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Class of 2024

MELISSA MORRISON HOWARD
A.L. BROWN HIGH SCHOOL

2-time Olympic bronze medalist (2000 and 2004), 100-meter hurdles.
1st American 100-meter hurdler to medal in back-to-back Olympic Games (only 2 have accomplished this; Morrison Hoard and Dawn Harper)
World Indoor Championship bronze medalist (2003), 60-meter hurdles
IAAF Golden League gold medalist, 100-meter hurdles (1998, Oslo, Norway)
IAAF Grand Prix silver medalist, 100-meter hurdles (1998, Moscow, Russia)

4-time U.S. Champion (1997 Outdoor, 100-meter hurdles; 1998, 1999 & 2002 Indoor, 60-meter hurdles)


HIGH SCHOOL:
Won 4 state titles:
     3 consecutive NCHSAA 4A state championships in the 100-meter hurdles                   (1987, 1988, 1989)
      1 in the triple jump (39-11.75, 1989)
1989 North Carolina Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year
1989 Cabarrus County Athlete of the Year (by Noon Optimist Club)


IN COLLEGE, at Appalachian State:
2-time NCAA All-American, 1993 (55-meter hurdles & 100-meter hurdles)
Southern Conference Outdoor Track & Field MVP, 1992
Southern Conference Indoor Track & Field MVP, 1993
Won 17 individual Southern Conference titles
Still holds 4 school records:
     55-meter hurdles (7.66)
     60-meter hurdles (8.33)
     100-meter hurdles (13.24)
     outdoor long jump (20-5.25)
A member of the 4x200-meter relay team that set the school record in 1993
She remains in the school’s top-10 in the 55 meters, indoor long jump, 100 meters and 200 meters

 

OTHER:
Inducted into the Appalachian State Athletics Hall of Fame, 2003
Inducted into the Southern Conference sports Hall of Fame, 2009
Given Appalachian State’s Trailblazer Award, 2018

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