Dr. Roger Goudy, who spent 40 years in leadership functions with the Amateur athletic Union, Camiseta Tottenham Hotspur including the past six years as the organization’s president as well as CEO, has died. He was 69.
Goudy took over the helm of AAU in 2014 after years of building up the organization’s largest event, the AAU Junior national Volleyball championships in Orlando, Florida. since 1992, he served as AAU Volleyball national Chair, working to grow the championship to an event that in 2019 drawn in 45,000 athletes on 2,800 teams, 10,000 coaches, 600 college coaches as well as an estimated 100,000 spectators in attendance. The event is now staged at the Orange region Convention center as well as the ESPN wide world of sports Complex. In July, the competition was staged amid the pandemic with new health and wellness precautions put in location to limit the number of teams participating.
“No words can reveal the heartbreak we, the AAU organization, feel during this time,” the AAU stated in a statement. “Dr. Goudy devoted his life to serving youth with sports as well as education. For more than 40 years, he served the AAU in different capabilities at the local, district/state, as well as national level. These functions included coach, volunteer, mentor, leader, as well as most importantly, friend. We reveal our heartfelt condolences as well as Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Corea del Sur sorrow to the Goudy family. While he can never be replaced, Dr. Goudy will always be in our hearts.”
Prior to ending up being CEO, Goudy served as AAU’s national secretary for 20 years, taking office in 1994. during that time, he was part of the organization’s national policeman group that signed a 30-year offer with the Walt Disney world business in 1996. later that year, the AAU relocated its national headquarters to Orlando, ending up being one of two anchor tenants at what is now ESPN wide world of sports Complex.
In a move that was rooted in his experience in education, Goudy established the AAU Cares program soon after being elected president in 2014. The program strives to provide youth athletes lessons in learning, life as well as social responsibility. He had likewise been instrumental in support of the AAU metropolitan effort established with AAU national Treasurer Jo Mirza in 2015, a program that provides involvement chances to youth in under-served areas of the country.
Outside of his time with AAU, Goudy was an teacher who served in a number of public service functions as well. He was superintendent of the Madison region (Ohio) institution district from 2008–2015. prior to that, he was the director of business affairs at South Euclid Lyndhurst (Ohio) institutions for 10 years. He was likewise active in the neighborhood of Solon, Ohio, serving on the City Council as well as as vice mayor, in addition to on the Solon Board of Education.
Goudy as well as his events got numerous honors as Camiseta ACF Fiorentina well as awards over the years. In 1999, he was inducted into the AAU Hall of fame for commitment as well as service to the country’s youth. He was national association of sport Commission’s sports event Organizer of the Year in 2017. as well as in 2017 as well as 2019, the AAU national Junior Volleyball championships got a SportsTravel award at the teams seminar & Expo.
“Dr. Goudy was a excellent good friend of SportsTravel magazine as well as the teams Conference,” stated Timothy Schneider, creator as well as chairman of the sports division at Northstar travel group as well as the creator of SportsTravel as well as TEAMS. “He spent his life serving youth with sports as well as deployed his leadership skills to excellent impact for the benefit of the AAU. We prolong our deepest condolences to his household as well as his colleagues.”
AAU president as well as CEO Roger Goudy accepted a SportsTravel award in 2019 for finest Amateur event of the Year for the Junior national Volleyball Championships.
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