Western Carolina University

Terry Helms - Cross Country, Track & Field - (1968-72)
Amassed 15 individual event championships and guided Western Carolina to three district championships as a distance runner putting Catamount Cross Country on the map. Finished sixth in the 1969 NAIA national championship meet to become WCU's first-ever All-American in cross country. Embarked on a 32-year teaching career, retiring from the classroom in 2007. He is the namesake of the Terry M. Helms Endowed Scholarship Fund that assists WCU cross country or track distance runner.