Sue Feldkamp
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- Year Inducted:
- 2008
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- Sport(s):
- Women's Basketball/Women's Volleyball/Softball/Women's Track & Field
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- Inductee Category:
- Coach
Sue Feldkamp was responsible for the establishment of the Women's Athletic Program at Central Methodist in 1973, serving as the head women's athletic coach from from 1973-1977. She also served as the head coach for women's basketball, volleyball, softball, and track, and an assistant professor of physical education.
Feldkamp directed Central's first MAIAW (Missouri Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) State Badminton Tournament team, which placed second and third in doubles and winning first place as a team. She also led athletes in the first MAIAW State Track & Field meet where Central placed third in the long jump.
Feldkamp's women's basketball team won the first MAIAW Small College Basketball Tournament in 1973-74 with a team of only seven players. CMC finished third in the HAAC (Heart of America Athletic Conference) Tournament in 1974-75 and second in 1976-77.
Dating from her service as the head women's gymnastics coach at Eastern Kentucky University in 1971-72, she went on to have a distinguished career as a coach and educator in women's athletics.
Following her tenure with Central Methodist, Feldkamp served as a coach in multiple sports for Berea College from 1978-1984; as gymnastics instructor and coach at Northern Kentucky School of Gymnastics from 1984-1985; and as head volleyball coach at Spellman College from 1985-1990 and again from 1992-1997. She also participated in the 1984 Olympic Torch Relay across the United States and in the July 1987 Run for Equality sponsored by NOW and NAGWS in Washington, D.C.
Feldkamp earned a bachelor's degree in health and physical education in 1971 and a master's in physical education in 1972, both from Eastern Kentucky University.
