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Cavanaugh to be Inducted into the USTFCCCA Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame
3/22/2024 11:47:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
HOUSTON — Dr. Regina Cavanaugh, who was a nine-time All-American in her Rice career, is one of 14 collegiate standouts who will be recognized as part of the 2024 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame, the organization announced Friday afternoon.
Joining Cavanaugh in the class are Rosalyn Bryant (Cal State-Los Angeles) Hollis Conway (Louisiana), Bill Dellinger (Oregon), Benita Fernandez (Tennessee), Glenn Hardin (LSU), Balazs Kiss (USC), Marty Liquori (Villanova), Larry Myricks (Mississippi College), Louise Ritter (Texas Woman's), Karl Salb (Kansas), Amy Skieresz (Arizona), Trecia-Kaye Smith (Pitt), and Angela Williams (USC).
Cavanaugh is regarded by many as Rice's greatest female athlete. She was a nine-time All-American, earning three consecutive NCAA indoor shot put titles from 1984-86 and three straight NCAA outdoor crowns from 1985-87. In 1987, she received the Honda Broderick Award as the nation's top female student-athlete in track and field. She was also a four-time SWC outdoor discus champion. In 1992, she was named to the Southwest Conference Women's 10th Anniversary All-Decade Team.
She was also a standout in the classroom earning Academic All-American honors from CoSIDA and won the Joyce Pounds Hardy Award in 1986 as Rice's most outstanding woman student-athlete. She was the first-ever recipient of the Walter Byers NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and received her M.D. from the University of Texas Medical School. She was inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992, the CoSIDA Academic All-American Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in 2014.
The induction ceremony will take place Sunday, June 2, at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Ore.
Joining Cavanaugh in the class are Rosalyn Bryant (Cal State-Los Angeles) Hollis Conway (Louisiana), Bill Dellinger (Oregon), Benita Fernandez (Tennessee), Glenn Hardin (LSU), Balazs Kiss (USC), Marty Liquori (Villanova), Larry Myricks (Mississippi College), Louise Ritter (Texas Woman's), Karl Salb (Kansas), Amy Skieresz (Arizona), Trecia-Kaye Smith (Pitt), and Angela Williams (USC).
Cavanaugh is regarded by many as Rice's greatest female athlete. She was a nine-time All-American, earning three consecutive NCAA indoor shot put titles from 1984-86 and three straight NCAA outdoor crowns from 1985-87. In 1987, she received the Honda Broderick Award as the nation's top female student-athlete in track and field. She was also a four-time SWC outdoor discus champion. In 1992, she was named to the Southwest Conference Women's 10th Anniversary All-Decade Team.
She was also a standout in the classroom earning Academic All-American honors from CoSIDA and won the Joyce Pounds Hardy Award in 1986 as Rice's most outstanding woman student-athlete. She was the first-ever recipient of the Walter Byers NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and received her M.D. from the University of Texas Medical School. She was inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992, the CoSIDA Academic All-American Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in 2014.
The induction ceremony will take place Sunday, June 2, at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Ore.
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