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Dr. Howard Roberts ’78, founding dean of the Coleman College of Business, has been appointed to the Big Sandy Community & Technical College Board of Directors for a term of six years. Much of Roberts’ career has been focused on increasing economic opportunity in the region through education, innovation and collaboration. Roberts is actively engaged in the UPIKE Alumni Association Board of Directors, Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, East Kentucky Advanced Manufacturing Institute Advisory Board, Kentucky Humanities Council Board of Directors, Jenny Wiley Theatre Board of Directors and the Pikeville Rotary Club.
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Brandon Ball ’97 has been named head baseball coach at Dixon High School in Holly Ridge, N.C. Ball also serves as athletic director and teaches. A catcher for the Bears’ baseball team, Ball previously coached baseball at Pikeville High School and Pike County Central High School and coached football and baseball at Breckinridge County High School.
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Following in his father’s footsteps, Kevin Justice will play baseball for UPIKE next season. “This day has been a dream of mine for a long time,” Kevin said. “I’m truly excited about having the opportunity to play for UPIKE.” The Pikeville High School senior standout is the son of Gary Justice ’97 and Katina Justice. Inducted in UPIKE’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004, Gary was a two-time Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) all conference member, 1993 KIAC Conference Pitcher of the Year and was elected team captain in 1996. Justice, who earned his MBA from the Coleman College of Business in 2013, currently works as a senior biopharmaceutical representative with Amgen.
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