Note: The following appears in the NC State football gameday program. My mom and dad came to the Upstate for the 1992 ACC Baseball Tournament in nearby Greenville. On the way from the parking lot to the stadium on Saturday afternoon, my dad tripped on a rock, fell on his left arm and broke it. What a way to start a vacation. But fortunately, the Clemson Family came to the rescue. When my dad made it to the stadium in some real pain, I sought out Clemson Athletic Trainer Fred Hoover. “Doc” immediately ran some arm movement tests he had probably done on 1,000 Clemson student-athletes over his 30 years (at the time) in charge of the athletic training needs. He said we needed an X-ray and guided us through the entire process. That process included going to see Dr. Larry Bowman, who was early in his Clemson career as the team orthopedic surgeon. Both men could not have been nicer to my dad, who had never broken a bone in his body. Hoover checked on my dad the entire week he was at Clems