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Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1995
- Class:
- 1990
Jennifer L. Boyd '90
Hometown: Providence, RI
Sport: Swimming & Diving
Year Inducted: 1995
Other Sports Played: Crew
Jennifer Boyd’s parents currently reside in Pride’s Crossing, Massachusetts, an appropriate residence when your daughter has earned All-American status in three events. Crew was another sport in which she also excelled when the Brown women’s crew won the overall title at the Eastern Women’s Rowing Championships in 1990.
Swimming is where Jennifer achieved the most recognition. She was a U.S. National Swimming Team member – 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990 and 1991. In 1987 Jennifer was the Eastern Champion in the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly. In 1990, at the NCAA Championships, she placed second in the 50-yard freestyle; second in the 100-yard freestyle; and fifth in the 100-yard butterfly.
As a competitor in these various events, Jennifer was a ten-time All-Ivy, as well as a ten-time All-East in swimming. In 1990 she was also selected the Eastern Women’s Swimming League swimmer-of-the-year, and the Sports Scribes chose her Rhode Island female athlete-of-the-year.
Closer to home, Jennifer received the Marjorie Brown Smith Award for outstanding female athlete at Brown University in 1990. Jennifer also received a Brown University Special Achievement Award for Excellence in Athletics and Academics in 1990.
In 1994 Jennifer graduated from the Massage Institute of New England and is a nationally certified massage therapist. She is the office manager/account supervisor at Performance Courier. A resident of Providence, Jennifer is also serving as an assistant swim coach at Brown, and when at home she is joined by her cat, Sweden (a stray kitten she recently adopted).
