournament in 2013, Longwood’s first year as a member. Read more
How did Bluestone High, a rural school of around 500 students in Mecklenburg County Va, send so many All-Americans and NBA and MLB veterans to Longwood College (Va.) (now Longwood University)? Doug Toombs, All-American Baseball player, and Steve Crute, College Division All-State Golfer, share their experiences and insight.
Enjoy a compilation of stories recognizing the 10th anniversary (February 18, 2015) of the death of former Longwood basketball legend and NBA standout Jerome Kersey. Featured interviews include author Kerry Eggers, fellow Bluestone High grads Doug Toombs and Steve Crute, former Longwood assistant basketball coach Mo Schoepfer, Longwood MBB teammates Mitch Walk...
For every Big South Conference trophy that Longwood wins, Troy Austin deserves at least a pat on the back. In his 12 years as athletic director and the first in the Division I era, Austin helped bring Longwood into the Big South and hired coaches that brought conference championships to Farmville. Read more
As a left-handed pitcher for Head Coach Buddy Bolding, Tripp Metzger enjoyed working behind the scenes and fueling the success of his teammates such as MLB draftees Jeremy Knicely and LaRon Wilson. Tripp followed his father and a long line of Longwood Baseball Alumni to teach and coach in high school. The 2003 Longwood graduate describes how his high school and colle...
This special 100th episode highlights four years of Catching up with Longwood College and Longwood University student-athletes, coaches and administrators Lancers from the past. Rich Posipanko, featured on the second podcast in May 2020, joins host Rohn Brown as they re-live favorite episodes and unearth new stories about Cal Luther, Jerome Kersey, and more.<...
Zac Watson started his second professional season ...
Billy Catron and Ron Jones took similar baseball paths, but their experiences were different. The pair won a state championship at Liberty High (Bedford Co., Va.) and played on a JUCO power at Ferrum. They reunited at Longwood and shocked the baseball world by beating Valdosta State in the regionals and advancing to the 1982 NCAA...
Isaiah Wilkins started college basketball as a 17-year freshman at Virginia Tech. After three new coaches at Tech and Wake Forest, “Chico” found his final home at Longwood. The Winston-Salem native led the Lancers to two 20-win seasons including the 2022 Big South Conference championship. After a brief stint in Luxembourg last se...
Abbey Freese, now known as Abbey Taylor, made Longwood women’s basketball history. She was part of the first recruiting class as the university started the reclassification process to NCAA Division I. And she was on the last Lancer team coached by Hall of Famer Shirley Duncan. As a sport...
If you did not follow Longwood men’s tennis from 1981-1983 or hang out with members of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, you may not know Bryan Kersey. But if you watched ACC basketball in the 90s and into the 2000s, chances are you saw him on the court – in black and white stripes. After earning a reputation as one of the nation’s best ...
Katie re-lives her basketball playing and coaching career at Coker College as she faced off against Longwood legend Shirley Duncan. She talks about her stepmother, former UCLA and Minnesota WBB Coach Ellen Mosher Hanson, and her Mount Rushmore of mentors. Katie shares how she bounced back when her coaching contract was not renew...
After leaving Longwood in the fall of 2019, Katie started her career in athletic fundraising at Appalachian State. Now, the Senior Associate Athletic Director/ Director of Development at George Mason, she talks about her current role and shift to fund raising. Katie explains why she left college basketball coaching and the challen...
After five years at Longwood, Anne-Hamilton LeRoy is back home. She will debut as head coach of the girls’ varsity basketball team the Seneca High in South Carolina in the 2024-25 season. The all-time leading scorer in Seneca history built an impressive resume. At Longwood, she scored 1,4...
Ricky Yahn begins his 12th season as head coach of the men’s basketball team at Concordia University in Ann Arbor Michigan. After spending two years at Longwood, the 28-year-old Yahn was named head of the NAIA member Cardinals in April 2013. As a player, Yahn left his mark in Wheeling, WV. At Central Catholic High, the Hall of Fame guard was All-state and won a state championship.
As a transfer from Frank Phillips JC, Dave Strothers made his two Longwood years count. As a senior, he led the Lancers in scoring and rebounding and made 87% of his career free throws. For the last 30 years, he applies the same demeanor as a school administrator. Strothers is the princip...
Roger Strong and Greg Gilliam were pioneers. They enrolled at Longwood in the first year of full co-education in 1976-77 and were on the first Men’s Basketball team. In the last game of a 2-12 season, their beloved teammate - Jimmy Yarbrough made history in a 134-93 loss. Read more
Byron Bracey was a citizen leader long before it became part of Longwood's admissions literature. Raised in a family of educators, Byron made Longwood history. He enrolled in the second year of co-education in the fall of 1977. Lettering three years on the men’s basketball team, he playe...
Shortly after Longwood College became fully co-ed, Robert Boyd, Tim White, and company set the tone for Longwood Men’s Golf. Arriving in 1977-78, Longwood experienced early success. White was named Division III All-American in 1980 and is the only golfer named to the Longwood Athletic Hall of Fame (2016). Read more
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