East Tennessee State University

A professor of physical education from 1957 until 1986, Connie Mynatt-Axamethy laid the foundation for the women’s athletic programs at ETSU and implemented collegiate competition in volleyball and badminton. She went on to organize the ETSU Volleyball Invitational that ran from 1957 until 1973. Mynatt-Axamethy began and sponsored the Women’s Physical Education Majors Club, Phi Eta Tau and developed curriculum for P.E. majors. As a part of ETSU Athletic history, she was invited and inducted into the ETSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.