Hall of Fame
For 13 years Louise Goodrum played an integral role in shaping the student-athletes of UMass Dartmouth, first as an athletic trainer and later as a senior administrator in the Athletic Department, which included serving as Interim Athletic Director for the 2006-07 academic year and Little East Conference Treasurer from 2008-11.
Goodrum arrived on the South Coast in 1998 as Head Athletic Trainer and was elevated to Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator in 2004. She served as Associate AD and SWA until passing away unexpectedly in December of 2011, and was posthumously inducted into the Corsair Hall of Fame in 2013.
Goodrum maintained her passion for athletic training following her move into senior administration, serving as a clinical instructor for interns in the athletic training program at Bridgewater State University. She also worked for ESPN as a Medical Venue Coordinator at the Sumer and Winter X-Games and at the ESPN Great Outdoors Games. She also served as medical director at the CAN/AM ice hockey program in Lake Placid, New York.
UMass Dartmouth’s Office of Student Engagement and Leadership annually presents the Louise M. Goodrum Unsung Hero Award “to two graduate or third/fourth year undergraduate students each year who serve the community without seeking the limelight for their efforts. These individuals are selfless and impactful in their leadership.”
A native of Stuttgart, Germany, Goodrum grew up primarily in the Syracuse, New York. She was a 1980 graduate of Nottingham High School, earned her bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and her master's degree in athletic training at the University of Illinois.