Christine Shelton ('70) was a member of the JMU tennis, field hockey and
basketball teams for four years. The number one singles player on the
tennis team, she served as the team captain three years and twice
qualified for the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association Championships. In
field hockey, she was named to the Blue Ridge and Southeast teams and
played in the U.S.F.H.A. National Tournament two years. She was selected
an outstanding freshman, sophomore, junior and senior at JMU, was a
class officer three years and served as president of the sophomore
class. She was named to Who's Who and selected the outstanding senior
physical education major. Following her graduation, she was a Peace
Corps volunteer in Venezuela and a Peace Corps cross-cultural trainer.
She has coached high school teams in field hockey, basketball, soccer,
tennis and boys' tennis and college teams in tennis, men's tennis and
men's and women's badminton. She holds a master's degree from JMU and
coached the JMU tennis team for one year. She served as president of the
National Association for Girls and Women in Sport from 1984-86 and has
served as chairman of the NAGWS Latin American Project since 1979. As
chairman, she has initiated and directed conferences in the United
States, Central America and South America. She has received federal
grants in developing curriculum promoting non-sexist and non-racist
teaching behaviors and is a consultant in the area of race and sex
equity in education. She was selected JMU's outstanding alumna in 1986.