World Wide Martial Arts Hall of Fame 2002       

2002 Hall of Fame Inductees

June 1, 2002

Cynthia Rothrock, Master Merritt.         Richard Norton, Master Merritt.                 Vincent Lyn, Master Merritt.

ITU ES Mark Hanson                                  GrandMaster Pan Qing Fu         Richard Norton, Cynthia Rothrock

ITU NC State Dir. Elizabeth Roshdy                                                           Vincent Lyn, Master Merritt

Mrs. Richard Norton                                                                                 Don 'the dragon' Wilson

ITU VP Lucy Hanson

Richard Norton, Master Merritt

Don 'the dragon' Wilson

The following Martial Artists were inducted into the 2002 WWMAHOF:

ACTOR/ACTRESS FILM LEGEND:  Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton, Don 'The Dragon' Wilson, Pan Qing Fu, Vincent Lyn

GOLDEN LIFETIME:  Gary McBroom

SILVER LIFE:   Lucy Hanson

GRANDMASTER OF THE YEAR:  George Dillman, Kimberly Dillman, Gene Holden, Keith Nesbitt, Sr., Robert Redfeather, Frank Sanchez, Dave Shelton, E.R. Spruiell, Steve Stewart, Peter Ticali, Anthony Troche

MASTER INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR:  Kevin Agahi, George Bierman, Michael Cataline, Kirk Jacoby, Marianne Kellner, Howard Moore, Charles Sturgill

MASTER OF THE YEAR:  Monty Groff, Dr. Stanley Harris, Jr., Gerald Hull, John Miller, Steve Otstot, Henry Sieczkos, David Skube, Troy Smith, Dr. Miklos Varga

INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR:  Lanxter Burrell, Sarah Daley, Dwight Elliott, Dr. Alexandru Hevesi, Walter Holmes, Callie Jenkins, Thomas Renner, Ernie Rodemaker, Wilbert Rutherford, Samuel Saenz, Dianne Simonini, Phillip Spears, Gordon Travers

ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR:  Elizabeth Byrd, George Dohler, Jeffrey Hauck, Sr., Charles Ruth

BLACK BELT OF THE YEAR:  Frances Britton, Douglas Brown, Jason Corso, Mark Cotler, Bernd Hoehle, Jeffry Jolly, Raymond Ming Loo, Elissa Mills, Julia Preston-Fulton, Heather Rohr, James Ziots, Jr.

 STUDENT OF THE YEAR:  Ryan Arigo, Kimberly Arnold, Nathanuel Auxier, Steven Cabaday, Matthew Congdon, David Elliott, Barbara Hathaway, Jonathan Haupt, Adam Marcellus, Chris Marquez, Dr. Hans Parzer, Thomas Petrie, Luke Price, Curtis Rath, Joseph Rusaw, Kenneth Saltrick, George Snyder, Sr.

MALE COMPETITOR OF THE YEAR:  Garrett Brown, Michael Hornsby, Jeremy Hughes, Axel Serbanescu

FEMALE COMPETITOR OF THE YEAR:  Jonna Craft, Corinna Glueck

SCHOOL OF THE YEAR:  FMK Karate, World Taekwondo Academy, Erie Taekwondo, Capital Northeast Taekwondo & Combat Hapkido Federation

OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION:   Kick Drugs Out of Alliance

MARTIAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR:  Jeff Bateman, Khadijah Bracey, Brian Munk, Rick Rogers, Justin Smith

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE MARTIAL ARTS:  Dennis Campo, Nicole Cardiello, Zouhaier Chebbi, Frank Corso, Michael Gambill, Erhard Kellner, Ric Meyers, Elizabeth Roshdy, Robert Smith, Daniel Valin

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE MARTIAL ARTS BY A GRANDMASTER:  Clifford Crandall

MAN OF THE YEAR:  Dr. Rocky Farley, Danny Moore, John Smith

WOMAN OF THE YEAR:  Laura Kamienski

FOUNDER OF THE YEAR:  Eugene Sedeno, Jimmy Steger, Alan Thornton

PROMOTER OF THE YEAR:  Roseann Fusco

MOST SUPPORTIVE PARENT(S):  Judith Barrett, Alexandru Serbanescu

SPIRIT AWARD:  Carlene Hanson, Edward Hanson, Judy Merritt, Evelyn Terramiggi

2ND YEAR IN ATTENDANCE:  Nicasio Acevedo, Alan Goldberg, Deborah Petrie, Michael Petrie, Danielle Stanton, Michael Walter

3RD YEAR IN ATTENDANCE:  David Grosscup, Etta Grosscup, Elizabeth Mills, Gregory & Mary Munk, James Papatonious, Tiffany Papatonious