The Nomination Committee, appointed and approved by the HOF board of directors, is responsible for setting applicable policies, rules, and procedures along with implementing the nominating process. This includes policy development, guidance, review, and initial voting on the nominations. Nominating procedures may be revised, with the HOF Board’s approval, to satisfactorily address individual situations not covered within the body of this text.
The Nomination Committee is comprised of USAP members in good standing that essentially represent the body of pickleball players. The number of members can vary, but there will be at least five and no more than nine members, consisting of a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and At-Large members.
The Nomination Committee is directed to receive the nominations and review them with respect to the eligibility rules set forth by the Nomination Committee and approved by the HOF Board of Directors.
A summary of the Nomination Committee’s primary functions are listed below:
- Receive and initially review candidate applications for completeness of information.
- Ensure applications meet specified qualification prior to consideration.
- Verify the completeness and accuracy of submitted nominations.
- Rank each applicant’s qualifications in relation to other applications.
- Perform a committee vote to identify the top six applicants.
- Pass committee’s recommendations to the Voting Panel.
The Committee may be responsible for other functions in order to ensure the final selected candidates are fairly and appropriately evaluated by the Committee.
Nominating Committee members below.
Randy Stafford
Committee Chairman
USAP-HOF Board Member
Bob Unetich
Committee Vice-chairman
USAP-HOF Board Member
Christopher Thomas
Committee Secretary
USAP-USAHOF Board Member
Linda Hoggatt
Committee Member
USAP-HOF Board Member
Jones Wong
Committee Member
East Assistant Director of Ambassadors for USA Pickleball
Andrea Koop
Committee Member
Pro Player