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Hall of Fame

Sandra Elmore

Sandra Elmore

  • Class
    1973
  • Induction
    2012
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Basketball
Name: Sandra Elmore, Athlete
Class of: 1973
Sandra Elmore, a native of Walton, WV started as a point guard on Glenville State College's first Women's Basketball Team in 1970 as a freshman. She is considered a "Trailblazer" in getting women's intercollegiate basketball started at GSC and as a "Trailblazer" in the development of women's athletics in the State of West Virginia. Sandra graduated cum laude in three years from GSC with a major in Physical Education and minors in English and Special Education and graduated summa cum laude in both her master's and doctorate programs at West Virginia University. Additionally she received advanced graduate study through Concordia University from Montreal, Canada and from the University of Physical Culture in Moscow, Russia and completed post-doctoral studies at the Federal Institute of Physical Education and Sports of the Order of Lenin in Moscow, USSR. Elmore was the first Head Women's Basketball Coach at Clay County Junior High School and at Ravenswood High School. She was the first Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at West Virginia University and was the first Head Women's Basketball Coach at Potomac State College of WVU where she established a nationally ranked team over several seasons, as well as having one undefeated regular season record at Potomac State (72% overall win/loss coaching record. She served as the first female Athletic Director at WVU Tech and was the first WVIAC female Athletic Director over the sport of football. She later served a second stint as Athletic Director at WVU Tech. Sandra has also served as Head Women's Basketball Coach at WVU Tech. While Athletic Director at WVU Tech, the Football program achieved a Co-Conference championship in the WVIAC. The Men's Basketball program and the Women's basketball program also won WVIAC Conference Championships. Elmore was inducted into the Potomac State College of WVU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994, the West Virginia University College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Hall of Fame in 2006, and the Region XX National Junior College Athletic Association Athletic Director's Hall of Fame in 2000. She was awarded the Women's Sports Pathfinder Award in 2003 (National Association of Girls and Women's Sports - Highest National Honor Award in Women's Sports) and awarded the Ray O. Duncan West Virginia Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Award in 2003 (Service Award to the State of West Virginia in Physical Education - Highest Honor one can achieve in WVAHPERD). Additionally Potomac State's annual Female Athlete of the Year Award has been permanently named "The Sandra J. Elmore Female Athlete of the Year Award." Elmore was primarily responsible for starting WVU Tech's Athletic Coaching Education program (2000) and their Sport Management program (2007). She currently is a Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical Education at WVU Tech. Under her leadership, the Physical Education Department has grown to the largest department on campus with a little over 200 students. It is now ranked second in the College of Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences. She resides in Nitro, WV.
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