Tex Ritter has spent the last two decades serving the Ball State football team as the Cardinals' athletic equipment manager.
His service was recognized during the first week of June, when Ritter was given the 2007 Glenn Sharp Athletic Equipment Manager of the Year Award. The honor was presented at a national convention hosted by the Athletic Equipment Managers Association in Reno, Nev., June 4-7.
The award is named after the longtime Bowling Green State equipment manager Glenn Sharp, who passed away in 2000. Ritter, who has been with Ball State since 1986, currently is a member with the AEMA. He is a former district director and exhibits chairman and has also served as co-chairman of the AEMA National Convention in 1985 and 1987, according to his profile on Ball State's Web site.
During games Ritter makes sure every player's pads and helmet is holding up throughout the contest, according to the Ball State Web site. If equipment rips or malfunctions, Ritter is responsible for quickly replacing it.
Ritter graduated from Akron University in 1976 and was also Akron's equipment manager from 1976-1985.
Ritter's given name is William, but he received his nickname "Tex" while in college from a coach who compared him to the singing cowboy Tex Ritter.
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