{"id":397,"date":"2018-11-21T13:23:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T13:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/2018\/11\/21\/legacy-of-pride\/"},"modified":"2018-11-21T13:23:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T13:23:30","slug":"legacy-of-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/2018\/11\/21\/legacy-of-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacy of Pride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s something funny about Damon Hartman\u2019s daughter Hayden, an NC State sophomore in human biology and sports management.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m surprised you remembered my dad,\u201d she said earlier this week, as talk turned to Saturday\u2019s 12:30 p.m. renewal of the rivalry between the Wolfpack and North Carolina at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n

Few NC State fans could possibly forget the greatest kicking achievement in the 107-game series, which also ranks as one of the great moments in Wolfpack and ACC football history. But Hayden, reared as a displaced NC State fan in upstate New York, didn\u2019t know just how much it means to the Wolfpack faithful.<\/p>\n

\"Damon
Damon Hartman prepares to attempt a 56-yard field goal in the 1990 game between rivals NC State and Carolina.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the score tied 9-9 and time running out in a game that featured 17 punts, three interceptions and nothing but field goals, Hartman lined up for his fourth boot of the game, a career-long 56-yard kick to give Dick Sheridan\u2019s Wolfpack its third consecutive victory in the long-time rivalry.<\/p>\n

The low-liner kick went between two out-stretched Tar Heels and kept rising until it sailed exactly between the uprights in Kenan\u2019s east end zone. Thus began another celebration that stretched down Interstate 40 back to Raleigh.<\/p>\n

For Hayden Hartman, it\u2019s a nice piece of family lore.<\/p>\n

For Wolfpack fans, it\u2019s a legendary moment against the school\u2019s biggest rival.<\/p>\n

Those two things meet this weekend, as the Hartman family returns to the Triangle \u2014 and Damon returns to Kenan Stadium for the first time in decades. They will have Thanksgiving dinner, spend some time together and then all go to the game in Chapel Hill, not so much to relive Damon\u2019s magic moment from 28 seasons ago, but to see Hayden on the sidelines as a student member of the football team\u2019s sports medicine staff at her first State-Carolina game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was born and raised to love football,\u201d she says. \u201cI love NC State football. It\u2019s definitely how I was raised.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even from 800 miles away.<\/p>\n

The Hartman family began in Rocky Mount, shortly after Damon and his wife graduated from NC State. But they now live in Saranac Lake, New York, not too far from the Canadian border, where Damon is a forester for timberland acquisition Prentiss & Carlisle. He spends most of his days in the Adirondack Mountains, peacefully and blissfully unaware of the blaring news.<\/p>\n

\"Carolina
Tar Heels attempt to block Hartman’s game-winning field goal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His family, however, is full of rabid sports fans. They have always maintained his NC State football season tickets.<\/p>\n

His wife Danielle, a manager for head coach Jim Valvano\u2019s final basketball team in 1989-90 and a former Wolfpack Club intern, earned a communications degree from NC State and a master\u2019s degree in sports management at Georgia State. Their son Bryce, a dedicated Wolfpack fan, is a varsity cross-country skier at New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

Hayden, a pre-med student pursuing two undergraduate degrees, returned to her family roots last fall to enroll at NC State, not really knowing exactly where her dad fit into the history of the program. She learned pretty quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was at a friend\u2019s house watching a game last year and someone missed a field goal,\u201d she says. \u201cI heard someone say \u2018Damon Hartman wouldn\u2019t have missed that.\u2019 She had no idea who I was. My head sort of snapped back and my jaw dropped.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was one of the first times I knew people knew who he was.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the spring, a friend encouraged her to join the football team\u2019s student sports medicine staff, taking care of minor medical needs and promoting safe participation in the game her father played at State from 1988-91.<\/p>\n

Few people in the program know she is a football legacy. Henry Trevathan Jr., the team\u2019s director of high school relations, is the son of the former Wolfpack assistant coach who coached Damon at NC State. Assistant equipment manager Jimmy Stewart was a student manager for the 1990 team. That\u2019s about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t think it was a big deal,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Saturday, in her first State-Carolina game as a member of the football program, she\u2019ll get a good idea.<\/p>\n

This post was originally published<\/a> in NC State News.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false,"raw":"Here\u2019s something funny about Damon Hartman\u2019s daughter Hayden, an NC State sophomore in human biology and sports management.\r\n\r\n\u201cI\u2019m surprised you remembered my dad,\u201d she said earlier this week, as talk turned to Saturday\u2019s 12:30 p.m. renewal of the rivalry between the Wolfpack and North Carolina at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill.\r\n\r\nFew NC State fans could possibly forget the greatest kicking achievement in the 107-game series, which also ranks as one of the great moments in Wolfpack and ACC football history. But Hayden, reared as a displaced NC State fan in upstate New York, didn\u2019t know just how much it means to the Wolfpack faithful.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_479580\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]\"Damon Damon Hartman prepares to attempt a 56-yard field goal in the 1990 game between rivals NC State and Carolina.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWith the score tied 9-9 and time running out in a game that featured 17 punts, three interceptions and nothing but field goals, Hartman lined up for his fourth boot of the game, a career-long 56-yard kick to give Dick Sheridan\u2019s Wolfpack its third consecutive victory in the long-time rivalry.\r\n\r\nThe low-liner kick went between two out-stretched Tar Heels and kept rising until it sailed exactly between the uprights in Kenan\u2019s east end zone. Thus began another celebration that stretched down Interstate 40 back to Raleigh.\r\n\r\nFor Hayden Hartman, it\u2019s a nice piece of family lore.\r\n\r\nFor Wolfpack fans, it\u2019s a legendary moment against the school\u2019s biggest rival.\r\n\r\nThose two things meet this weekend, as the Hartman family returns to the Triangle \u2014 and Damon returns to Kenan Stadium for the first time in decades. They will have Thanksgiving dinner, spend some time together and then all go to the game in Chapel Hill, not so much to relive Damon\u2019s magic moment from 28 seasons ago, but to see Hayden on the sidelines as a student member of the football team\u2019s sports medicine staff at her first State-Carolina game.\r\n\r\n\u201cI was born and raised to love football,\u201d she says. \u201cI love NC State football. It\u2019s definitely how I was raised.\u201d\r\n\r\nEven from 800 miles away.\r\n\r\nThe Hartman family began in Rocky Mount, shortly after Damon and his wife graduated from NC State. But they now live in Saranac Lake, New York, not too far from the Canadian border, where Damon is a forester for timberland acquisition Prentiss & Carlisle. He spends most of his days in the Adirondack Mountains, peacefully and blissfully unaware of the blaring news.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_479584\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]\"Carolina Tar Heels attempt to block Hartman's game-winning field goal.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nHis family, however, is full of rabid sports fans. They have always maintained his NC State football season tickets.\r\n\r\nHis wife Danielle, a manager for head coach Jim Valvano\u2019s final basketball team in 1989-90 and a former Wolfpack Club intern, earned a communications degree from NC State and a master\u2019s degree in sports management at Georgia State. Their son Bryce, a dedicated Wolfpack fan, is a varsity cross-country skier at New Hampshire.\r\n\r\nHayden, a pre-med student pursuing two undergraduate degrees, returned to her family roots last fall to enroll at NC State, not really knowing exactly where her dad fit into the history of the program. She learned pretty quickly.\r\n\r\n\u201cI was at a friend\u2019s house watching a game last year and someone missed a field goal,\u201d she says. \u201cI heard someone say \u2018Damon Hartman wouldn\u2019t have missed that.\u2019 She had no idea who I was. My head sort of snapped back and my jaw dropped.\r\n\r\n\u201cThat was one of the first times I knew people knew who he was.\u201d\r\n\r\nIn the spring, a friend encouraged her to join the football team\u2019s student sports medicine staff, taking care of minor medical needs and promoting safe participation in the game her father played at State from 1988-91.\r\n\r\nFew people in the program know she is a football legacy. Henry Trevathan Jr., the team\u2019s director of high school relations, is the son of the former Wolfpack assistant coach who coached Damon at NC State. Assistant equipment manager Jimmy Stewart was a student manager for the 1990 team. That\u2019s about it.\r\n\r\n\u201cI didn\u2019t think it was a big deal,\u201d she says.\r\n\r\nSaturday, in her first State-Carolina game as a member of the football program, she\u2019ll get a good idea."},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damon Hartman\u2019s 56-yard field goal that secured NC State\u2019s win over Carolina in 1990 is the stuff of Wolfpack legend. His daughter, Hayden, a student member of the football team\u2019s sports medicine staff, gets a sideline view of the rivalry at Saturday\u2019s game at Kenan Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"ncstate_wire","ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-_from-newswire-collection-6"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}