Bio

Inaugural Class of 2019-20

Doris 'Tiz' Martin-Griffith began her tenure at Penn State Delaware County as a kinesiology professor in 1981. She added roles as head field hockey and tennis coach before being formally named Director of Athletics in August, 1989. During her time as athletic director from 1989-2004, Martin-Griffith oversaw the expansion of Penn State Delco Athletics to include the Commons Gym, a fitness center and the Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Tennis Complex. Following the completion of Delco's first on-campus gym, Martin-Griffith added to the women's varsity sports offerings to include basketball and volleyball beginning in 1989.

A three-time CCAC Tennis Coach of the Year, Martin-Griffith led the Lions to back-to-back league titles in 1990 and 1991. Under Martin-Griffith's guidance from 1988-96, nearly 20 Delco tennis student-athletes claimed individual CCAC championships. In addition, Martin-Griffith successfully nominated five student-athletes for the John S. Egli Award, the top academic award given out by the conference to its member student-athletes. 

Also a member of the Temple University Athletics Hall of Fame and Delaware County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame following her standout field hockey and lacrosse careers, Martin-Griffith retired from Penn State Delco in 2004. She was named to the Robert J. Scannell Roll of Honor in 2006.