Yolanda Hightower
American field hockey player
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Yolanda Hightower (born January 1, 1961) is an American former field hockey player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
She won the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis.[2] In 2001, Hightower was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
College
While at Old Dominion, Hightower won the Honda Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best field hockey player for the 1982–83 season.[3][4]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yolanda Hightower". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
- ^ Older, Steven (2015). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos. McFarland. p. 112. ISBN 9781476604688. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Tiffany Snow Named Honda Award Winner". Old Dominion University. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ "Field Hockey". CWSA. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
External links
- Yolanda Hightower at Olympedia
- Yolanda Hightower at the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
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- 1989: Prineas
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- 1995: Albers
- 1996: Swan
- 1997: Ta. Johnson
- 1998: Speckman
- 1999: Schade
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- 2001: Rogers
- 2002: Bergofsky
- 2003: Hysell
- 2004: M. Gordon
- 2005: Buttry
- 2006: Silva
- 2007: Bondi
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- 2009: Huston
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- 2011: Stern
- 2012: Hagensen
- 2013: Fournier
- 2014: Cazzolla
- 2015: Fournier
- 2016: Moss
- 2017: Crist
- 2018: Chong
- 2019: Temple
- 2020: No award
- 2021: No award
- 2022: Nicholas
- 2023: Earley
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