Hendrix College Athletics

Before coming to Hendrix, Frank Poff, a Hot Springs, Ark., native, played on a state championship football team and placed third in the state swimming and diving championships.

At Hendrix, Poff was a four-year swimming and diving team letterman. Hendrix won AIC conference championships in 1977, 1978 and 1979. He was an All-Conference team selection for three years, as well as conference and Hendrix record holder. Poff was an NAIA national qualifier in 1978 and 1979, the year he captained the team and received the Carl Babcock Leadership in Athletics Award. He was a three-year member of the water polo team, which he captained his senior year.

Poff was also active outside of the pool as a Hendrix student. He was a freshmen representative on the Student Senate, a Social Committee representative, co-chair of Freshman Orientation, student representative on the Athletic Advisory Committee and member of the Student Athletic Committee, which he chaired his senior year. Poff was also a basketball cheerleader in 1975-1976 and intramural table tennis champion in 1978-1979.

After Hendrix, Poff practiced law, litigating throughout Arkansas and Texas. He received numerous awards for his legal service throughout his career and was appointed by Gov. Mike Huckabee as Special Associate Justice to the Arkansas Supreme Court to hear the appeal of a case decided by fellow 1979 Hendrix graduate Justice Tim Fox. Poff has continued to serve his alma mater as a member of the Alumni Board of Governors and by hosting student recruitment receptions and events in Texarkana.