TO REGISTER
To register for the event, complete an online form (http://gocvcc.com/sports/bsb/firstpitchreg). A check can be mailed to Attention Paul Rozzelle, CVCC Baseball, CVCC, 2550 Highway 70 SE, Hickory, 28602 or payment is accepted online at http://gocvcc.com/HawksHeroes by going to the bottom of the web page and selecting baseball and putting “First Pitch Banquet” in the comment section.
For more information, contact Rozzelle, at prozzelle@cvcc.edu or call him at (828) 327-7000, ext. 4084.
HobbsDailyReport.com
HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) will help kick-start its 10th baseball season with a ‘First Pitch Banquet’ with a special guest giving a sit-down interview.
The event, scheduled Feb. 6 in CVCC’s West Wing Auditorium, features a chat with former major league relief pitcher Bryan Harvey, a Bandys High product.
Bryan Harvey’s son, Kris, is pitching coach at CVCC.
A dinner will start with a meet and greet with the 2019 Red Hawks baseball team at 6 p.m., with the meal and program starting at 6:30 p.m.
CVCC opens the season on Feb. 9 at USC Union in a doubleheader (http://gocvcc.com/sports/bsb/2018-19/schedule)
Bryan Harvey — an all-star selection in both leagues (American League, 1991 with the then-California Angels; National League, 1993 with the Florida Marlins) – will discuss his nearly 10-year career in the big leagues. He has also coached in the minor leagues since retiring and last year was hired by the Texas Rangers to teach his specialty pitch (split-finger fastball) to pitchers in the organization.
Bryan Harvey led the American Leagues in saves (46) in 1991. As a rookie with the Angels, he finished second to Walt Weiss in voting for AL Rookie of the Year and was named the Sporting News’ Rookie Pitch of the Year.
He continues to operate his Catawba-County based Harvey Baseball Academy, where he provides instruction for youth baseball players in the region, and has also been an assistant coach at Bandys High and in American Legion baseball since leaving the major leagues.