FERRUM, Va. -- Family, friends, and alumni at Ferrum College are deeply saddened with the passing of Roy Clark over the weekend. A former baseball standout for the Panthers, he went on to a career as a professional baseball scout. Clark was 68 years old.

Considered by many as one of the best talent evaluators in the game of baseball, Clark served in various roles with the Atlanta Braves from 1989-2009, including Special Assistant to the General Manager and later as Senior Advisor to Amateur Scouting.

Clark left the Braves organization in 2009, joining the Washington Nationals as Vice President of Player Personnel and Assistant General Manager. He remained with the Nationals until 2013. In 2022, he became a senior advisor for the Kansas City Royals.

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Clark played baseball at Ferrum in 1976 and 1977, when the Panthers competed as a junior college. He played for Coach Jerry Little, earning All-Conference and first team All-America in 1977. After leaving Ferrum, Clark went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Recreation Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also played baseball for the Tar Heels. After college, Clark played four years professionally in the Seattle Mariners minor league system from 1979-82 before embarking on his scouting career.

Clark was inducted into the Ferrum College Sports Hall of Fame in 1998, and the Salem-Roanoke Baseball Hall of Fame in 2023.