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Georgia Southwestern State University

GSW Athletics Hall of Fame

Daniel Lindsey Torbert

  • Class
    1972
  • Induction
    2005
  • Sport(s)
    Charter Hurricane Club Member

1972 BS Business Administration from Georgia Southwestern State University
1996 Presented the Cellular One Telecommunications Industry's VITA award by movie and television actor William Shatner, at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for his rescue of eight people during the 500 Year Flood in 1994
  • Charter Member of the Georgia Southwestern State University Hurricane Club, since its formation in 1979
  • Severed as Hurricane Club President 5 years
  • Member of the Hurricane Club Board of Directors for 20 years
  • Presented with a Lifetime Membership in the Georgia Southwestern State University Hurricane Club
  • Lifetime member of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
  • Honorary member of Georgia Sheriff's Youth Home
  • Received International Heroic Award from the Kiwanis International for saving 6 children and their 2 house parents in the flood, July 1994 (First Sumter County citizen to receive an International Award)

Inducted October 1, 2005
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