Hall of Fame
Sandy Martin served as head coach of four different sports at EKU during a 23-year span. She coached women's cross country, women's track and field, women's tennis and women's golf during different parts of the 1975-1998 seasons. She was named OVC Coach of the Year in three of these sports as she was recognized for track and field in 1979 and 1980, for tennis in 1992 and for golf in 1995 and 1996.Her first stint as a collegiate head coach at EKU, following attaining her bachelor's in 1970 and her master's degree from Eastern in 1973, came when she led the women's cross country and track and field teams from 1975-81. During these seven seasons with the cross country team, Eastern placed sixth in the AIAW national championships, was AIAW regional champion or runner-up in four seasons, while winning the Kentucky Women's Intercollegiate Conference title from 1975-78. During this period, she also led Eastern to OVC team championships in 1979 and 1980, while leading the Colonels to KWIC championships and runner-up finishes for three seasons. Also, while serving as track and field coach, she mentored Eastern athletes who finished among the nation's top five at the NCAA meet in the pentathlon; the 3,000-meter run; the 5,000-meter run; and the 400-meter hurdles. From the track and cross country programs, she moved to tennis where she was head coach of the Colonel netters from 1983-93. During this period, her Eastern teams placed second twice and finished third four times at the OVC championship tournament. Eastern's best tennis season during these 10 years came in the 1988-89 season when the Colonels won 18 of the 20 matches played that year. When EKU began its intercollegiate women's golf program in 1993, she was called upon to be the head coach, serving in this position until 1998. The highlight of these five seasons came in 1996 when Eastern won the OVC title, although she led the Colonels to runner-up finishes in each of the other four seasons as golf coach. She coached Beverly Brockman to three OVC individual championship titles. In addition to coaching at Eastern, she taught lifetime sports skills and skill acquisitions in the Physical Education majors' program. She also completed all course work toward a doctorate in Professional Preparation and Teaching Behaviors with an emphasis in a system for analyzing skill in 1984 at Florida State University. She served as an officer in the Women's Kentucky State Golf Association for 30 years and was the Kentucky Representative on the Women's Regional Affairs Committee of the United States Golf Association.
