Hall of Fame
Literally building the women's rowing program from the ground up, Gartin took the helm at inception and quickly led the Sharks women's rowing program to national prominence. On his watch, NSU won four Sunshine State Conference championships, earned seven bids to the NCAA Division II National Championships and his rowers earned the program's first national title – claiming the NCAA Varsity 4 National Championship in 2009 to elevate one more NSU program on the national stage behind the efforts of coxswain Heather Clayton, Lauren McElhenny, Claire Kurlychek, Ashley Lofria and Jessica Sutter.
Across his eight seasons leading the Sharks, Gartin was twice awarded SSC Coach of the Year (2008, 2011) and coached 35 All-SSC and 10 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-Americans. Under Gartin's leadership NSU rowers earned SSC Rower of the Year in 2007 (Nicole Felluca) and 2008 (Monica Henderson) and garnered SSC Boat of the Year three times (Varsity 8 – 2007, 2008, 2011).
Gartin's Sharks set the bar high from their inaugural season, becoming the first NSU squad to reach Nationals in an inaugural season of competition, also tying at the time for the highest-ranked team nationally at No. 5. Under Gartin's watchful eye, the Sharks set new program and national records in becoming the only crew ever to reach the NCAA Division II Women's Rowing National Championships in their first four seasons of competition – and only missing the postseason a single time in his entire tenure.
Gartin has remained engaged with the program and he is the namesake for the Sharks' newly-christened Varsity 4 boat dedicated on January 19, 2019. Currently a lecturer in the First Year Experience program at Northern Arizona University following two years as an assistant director of compliance at NAU, Gartin was previously the director and head coach at Dallas United Crew.
