Belmont is a small suburban city in Gaston County,North Carolina,United States,located about 9 miles (14 km) east of Gastonia. The population was 10,076 at the 2010 census. Once known as Garibaldi Station,it was named for the New York banker August Belmont. Belmont is home to Belmont Abbey College.
Sandra Kay Yow was an American basketball coach. She was the head coach of the NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team from 1975 to 2009. A member of the Naismith Hall of Fame,she had more than 700 career wins. She also coached the U.S. women's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in 1988 despite having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987. In 2000,Yow was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2009,she was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Long Island University (LIU) is a private university with two main campuses,LIU Post in Brookville,New York,on Long Island,and LIU Brooklyn in Brooklyn,New York City. The university offers over 500 academic programs at its main campuses,online,and at multiple non-residential locations. LIU has an NCAA Division I athletics program,and hosts and sponsors the annual George Polk Awards in journalism.
Saint Leo University is a private Catholic university in St. Leo,Florida. It was established in 1889. The university is associated with the Holy Name Monastery,a Benedictine convent,and Saint Leo Abbey,a Benedictine monastery. The university and the abbey are both named for Pope Leo the Great,bishop of Rome from 440 to 461. The name also honors Leo XIII,who was Pope at the time the university was founded,and Leo Haid,then abbot of Maryhelp Abbey in North Carolina,now Belmont Abbey,who participated in founding the university and served as its first president.
The Abbey Basilica of Mary Help of Christians,informally known as the Belmont Abbey,is a Catholic Benedictine monastery and a Minor Basilica in Belmont,North Carolina,United States of America. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The monastery is administered by the American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation.
The Diocese of Raleigh is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory,or diocese,of the Catholic Church that covers eastern North Carolina in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta.
Springfield College is a private university in Springfield,Massachusetts,United States. The institution's mission,called the Humanics philosophy,calls for educating students in spirit,mind,and body for leadership in service to others It is also notable for its historical significance as the birthplace of basketball,which was invented on campus in 1891 by Canadian-American instructor and graduate student James Naismith.
The Diocese of Charlotte is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory,or diocese,of the Catholic Church in western North Carolina in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Atlanta.
Belmont Abbey College is a private,Catholic liberal arts college in Belmont,North Carolina. It was founded in 1876 by the Benedictine monks of Belmont Abbey. The college is affiliated with the Catholic Church and the Order of Saint Benedict. Belmont Abbey is the only college in North Carolina affiliated with the Catholic Church.
Terrance Patrick Gannon is a sportscaster for NBC Sports and the Golf Channel,currently announcing golf,gymnastics,and figure skating.
Rev. Edward Aloysius Malloy,C.S.C. is an American Catholic priest,academic,and former college basketball player who is a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Nicknamed “Monk Malloy”,he is best known for his service as the 16th president of the University of Notre Dame from 1987 to 2005.
Methodist University is a private university that is affiliated with the North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and located in Fayetteville,North Carolina. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
Randolph College is a private liberal arts and sciences college in Lynchburg,Virginia. Founded in 1891 as Randolph-Macon Woman's College,it was renamed on July 1,2007,when it became coeducational.
Conference Carolinas,formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) or the Carolinas Conference,is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) primarily at the Division II level. It is also considered as one of the seven Division I conferences for men's volleyball. Originally formed in 1930,the league reached its modern incarnation in 1994. Member institutions are located in the southeastern United States in the states of Georgia,North Carolina,South Carolina,and Tennessee. The Conference Carolinas membership currently consists of 15 small colleges or universities,13 private and two public.
Robert James "Bob" Conrad Jr. is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. He served as chief judge from 2006 to 2013 and was a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to take the place of the retired James Dickson Phillips Jr. He previously served as a member of the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 2016 to 2020.
Ken Lolla is a soccer coach who was formerly head men's soccer coach at the University of Louisville. He is also a writer and professional speaker. Lolla played collegiate soccer at Duke University and professionally at various US professional soccer teams. He has earned several accolades as both a player and coach.
The 2005 NCAA conference realignment was initiated by the movement of three Big East Conference teams to the Atlantic Coast Conference,which set events into motion that created a realignment in college football,as 23 teams changed conferences and Army became an independent.
Leo Haid was an American Benedictine abbot and Catholic bishop,who served as the abbot of the Abbey of Mary Help of Christians,in Belmont,North Carolina,from 1885 to 1924. He also served as vicar apostolic of North Carolina from 1888 to 1910 and territorial abbot from 1910 to 1924.
St. Joseph Seminary is a Roman Catholic diocesan college seminary in Belmont,NC under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Charlotte. The seminary hosts men exclusively for the Diocese of Charlotte,and is run by priests of that same diocese.
