The Angel Elite sports program is coordinated by Abdul Ghaffar
. Abdul graduated from UNC Pembroke
with a B.A. in Public Relations in 1990. He received his master's
of science in Recreation Management from the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He worked at the University of North Carolina
at Pembroke for nearly 13 years before
joining Native Angels Homecare and
Hospice in May 2006 to become the full time coordinator of Angel
Elite Sports. Ghaffar began his career
at UNCP in 1993 as assistant director
of Student Activities. In 1998, he became sports information director
and in 1999, he was named director of Student Activities.
As an undergraduate, Ghaffar was a four-year letterman in basketball and a two-year letter winner in track. He was a starter and captain on UNCP’s 1990 Carolinas Conference tournament champion basketball team. As a senior he also served as the Student Government Association vice-president.
Ghaffar attended Northwood H.S. in Pittsboro where he was an all-conference selection in cross country, basketball and track. As a senior he finished 4th in the 800m run at the N.C. State H.S. 2-A track championships. In basketball he was selected all conference, all-county and was named to both the Durham Morning Herald and Sanford Herald all-area basketball teams.
At Student Activities, Ghaffar developed several programs, including the Leadership and Service Opportunities Program, Parents Weekend and the Distinguished Speaker Series. He was born in Charlotte, N.C., and was raised in Pittsboro, N.C.