Selected as a Champion Beyond the Game in 2003 This Navy brat, a
1961 Cum Laude graduate of FSU's Physical Education Department, is a
national recognized educator, coach, civic leader and author. Her
educational experiences range from teaching high school in Miami, to being
a professor and coach at Miami Dade Community College. As a coach her teams
won state championships in badminton (3), basketball (1), softball (4), and
volleyball (12). Eleven times the Miami Dade volleyball teams finished the
season ranked in the nation's top 10, placing second 3 times.
Her
extensive involvement off campus includes membership on the boards of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletics, Special Olympics, Baptist Health
Trustees, and the Orange Bowl. She was a Founder and President of the Dade
County Sports Society, President of the State Physical Education
Association, President of the Florida Community College Activities
Association, and active in the National Association for Girl's and Women's
Sports.
Honors include being awarded an Endowed Teaching Chair at Miami
Dade, selected to the National Junior College Hall of Fame and the Florida
Community College Hall of Fame, and receiving and Honor Award from the
Florida Physical Education Association. She is the co-author of 10
professional books related to computers, coaching, health and fitness.
This outstanding FSU graduate resides in Miami with her husband, Bill.