USTA Hall of Fame Roll Call
•Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998
•Former Coach of many State, Regional & National Champions
•Past Chair of the Judge's Association
•Past Executive Board Member
•Past President of the USTA.
•First U.S. Representative to the World Baton Twirling Federation
•Past Executive Director of the USTA
•Presently owns & operates Star Line Baton Company
•Philanthropist to many USTA and WBTF programs & projects
•Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998
•Coach of many State, Regional & National Champions
•Former director of the Daltonettes Musical Corps
•Member of the Executive Board since 1984
•Past President of the USTA and U.S. Representative
to the World Baton Twirling Federation
•Member of the U.S. Technical Committee
•Member of the Judges’ Commission
•Owner & operator of the Joyce Dalton Dance & Baton Studio
In Centerville, Ohio
•Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1998
•One of the original Founders of the USTA
•Long time USTA Board Member
•Deemed the first “Golden Girl” at Purdue! (Then switched his allegiance and twirled at Indiana University) Nick returned to perform at I.U. Homecomings annually for many years.
•Coached full time for many years in 44 schools in southern Indiana.
•First Chair of the Judges’ Association
•Former owner of M & M Trophy Co. in Bloomington.
•Now retired
•Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998
•Served as the head of the National Tabulation staff for over 25 years
•Staff member for 15 years in the USTA office in Seattle.
•Nora was involved in baton twirling because of her niece who twirled. She was never a coach or a judge, but she attended every northwest contest and volunteered her services as a tabulator.
•Devised the manual tab sheets and set up many of our tab
procedures still in place today.
•Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993
•Former coach of many athletes
•Past Chair of the Judges Association
•Director of the National Championships for many years
•Past President of the USTA and U.S. Representative
to the World Baton Twirling Federation
•Former Editor of the CATCH IT! Magazine
•Former Professor of Communication at Montclair State College in
Upper Montclair, New Jersey
•Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003
•Former coach of many U.S. and World Champions, including the unprecedented 4- time World Champion Team from Italy
•Pioneer in the development and initiation of the present day USTA competition
system, known as the “set system.”
•Past Executive Board Member
•Former U.S. Technical Advisor
•Former World Technical Advisor Chair, instrumental in the development of the U.S. Trials and World Championships as we know them today
•Former Chair of the U.S. Technical Committee, was one of the people
instrumental in the development of the Competitive/Achievement Program
•Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003
•Director of the Alaskanette Baton Corps for the past 33 years, winner of many
National Championships and who have performed extensively abroad
•Past Executive Board Member
•Past President Alaska State Council
•Former chair of the USTA Judges’ Commission, and responsible for the first ever
USTA Judges’ Manual
•Former chair of the USTA Coaches Commission in which she compiled and
edited the present day Level I and Level II Coaches’ Manuals.
•Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003
•One of the original Founders of the USTA
•First President of the USTA
•Former Director of the Miller’s Blackhawks who established a record that is
unequalled in the twirling world by winning the National Championship every year from 1956 through 1968 and coach of many past National Solo Champions
•Fred now devotes full time to his company, Fred J. Miller, Inc. which manufactures
Drum Corps and Marching Band Uniforms, color guard uniforms plus all types of equipment. His three children, Mary Lynn and his twin sons, Mark and Mike also join him and his wife Marlene (an ICON in the world of USTA in her own right) in working for the company.
•Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003
•Former coach of many U.S. and World Champions
•Past Executive Board Member
•Past President Texas State Council
•Former Director National Championships, U.S. Trials & Pre-Trials
•Former U.S. Technical Advisor and Vice Chair of the WBTF Technical
Committee
•Co Chair of the U.S. Technical Committee and Chair of the Essentials Commission and was one of the people instrumental in the development of the Competitive/Achievement Program
