Shandelier Boyd Pleasant (2010) | Hall of Fame Inductees

Shandelier Boyd Pleasant

Induction:
2010

Track & Field 1994-97

Shandelier Boyd Pleasant, a seven-time Big Ten champion and four-time All-American, set school records in the 100-meter hurdles (12.98) and triple jump (13.21 meters) her senior season. Boyd-Pleasant was a Big Ten champion in the triple jump, long jump, 55-meter hurdles and 100-meter hurdles and was named All-American three times in the triple jump and once in the 100-meter hurdles. The four-time All-Big Ten selection participated in the triple jump at the 1996 Olympic Trials and the 100-meter hurdles at the 1997 USATF Outdoor Nationals. Boyd-Pleasant ranked fourth nationally in the 100-meter hurdles and set the ninth-best U.S. record time in the event in 1997. The 1997 winner of the Alex Shumate Award for outstanding student leadership with the “Majority of One” minority student-athlete program, Boyd-Pleasant ran professionally for a year before beginning a career at Humana Healthcare in Louisville, Ky., where she has worked for the last 11 years.