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(1986 - 1987) FIRST PRESIDENT TJCCAA Involvement with athletics has been an important part of the life of Paul Sands. From his playing days as a star, multi-sports performer for Hay Long High School in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, to his years as a successful coach at St. Andrews Preparatory School and father of athletes, to his work in establishing the extremely successful intercollegiate athletic program at Columbia State Community College, to his leadership in organizing and serving as first president of the Tennessee Junior College Association, he has had a continuing interest in organized athletics and their positive potential in the lives of young people. Paul Sands was selected for charter membership in the Tennessee Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame because of his contributions to the formation and success of the first junior college athletic conference in the state. He was a “founding father” who was chosen by his peers in this distinguished group to shoulder the responsibility for establishing the direction of the new conference as its first president. In the beginning, conference members were required to field teams in men’s basketball and baseball. Many also fielded teams in tennis and golf. In order to compete, players had to satisfy the eligibility requirements of the National Junior College Athletic Association. Paul Sands presidency was dedicated to committing the TJCAA to principles in its by-laws and constitution, which he helped to write, that promoted fair play, sportsmanship and integrity in athletic eligibility. Emphasis was placed on enforcement of Section 1 of Article V which states that “the colleges in this association agree to control student athletics as far as may be necessary to maintain in them a high standard of personal honor, eligibility, fair play, and to remedy whatever abuses may be found to exist.” The conference’s executive committee was given authority to take appropriate disciplinary action to assure good sportsmanship and appropriate conduct of players, coaches and fans. Paul Sands’ commitment to these objectives set a precedent which has continued to the present and has resulted in the TJCAA experiencing a minimum of difficulty in these areas throughout its history. Paul Sands’ continuing contributions to the TJCAA were recognized by his election to a second term as president almost two decades after his precedent setting first term. PRESENTER: Dr. Lewis E. Moore, Jr., Professor of Political Science and History Columbia State Community College (1986 - 1987)
TENNESSEE
SPORTS Kermit Smith has been a coach and Athletic Director at Martin Junior College in Pulaski for 27 years. He has coached basketball, baseball, tennis, golf, and directed a well-rounded intramural program during this time. In 1962 he was named Athletic Director. Coach Smith played three years of baseball and golf at the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas. His first sports love has always been golf, a sport which he has played with skill and coached so successfully that six of his teams have been in National tournaments. Coach Smith has worked hard to further Junior College Athletics in this country. He helped form the Tennessee Junior College Athletic Association, (T.J.C.A.A.), in 1968 and has been its only publicity director since that date. He also became a Regional Director for NJCAA that year. Within the N.J.C.A.A., Coach Smith is Chairman of the Medical Aspects of Sports. Chairman of the National Operating Committee on Sports in Athletic Equipment, NOCSAE, and chairman of Eastern Division Baseball. In 1975 Kermit Smith was selected as one of six persons to represent the United States Olympic Committee at the International Olympic Academy in ancient Olympia, Greece. As Athletic Director at Martin Junior College, Coach Smith directs a well-rounded program in four sports for men: basketball, baseball, tennis, and golf, and two sports for women: basketball, and tennis. He was one of the leaders in forming an extensive program for women within the National Junior College. Kermit Smith hold membership in practically every sports and physical education association in the country. He was the first junior/community college person ever to be named President of the Tennessee College Physical Education Association. Additionally, he was immediate past President of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Coach Smith has been active in many worthwhile civic endeavors. Recently, Kermit Smith was voted to the Pulaski City Board as an Alderman, leading the field in a six-man race. He serves as teacher of the Morgan-Stone Bible Class at the First United Methodist Church in Pulaski for 18 years. Other honors include: being awarded an Honorary Doctor of Education in 1981 from his alma mater, The University of The Ozarks, Clarksville, Arkansas; the T.J.C.A.A. has named its golf tournament, "The Kermit Smith State Golf Tournament"; the City of Pulaski named the street that runs in front of the Christian Life Center (gymnasium) "Kermit Smith Drive"; and Martin Methodist College will dedicate its new recreation area (intramural field) "The Kermit Smith Athletic Field." Coach Smith conducted two highly successful National Junior College Golf Tournaments at Henry Horton State Park, Chapel Hill, Tennessee, in 1978 and 1981. These are the only national tournaments ever hosted in Region 7 of the N.J.C.A.A.. The "extra" highlight of Coach Smith’s career was to conduct a two week tour of New Zealand for the Martin Methodist College women’s basketball team, along with Coach George Ogilvie. The team won 4 and lost 5. They won 2 and lost 2 against the New Zealand Olympic Team. PRESENTER: William Burks, Professor of English, Martin Methodist College
(1986 - 1987)
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College/Community College Dr. Ernest Stockton, President of Cumberland College 1958-1983. During his tenure he was active in many professional organizations, including his service as President of the Southern Association of Junior Colleges; President of the Tennessee College Association and Chairman of the Tennessee Council of Private Colleges, among others. Receiving the First Tennessee Sports Hall Of Fame Junior/Community College Achievement Award comes as a result of his leadership in founding and leading another association, the Tennessee Junior College Athletic Association. It was Ernest Stockton who approached area junior college presidents, athletic directors and coaches to see if there was sufficient interest in forming a junior college athletic association. At his invitation the college representatives met on the Cumberland campus on May 9, 1968, and the TJCCA was born. Before his retirement in 1982, Dr. Stockton served on the TJCAA Executive Committee for 7 years from 1970-1982. Cumberland College enjoyed great success winning two of the four awarded championships in the first year of the TJCAA and many more after that. The success was in no small part due to the leadership of Ernest Stockton. Coaches look to their college president for leadership and direction and Dr. Stockton, a man who was and is totally dedicated to all aspects of Cumberland’s development, gave total support to athletics as well as academics and always able to strike the proper balance between the two. Throughout his tenure at Cumberland College Ernest Stockton earned the deep respect and admiration of all the college administrators, athletic directors and coaches in the TJCAA. It is also well said that he had the respect, admiration and love of all the Cumberland players and coaches through the years of his service to Cumberland College. PRESENTER: Woody Hunt, Athletic Director, Cumberland University (1986 - 1987)
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College/Community College Jimmy Earle: Middle Tennessee State University Athletic Director. His first collegiate basketball experience as player and coach at Martin College. The McMinnville native became Martin's leading scorer, averaging 17.7 points per game. He transferred to, and graduated from MTSU. Earle coached one year at Algood High School and two years at Dekalb County in Smithville before returning to Martin College as Head Coach in 1961, winning Dixie Conference tide in 1962-63-65. Earle’s 1964-65 team finished eighth in the nation and earned Earle "Coach of the Year" honors in the Dixie Conference. He went to MTSU as Assistant Coach and became Head Coach in 1969 leading the Raiders to 164 wins against 103 losses. Guided MTSU to eight winning seasons, two Ohio Valley Conference Championships and two trips to the NCAA Tournament. Twice named Ohio Valley Conference "Coach of the Year" in 1975 and again in 1977. In 1977 he was named Distinguished alumnus by the University and in 1980 inducted into the Blue Raiders Hall of Fame. Jimmy Earle remembers his junior college days and aware of his roots he supports the Tennessee Junior College Association Baseball Tournament and the Annual Junior College Association Meeting at Middle Tennessee State, Annual Spring Meeting on the Middle Tennessee State University Campus. PRESENTER: Donnie Newman, Former Student, Martin Methodist College Footnote: Coach Earle was Inducted Into the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Hall of Fame in 1989. Coach Jimmy Earle has retired from M.T.S.U. effective August 1990. Now Assistant Economic Development Coordinator of Tennessee. (1986 - 1987)
Columbia State Dave Hall, graduated from Greenbrier High School 1958. He entered Middle Tennessee State University. At the end of his first year Dave signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox. Played five years (attending MTSU in the off season) Dave was a power hitter in Class AAA. In 1964 gave up baseball and coached in the Tullahoma City School System. Having received his B.S. at MTSU in 1966. In the fall of 1967 he joined Columbia State as baseball coach. In 1969 became Athletic Director and baseball coach and set out to upgrade the CSCC athletic programs and facilities. The baseball field, which he helped create in the early 70’s now has lights, press box, a concession building, restroom building, an eight foot (billboard) fence and automatic sprinkling system. In 18 years the baseball teams coached by Hall and cocoach, Jim Palmer, W-570 L-142 only .800%. No wonder the National Junior College Region 7 Director says of Dave Hall, "I think of him as Mr. Baseball in our conference. He made the program in our state go. Either you made yourself competitive or you would wind up getting beat bad because his teams were so good." Three times named District 7 JUCO "Baseball Coach of the Year." And the TJCAA District VII Award for his contributions to Region 7. MTSU and Hall hosted the Region 7 NCJAA basketball tournament in ‘78 and in ‘83 the initial TJCAA Basketball State Tournament. In 1983 coached the women’s tennis teams that won the Region VII tournament and participated in the nationals. Two of Hall’s baseball players, are in the majors; outfielder John Shelby, Baltimore Orioles and pitcher Charlie Mitchell, Boston Red Sox. Dave Hall and Linda Caruthers of Nashville were married in 1962. Linda is an art teacher at Central High School. They are parents of two recent Central baseballers, David and Scott. David plays in the Red Sox Organization for Greensboro, NC. PRESENTER: Dr. Jerry Battles, Assistant Dean of Students/Director of Financial Aid, Columbia State Community College Footnote: Coach Hall was appointed Dean of Students, along with his athletic directorship, at Columbia State in 1988. Coach Dave Hall is no longer acting Dean of Students and has returned as Athletic Director. Baseball field now "Dave Hall Field." (1986 - 1987)
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Community College Benjamin J. “Joe” Daves... Franklin, Tennessee, was born in Canton, Oklahoma. A graduate of Guthrie High School, he graduated from Coffeyville Community College in 1959. He served in the U.S. Army and Army Security Agency from 1961 through 1964. Daves earned a B.S. degree in 1966 and an M.A. in 1969 from Austin Peay State University, with additional graduate work at Middle Tennessee State and Trevecca College in Nashville. He was Assistant Basketball Coach 1965-68 at Clarksvilie High School, and men’s and women’s basketball coach and Athletic Director at Motlow Community College, Tullahoma (1969-85). Joe was an officer in the TJCAA for ten years, President 1982-84, Baseball Tournament director four times and the women’s basketball conference once. Motlow State’s athletic program flourished under Joe’s guidance, with men’s basketball wining two Eastern and Conference Division championships; and Motlow State produced an additional six All-American athletes Joe was chosen the Tullahoma Kiwanis Club "Young Man of the Year" in 1973. He served for seven years as tournament director for the Coffee County American Cancer Society’s annual golf tournament, assisted the Coffee County Special Olympics, and spoke at many civic and service organizations promoting the Community colleges and the TJCAA. Motlow State hosted numerous district, region and sub-state tournaments for the Tennessee Secondary School Association, several Amateur Athletic Union state and regional girls’ basketball tournaments and one woman’s AAU National Tournament. The word was, if you’re going to have a tournament, first get Joe Daves. Joe and his wife Judy have two children: Jeff, 19, and Jill, 14. Joe is now the head basketball coach at Franklin High School and when it comes tournament time, don’t worry, Joe Daves is ready. PRESENTER: Coach Carr McCalla, Athletic Director, Motlow State Community College Footnote Coach Daves Basketball team won the class AAA state tournament for Franklin High School in 1989. Now Coach at Franklin High School. (1988)
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College/Community College BORN IN MEMPHIS, November 13, 1951. He started school at six at Dunbar Elementary, transferred to Melrose where he attended until graduation in 1969. He lettered in track at Melrose but never played basketball. After high school, Wright worked three years on various jobs ranging from a food store sacker, page boy, in a library to construction. During these three years his love for basketball increased to the point he played pick up nearly every day after work and on weekends. He visited nearly every community center in Memphis and rarely could anyone rebound with him. He increased his leg strength to the point he could go up from a standstill constantly over 42 inches. People began to talk about Wright, especially the local coaches because of his extraordinary jumping ability. In the fall of 1972 Shelby State Community College opened its doors to students and its first basketball team. Wright, a student-athlete at Shelby State, was All Conference and All State in Junior College basketball. Graduated with a 2.92 G.P.A. and accepted a Grant in Aid scholarship to the University of Mississippi. Wright’s play at Ole Miss got him a tryout with the New Orleans Jazz. He made it until the final cut. Wright returned to Ole Miss in January 1977 to pursue his goal, a degree in H.P.E.R. In June 1977 he graduated with a B.S. and a 2.85 G.P.A. Played basketball in Finland and averaged 38 points and 19.5 rebounds. His basketball career ended on August 12, 1983 when he was gunned down outside the Sheffield High School Gym by two thugs he had put out of the gym earlier that day. Confined to a wheelchair he was offered and accepted the job as women’s head basketball coach in September 1984. To date his record stands at 74-18 with two trips to the NCJAA tournament. His '84-'85 team went 27-3 and finished third in the nation. The '85-'86 team ended 27-10 and state runner-up, and his '86-'87 team produced his first All-American along with a 27-5 season. This year he is hoping his team will earn a return to the national tournament. PRESENTER: BOB CANADA, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, SHELBY STATE COMMUNITY COURSE Footnote Coach Wright went to Uvslksufunkl, Finland, (New Town) on December26, 1969 through January 4,1990, to be with his former team. He was the first American player for this team. Coach Wright was named honorary coach and directed his former teammates against the present team. (1989)
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College/Community College Donnie Jenkins, born March 18, 1942 in Lenoir City, Tennessee. Coach Jenkins attended Lenoir City High School from 1957-1961, received AA degree from Hiwassee College in 1963 and BS from Berry College in 1965, graduate work included MA at Western Carolina University and plus forty five at the University of Tennessee. Coach Jenkins began his coaching career at Dalton High School in Dalton Georgia in 1965 where he served as assistant coach from 1965-1967. He became Head basketball coach in 1967 and complied a two year record of 37-18. He was selected as 5AAA "Coach of the Year" both seasons that he served as Head coach. In 1970 Coach Jenkins returned to Hiwassee Jr. College, his alma mater, to assume the position of Head basketball coach and Athletic Director. From 1970-1984 Coach Jenkins' teams compiled a record of 275 wins and 114 losses for a 708 winning percentage. His teams at Hiwassee qualified for region play nine times, winning Region VII on two occasions and finished fourth in the National tournament in 1981. Donnie is presently the Principal at Madisonville High School, a position he has held for the past four years. He has two daughters Kelly Elaine, 21 and Donna Sue 18. |
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