Aug 19, 2009
Jerry McGee to be Inducted into the Inaugural Class of the NIAAA Hall of Fame

The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association will induct its inaugural Hall of Fame class on Tuesday evening, December 15, 2009 at the Gaylord Texan Hotel and Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas. The induction banquet will be held in conjunction with the National Conference for Directors of Athletics and the NIAAAs annual meetings.

The first ceremony will induct a class of twelve individuals whose careers in athletic administration collectively total three hundred and fifty years. The class inductees include Alice Barron, Lakewood, Colorado; Lindy Callahan, Gulfport, Mississippi; Robert Conklin, Denver, Colorado; Evan Excell, South Jordan, Utah; Roland Inskeep, CMAA, Carmel, Indiana; David Martens, Fairport, New York; Gerald McGee, Elizabeth City, North Carolina; Theodore Miller, CAA, Show Low, Arizona; Dr. Lucia Norwood, CMAA, Stone Mountain, Georgia; James, Teff, CMAA, Lodi, Wisconsin; James Watkins, CMAA, Louisville, Kentucky; and John Youngblood (deceased), Centreville, Virginia.

Alice Barron retired from the Colorado Jefferson County Schools in 1990 after thirty-three years in education and twenty-three years as an athletic administrator. She served on the NIAAA Board of Directors and was President of the Colorado Athletic Directors Association. Evan Excell retired in 2008 from the Utah High School Activities Association after serving fourteen years as the organizations executive director. Prior to his service to the UHSAA, he was a high school athletic administrator for twenty-one years at four high schools. Lindy Callahan retired in 1992 after thirty-seven years of athletic administration in the Gulfport, Mississippi schools. Callahan was a charter member of the NIAAA and was instrumental in establishing the Mississippi High School Athletic Directors Association. Robert Conklin retired in 1990 after thirty-three years as an athletic administrator with the Denver Public Schools. He was instrumental in the formation of the NIAAA and was selected as the first president of the NIAAA. Roland Inskeep, CMAA retired in 1994 having served as the director of athletics at North Central High School in Indianapolis since 1971. A charter member of the NIAAA, was very active at both the state and national levels of interscholastic administration being recognized as the NCSSAD national athletic director of the year in 1991. David Martens retired in 1991 from Fairport Central School after serving as an athletic administrator for thirty-three years in three New York State high schools. Martens was president of NIAAA in 1984 and was responsible for starting the organizations National Emergency Network. Gerald Jerry McGee, CAA retired from school athletic administration in 1997 having served twenty-four years as an athletic administrator. He continues in his role as executive director of the North Carolina Athletic Directors Association today, a position he has held since 1991. Jerry was the visionary for the formation of the NEDC in 2002, a council for state athletic director association executive directors. Theodore Ted Miller, CAA retired in 2006 after forty-three years in education and thirty-two of those as an athletic administrator. His career spanned one junior high school in California and three high schools in Arizona. Ted was president of the NIAAA in 2002. Dr. Lucia Norwood, CMAA retired in 2002 after a thirty-eight year career in education and twenty-seven of those as system wide athletic administrator in the Dekalb County, Georgia school system. Norwood was a member of the NIAAA board of directors. She continues to serve athletic administration in her position as executive director of the Georgia Athletic Directors Association, a position she has held for over ten years. James Teff, CMAA concluded a twenty-eight year career as an athletic administrator with his retirement in 2001 from South Milwaukee High School. He was president of the NIAAA in 1991 and continues to serve the organization as the coordinator of the organizations Leadership Training Program. A charter member of the NIAAA, Jim has served the organization in some capacity since 1976. James Watkins, CMAA retired in 2005 from his position as Director of Activities and Athletics for the Kentucky Jefferson County Public Schools concluding a thirty-two year career in athletic administration. Jim was president of the NIAAA in 1996 and continues to serve the organization in the Leadership Training Program. Upon his retirement in 2005, Jim assumed the duties as executive director of the Kentucky High School Athletic Directors Association. John Youngblood (deceased) retired in 1987 as an active athletic administrator after twenty-two years. John was instrumental in the founding of both the NIAAA and the Virginia Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. He was the first President of the Virginia association in 1973 and served as president of the NIAAA in 1982.

The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association is an organization for high school and middle school athletic administrators dedicated to providing interscholastic athletic administrators the professional development, resources and support that will assist in providing quality participation opportunities for high school and middle school students. Membership includes over 8,000 interscholastic athletic administrators as well as the 51 state athletic administrator associations.

Jerry,

Congratulations on your induction into the NIAAA Hall of Fame. What a great accomplishment for a most deserving friend. This is a very prestigious honor and well deserved. On behalf of the Athletic Administrators, Coaches and student-athletes that you serve, "We are very proud of you". Your career has touched many lives and we look forward to sharing this evening with you in Grapevine.