Charles ‘Chup’ Robinson, a native of New Martinsville has been posthumously inducted into the Glenville State College Curtis Elam Athletic Hall of Fame.

He is one of five members of the class of 2011 who were honored during the Induction Ceremony and Banquet held on Saturday, May 21, in the GSC Mollohan Campus Community Center Ballroom.

“Chup loved Glenville, and especially Coach Steve Harold and his wife Renee. He would want to be remembered for his work to help young athletes succeed,” said his mother Karen McGinnis Robinson.

After a standout career at Magnolia High School, Robinson enrolled at GSC in 1990 where he competed in track and field, and also in cross country.

During his stellar career he was a two-time WVIAC and NAIA District 28 Champion in the 100 Meter Dash (1993 and 1994), three-time WVIAC and NAIA District 28 Champion in the 200 Meter Dash (1992, 1993, and 1994), four-time WVIAC and NAIA District 28 Champion in the 4 x 400 Meter Relay (1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994), and three-time WVIAC and NAIA District 28 Meet High Point Individual in 1992, 1993, and 1994.

Robinson helped lead Glenville State College to consecutive WVIAC Track and Field titles in 1992 and 1993.

As a sophomore in 1992, he scored in seven different events in the conference championship meet to earn WVIAC Track Athlete of the Year honors, an award he repeated both in 1993 and 1994.

Robinson’s 200 meter GSC record is now tied; however he still holds the school’s 100 meter record.

Following his competitive career at Glenville, Robinson served for five years as an assistant volleyball coach and as an assistant track coach for the Pioneers.

Steve Harold, Robinson’s former GSC track coach, presented him for induction in the Hall of Fame. “Chup loved life, loved Glenville State College, and was one of the most popular student-athletes to ever attend GSC.

“He was a very hard working and dedicated athlete and one of the greatest competitors that I have ever coached. He was a winner in everything he did,” said Harold.

Tragically, his young life was cut short on December 22, 2000, when he died in an automobile accident.

He is survived by his parents, Charles G. and Karen McGinnis Robinson; two sisters, Kelli Stackpole and her husband Kenny of New Martinsville and Andrea Fuchs and her husband Scott of Westerville, Ohio; also two nephews, Austin and Andrew Stackpole of New Martinsville.

His late paternal grandparents are Joseph and Geraldine Robinson and his late maternal grandparents are John and Martha McGinnis.

The Chup Robinson Shelter at New Martinsville’s Magnolia High School Track is named in his honor.

Additionally GSC’s Pioneer High School Track and Field Classic was renamed in his honor in April 2008.

The other members of the GSC Curtis Elam Athletic Hall of Fame class of 2011 include: Keith Smith ’64 of Charleston, W.Va.; Harold Erwin ’65 of Eleanor, W.Va.; Donna J. Newberry ’73 of New Concord, Ohio, deceased; and Tracy Wyatt Raban ’05 of Kegley, W.Va.

Plaques of each member of the Curtis Elam Athletic Hall of Fame are displayed in the lobby of the GSC Physical Education Building.

The Curtis Elam Hall of Fame was established in May of 2001 through the generosity of Curtis Elam, a 1949 graduate of GSC.