Athletics

Transcript

Okay, everyone. Now we’re heading down to the 50 yard line at ETSU’s football stadium to hand it off to Quay Holmes. Quay is a running back on the football team. He’s a two time all American, two time all conference and he holds the record at ETSU for the most yards in a game at 255. That is awesome. And he’s gonna talk to you all about athletics here at ETSU. Quay, you’re on.

-Thanks, Alex. Family is the first word that comes to mind when I think of ETSU athletics. We all go through many of the things in our daily schedules from early morning workouts, practices, film meetings, and staying up late to get our schoolwork done. But the support that we get from each other and in this community give us the extra boost that we need.

The resources we have here are endless. We have academic staff who helps keep us on track with our schoolwork. They provide us with tutors in any subject and they all have our best interest in mind. We have an indoor facility which includes a hundred yards worth of turf, an indoor track, two whole weight rooms and even some tennis court. My personal experiences have been amazing in my four years here. I received a ton of support from fans in the stands to students on campus, from my athletic director, Scott Carter, to our president Dr. Brian Noland.

But as for me, one of my favorite things to do is support my fellow student athletes. I’ve gotten to witness amazing basketball players help lead our team to a 2019 Southern Conference championship. Our girl’s basketball team has girls who topped the Conference in three pointers made. Our volleyball team does an amazing job year in and year out. Our softball team has beaten big time opponents like Tennessee and our track team runs circles around their competition.

As for me, one of the memories that I have that embodies what ETSU is is when we played against Furmin in 2018. We were coming off of our first road conference win against VMI so we came into this game with plenty of confidence. Unfortunately, we fell behind quickly and we fell behind fast. We were down 27 to six in the third quarter but we never gave up. We had support for each other and we had the support from the fans in the stands. Ultimately we won that game 29 to 27, and it posted one of the biggest comebacks in ETSU history. These are just some of the many memories that some of the teams that we have here at ETSU.

In my four years I’ve created so many bonds and friendships that I know will last a lifetime and that’s what ETSU is all about. If people asked me would I do it all over again my answer would always be the same and that’s absolutely. The days I learned from here and the knowledge that I’ve gained I can never trade it and get it from anywhere else. I hope you guys can see why I chose to come to ETSU and I hope you guys would choose to come here to. Godspeed and go Bucs. Back to you, Alex.

Quay, that was great. Awesome job. Thanks for sharing with us your experiences as an athlete right here at ETSU. Congrats on all your accomplishments and keep up those running yards. We’ll definitely be seeing more of this guy in the near future. Cheers Quay.