High Willhays of the highest hill on nearby Bodmin Moor, and suggested that a watch for beacon fires used to be kept here. He also posited a possible link to the word "gwili" meaning winding or tortuous, but said it was unlikely this was where it originated from. "The Place-Names of Devon" (1931) notes that the peak was named "Hight Wyll" in a document of 1532, and was known in 1827 as "High Willows". The authors state that the name may simply be a compound of "high" and "well" (meaning "spring"), though they admit that the additional syllable at the end is
High Point Panthers been inducted to several halls of fame, including the NAIA Hall of Fame and North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. High Point named Brady Gregor head coach in 2016, replacing Greg Flesher (2012–16). High Point University started women's golf in 2003-04 and the team achieved its highest Big South Championship finish - third - in 2005. HPU has had one individual Big South women's golf champion, Ann Marie Dalton in 2008. Vici Pate Flesher was named head coach in 2010 and led HPU to a fourth-place finish in the 2011 Big South Championship, up from eighth the year before. Pate