World Wide Martial Arts Hall of Fame 2000
2000 Hall of Fame Inductees
June 16, 2000
Cynthia Rothrock, GrandMaster Pan Qing Fu and Sifu Vincent
Lyn accepting their awards from Master Tom Merritt at the 2000 World Wide
Martial Arts Hall of Fame in Syracuse, New York. (June 16, 2000)
The following Martial Artists were inducted
into the 2000 WWMAHOF:
PIONEER LEGENDS: Cynthia Rothrock, Reno Moralez, Dr.
Rocky Farley
SILVER LIFE; Abdulmuhsiy Abdurrahman
GRANDMASTER OF THE YEAR: Pan Qing Fu, Frank Kushner,
David Chaanine, Santiago Sanchis, James Badiang, Amos Hunter
MASTER INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR: John W. Smith, William
Everitt, William Durso, Maurice Elmalem, Steven Dowd, Richard Mieir-King, Corbin
Johnson, Frederick Waters, William Entrekin, Brent Fuller
MASTER OF THE YEAR: Gregory Fann
INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR: Vincent Lyn, Bradley Duruttya,
Michael Ellsworth, Karen Gorthey, Jack Shamburger, Robert Smith, David
Armendariz, Adrian Margarito, Frank Barroso, Ronald Geer, Reginald Brown,
Matthew Hayden, Lucy Hanson, Clifford Kinchen, Sherrieshedier Jones, Christine
Hurschman, Gary Ruff, Louis Nogueira
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR: Brian Munk, Mark
Cotler, Antonio Vazquez, Kyle Wardhaugh, Barbara Kelly-Kinney, Justin Smith
BLACK BELT OF THE YEAR: Christian Tipton
STUDENT OF THE YEAR: Hector Camacho
MALE COMPETITOR OF THE YEAR: James T. Martin, Tom Harris
FEMALE COMPETITOR OF THE YEAR: Patricia Martin
SCHOOL OF THE YEAR: Dahle Kung Fu and Tai Chi
OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR: World Karate
Union
JR MARTIAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Michael DeWolf, Leigh
Bergman, Elijah Bilal, Elizabeth Mills, David Halstead, Brandon Ashby, Trevor
Tasetano
EDITOR OF THE YEAR: Carol Davis Hart, Oliver Miller
MAN OF THE YEAR: Thomas Keen, Alberto Echevarria
WOMAN OF THE YEAR: Puanani Sachiko Badiang
MOST SUPPORTIVE PARENT(S): David & Doreen Bergman,
Gregory & Mary Munk, Edward & Carlene Hanson, Judy Merritt
MOST SUPPORTIVE GRANDPARENT: Evelyn Terramiggi
OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE: Tracie Gage, Gordon Dixon
FOUNDER OF THE YEAR: Abdul Hakim Bilal, Stephen Herring,
Richard Hurschman, Orlando Yarborough
PHYSICS, SCIENCE, RESEARCHER IN SPORTS AND DEFENSE ARTS:
Bill Drougas
HUMANITARIAN AWARD: James Papatonious
IN MEMORY OF: Patrick Henry, Donald J. Meyer II
