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Retired AD Tom Hickman Selected for NACDA's Highest Honor the Lifetime Achievement Award

ROCK HILL, SC--Tom Hickman, retired director of athletics from Winthrop University, has been selected as the recipient of the DI-AAA ADA 2017 Gary Cunningham Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor presented by the Association.

"What a great honor it is to be receiving this award. The fact that it is being given by my peers and colleagues makes it very, very special. It is indeed humbling to join the group of former honorees," said Hickman, who served for 20 years as Winthrop's AD from 1996 to 2016. "I am proud to have been a part of the Division I-AAA ADA and wish to thank them for this honor."

The award will be presented during the Division I-AAA ADA Membership and Awards Breakfast Meeting sponsored by ARMS Software, LLC, at the 2017 NACDA Convention in Orlando, Florida on Monday, June 12.

"We are excited to bestow our Association's most prestigious honor to Tom. As with our previous twelve honorees, he is an individual who personifies what the award represents and fits in extremely well with the tremendous previous recipients," stated Ken Kavanagh, chair of the Gary Cunningham Lifetime Achievement Award Committee and director of athletics at Florida Gulf Coast University. "A valued contributor to our Association's growth prior to his retirement, he served our profession with distinction for decades, most especially the countless student-athletes and staffers that he worked alongside daily.

The Enfield, North Carolina native is a graduate of Wake Forest University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1970 with a major in health, physical education and recreation. He also received his master's degree in exercise physiology from Wake Forest in 1974. While pursuing his master's, he served as a graduate assistant coach for the men's basketball program from 1970-72.

A longtime member of NACDA, Hickman was heavily involved in college athletics throughout his career. He is a former member on the NCAA Division I Championships/Sports Management Cabinet, the NCAA Division I Management Council, the NCAA Legislative Review and Interpretations Committee, and the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee. He was also very involved in the Big South Conference, serving on multiple committees throughout his tenure at Winthrop, resulting in his selection for induction into the Big South Conference Hall of Fame on June 1 in Hilton Head, SC. He was enshrined in Winthrop's Hall of Fame this past January.








 
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