Cindy Stinger

Cindy Stinger was an all-around sports star at Davis & Elkins College in West Virginia, winning nine varsity letters – four in hockey (field), four in basketball, and one in softball. She was named the school’s Athlete of the Year in 1979 and 1981 and is a member of their Athletic Hall of Fame, the first female inducted. Stinger was asked to try out for the US handball team and eventually played for the US at the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Olympics. She became the US handball player of the year in 1978, 1982-83 and 1987. Stinger was named the MVP of the gold medal winning US team at the 1987 Pan American Games where she was honored by being asked to recite the Athletes’ Oath at the Opening Ceremony.

Stinger went on to work for the US Olympic Committee for many years, starting out working with the drug control program from 1987-96. She later became manager of youth and community programs, and eventually manager of the US Olympians Association for the USOC. She has also served as a board member with Sportswomen of Colorado, and a board member and treasurer of the Olympians for Olympians Relief Fund.