Full NCAA Release
WEST CHESTER, Pa.- Tina Sloan Green '66 was announced as the 2025 recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Award from the NCAA, which is the highest honor the NCAA may confer on an individual.
Named after President Theodore Roosevelt, whose concern for the conduct of intercollegiate athletics led to the formation of the NCAA in 1906, this award is presented annually to a distinguished citizen of national reputation and outstanding accomplishment. Recipients must have graduated from an NCAA member institution, earned a varsity athletics award, or participated in competitive intercollegiate athletics and exemplify the ideals of collegiate athletics and amateur sports competition.
Awardees exemplify the ideals to which collegiate athletics programs and amateur sports competitions are dedicated through their personal example and societal contributions.
Previous honorees include the likes of Dwight Eisenhower, Jesse Owens, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Arnold Palmer, John Wooden, Paul A. Ebert M.D., Roger Staubach, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Madeleine K. Albright, Tony Dungy, and most recently Dr. Tom Catena. The complete list of honorees dating back to the Inaugural year in 1967 can be found
here.
Sloan Green was a four-year standout in field hockey, lacrosse, and badminton at West Chester University, starring for the Golden Rams from 1962-1966 before earning her M.Ed. at Temple University. Sloan Green, a member of the West Chester University Athletics, Temple, and Lincoln Hall of Fame is also a member of the National Lacrosse, Women's Sports Foundation, Chester County Sports Hall of Fame, and Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.
Following her career at WCU, Sloan-Green competed on the US Women's Field Hockey National Team in 1966 and the US Women's Lacrosse National Team from 1969-73 before being appointed to an instructor/coach role at Temple University. At Temple, Sloan Green became the first African-American head coach in the history of women's intercollegiate lacrosse, holding that post from 1973-992 and amassing an impressive 207-62-4 coaching record while leading the Owls to three National Championships and 11 consecutive NCAA Final Four appearances.
In 2008, Sloan Green received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators and the National Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association. She was also later inducted into The Robert "Bob" Douglas Hall of Fame and received the Honor Award from the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. She also received the Distinguished Alumni Award from West Chester University and the Philadelphia High School for Girls, the Sadie T. Alexander Award from The Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and the Philadelphia Legacies Award.
Sloan Green's efforts also led the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) to name an award in her honor, the Tina Sloan Green Award. This prestigious honor recognizes individuals who promote a culture of equity and inclusion within Athletics. Kennedy Goss, a May 2024 graduate from Cal, was announced as the 2024 winner earlier in November.
Sloan Green is the Co-Founder and now Past President of the Black Women in Sport Foundation and is a professor emeritus in the College of Education at Temple University.
Sloan Green will be recognized by the NCAA at the NCAA Convention in January (1/14-17) in Nashville, Tennessee.
