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September 15, 2021
At the 2021 PSC Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony, left to right: Marjorie Moore, PSC Board of Trustees Chair; Booster President Mike Goehring; inductee Mark Whiten; inductee Gerald McArthur; Carla Williams, student-athlete tutor, accepting on behalf of inductee Catherine Gifford; inductee Doug Broxson; PSC President Ed Meadows; PSC Athletic Director and head baseball coach Bryan Lewallyn.
“Hard-Hittin’” Mark Whiten’s legend was cemented in the Major League Baseball record books for all time when he hit four home runs and drove in 12 in one game while playing for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Cincinnati Reds on Sept. 7, 1993.

Now, he’s in the Pensacola State College history books forever.

Whiten was one of four Pirates inducted into the Pensacola State College Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 9 as part of the annual Pirate Experience celebration in the Lou Ross Center’s Hartsell Arena. A video of his four-homer game was one of many highlights of the evening.

Also inducted into the 2021 PSC Athletics Hall of Fame were:

• Florida Sen. Doug Broxson, first president of the College’s Booster Club.
• Catherine “Miss G” Gifford, a 50-year PSC employee who served as a beloved tutor to student-athletes for 30 of those years.
• Gerald McArthur, official PSC basketball scorer for 32 years and a charter member of the original Booster Club.

The Pensacola State College 2021 Fall Lyceum series features live musical performances for the first time in 18 months following a season lost to COVID-19. 

This year’s Lyceum series features a variety of musical performers, ranging from blues and folk artists to classical pianists. The series also will feature a virtual discussion with popular NPR “Fresh Air” host Terry Gross that will be available only to PSC students, faculty and staff. 

“We have all been awaiting the arrival of live music as part of the Lyceum series,” said Andrew Barbero, Lyceum director and PSC history instructor. “This is something I’ve been dreaming about since the lockdown (in spring 2020). We had so much energy before then and so much excitement surrounding the events. We’re hoping that we can bring that kind of atmosphere back to the Ashmore (Auditorium). We have some top shelf artist and events planned that we’re really excited about.” 


PHOTO: Terry Gross of "Fresh Air"
WSRE to present free screening of award-winning Locklin doc
WSRE’s award-winning production, “Hank Locklin: Country Music’s Timeless Tenor,” will be shown on the big screen in the station’s Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30,

Audience Q&A with Hank Adam Locklin and the film’s producers will take place after the film. Admission is free.
 
The one-hour film documents the story of Hank Locklin, who is best known for two monster hits, “Please Help Me, I’m Falling” and the self-penned “Send Me the Pillow You Dream On,” and as a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry. The country crooner from Santa Rosa County recorded 65 albums with 15 million sold and had two Grammy nominations, six No. 1 hits and 70 chart singles. He is in the Florida Artists Hall of Fame and the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
 
Iconic country artists Bill Anderson, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, Jeannie Seely, Marty Stuart and Dwight Yoakam, along with Locklin’s son, Hank Adam Locklin, are featured in the film as the primary storytellers. Other country greats in the cast include Charley Pride, Crystal Gayle, William Lee Golden, Ray Stevens and broadcaster Ralph Emery.
 
WSRE won a Gold Telly Award in the Television Documentary category for the production, putting the local PBS station licensed to Pensacola State College in the company of filmmaking powerhouses including Florentine Films (Ken Burns), ESPN and Smithsonian Channel.
 
This free film screening is sponsored in part by The Kelly Group at Morgan Stanley. The event will be held in compliance with Florida COVID-19 Response guidelines in place at the time.
Hey Pirates, we are so excited to invite you to Pizza With the President. Students can mix and mingle with Pensacola State College Administration and participate in a Q&A. See you there!