Carol Rozzell Tyson

I graduated from Charles D. Owen High School in 1968. I graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1972 with a BA in English Literature and Linguistics. Two weeks after college graduations I married my high school sweetheart, JoeTyson, and we moved to Boston, Massachusetts. I worked for the Education Development Center (company that writes social studies curriculum) at Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. We returned to Black Mountain in the fall of 1974 and joined the family business, Tyson Furniture Company, Inc. We have two GREAT children, Olivia, 2010 graduate of OHS, and Andrew, 2011 graduate of OHS. As a family we have traveled extensively in the US, Europe, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

I have served on the boards of the Black Mountain Center of the Arts, the Black Mountain Public Library, and the Swannanoa Valley Museum and History Center.

During my time as a full-time employee at Tyson Furniture Company, I worked with Asheville Community Theater, Flat Rock Playhouse, and Owen High School Drama department.

Academic Achievements/Clubs/Honors:

Graduated in top 10% of class academically

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Beta Club (officer VP); French Club; Latin Club

Speech Club

Basketball Homecoming Court, 2, 3, and 4

Shawano Court 2, 3, 4

Shawano Court Queen 4

Owen Asheville-Citizen Times Correspondent 4

NEDT Award 1, 2

OHS Senior Hall of Fame

OHS Senior Superlative, Most Athletic

Intramural Coach, 1, 2, 3, 4

Sports Achievements:

Girls varsity basketball team 1, 2, 3, 4

All Buncombe County Team 2, 3, 4

All Tri-County Team 2, 3, 4

Nominee for Most Outstanding Girl Athlete in WNC 3, 4

Most Valuable Player OHS Girls Varsity Basketball 2, 3, 4

OHS Girls Basketball team captain 3, 4

Inducted into the OHS Sports Hall of Fame in 2007

Sorry, I have no source for statistics for all four years of my career except newspaper clippings. My senior year I averaged 14 points a game and 18 rebounds a game.

Our Team received a Resolution from the State of North Carolina commending us on our excellence. It was presented by Representative Gordon Greenwood.

We were asked to warm up in our uniforms for the half time of s NC State’s men’s basketball game at the NC State Reynolds Colesium.

I started as a freshman on the varsity team and except for my very first game, I was a starter. I played four consecutive years and never lost a game.