Education
She graduated from UGA in 2001 and was named the National Collegiate Athletic Association Woman of the Year Award for 2001.
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Kimberly Black
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Black began her college swimming career at the University of Southern California, where she competed alongside future fellow Olympians such as Lindsay Benko, before transferring to the University of Georgia in 1999. She is also recipient of a National Collegiate Athletic Association Post-Graduate scholarship in 2001. During her swimming career at Georgia, she was a four – time All-American and helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to three straight National Collegiate Athletic Association championships.
She was in the 2002 Top VIII class with Emily Bloss, André Davis, Misty Hyman, Leah Juno, Nancy Metcalf, Bryce Molder, and Ruth Riley.
The 2001 Male Walter Byers Scholar was Bradley Henderson.
Achievements
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She was on the United States. Women"s swimming team in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games where she won a gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle relay. She was the female winner of the National Collegiate Athletic Association"s highest academic honor, the 2001 Walter Byers Award, in recognition of being the nation"s top female scholar-athlete.
Membership
Black was also awarded the Today"s Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2002.
