Kimberly A. Black (born April 30, 1978 in Liverpool, New York

Liverpool, New York

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) is an American swimmer from Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...

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Black began her collegiate career at the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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, where she competed alongside future fellow Olympians such as Lindsay Benko

Lindsay Benko

Lindsay Mintenko is a freestyle swimmer from the United States, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . There she was a member of the gold medal winning 4×200 m freestyle relay...

, before transferring to the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

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 in 1999. She graduated from UGA in 2001 and was named the NCAA Woman of the Year Award

NCAA Woman of the Year Award

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 for 2001. She is also recipient of a NCAA Post-Graduate scholarship in 2001. She was on the U.S. Women's swimming team in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

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 where she won a gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle relay

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x200 metre freestyle relay

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. During her swimming career at Georgia, she was a four – time All-America

All-America

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n and helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to three straight NCAA championships. Black was also awarded the Today's Top VIII Award

Today's Top VIII Award

The Today's Top VIII Award is given each year by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to honor eight outstanding senior student-athletes of the preceding calendar year. From 1973 through 1985, this award was known as the Today's Top V Award or the Top Five Award and was given to honor five...

 as a member of the Class of 2002. She was the female winner of the National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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's highest academic honor, the 2001 Walter Byers Award, in recognition of being the nation's top female scholar-athlete.

She was in the 2002 Top VIII class with Emily Bloss, André Davis

André Davis

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, Misty Hyman

Misty Hyman

Misty Dawn Marie Hyman is a former American swimmer who won the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-1996 Olympic Trials:...

, Leah Juno, Nancy Metcalf

Nancy Metcalf

Nancy Jean Metcalf is an American indoor volleyball player. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in fifth place with the USA National Team.-Career:Metcalf graduated from the University of Nebraska in December 2001 with a bachelor’s...

, Bryce Molder

Bryce Molder

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, and Ruth Riley

Ruth Riley

Ruth Ellen Riley is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association . Her Notre Dame team won the NCAA women's championship in 2001, and her Detroit Shock team won the WNBA championship in 2003 and 2006...

. The 2001 Male Walter Byers Scholar was Bradley Henderson

Bradley Henderson

Bradley James Henderson is a partner and managing director with the Boston Consulting Group and was the 2001 male winner of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's highest academic honor, the Walter Byers Award, in recognition of being the nation's top male scholar-athlete. He was also a...

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