A former Aldine ISD Athletic Director has been recognized for his service to student-athletes.
Last week Daryl Wade was inducted into the Texas High School Athletic Directors Hall of Honor. Joining Wade in the CLass of 2010 were former Spring Branch athletic director L.P. Jones, Cy-Fair associate athletic director Sheri Stice, and former Beaumont ISD Athletic Director Michael Mitchell.
Wade served as Aldine’s AD from 2003 to 2007. He was also an assistant athletic director for 13 years.
In 2007 he took the post of athletic director for Houston ISD, the largest school district in the state. He held that post until the end of the 2010 school year. In June Wade began working for the Houston Astros as director of the Urban Youth Baseball Academy at Sylvestor Turner park.
During the ceremony, held July 18 at the Hyatt Regency in Houston, Aldine ISD’s Director of Athletic Services Sandra Mader received the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) Distinguished Service Award.
She was recognize for her pivotal role in helping get softball sanctioned as an official UIL sport. Last month Mader was also recognized prior to the start of the Class 4A championship game, which was played at the University of Texas’s McCombs Softball Field.