Florida, 1986
• 1983 First Team Academic All-America®
• 1986 Second Team Academic All-America®
Dr. Megan Neyer was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Hall of Fame in 2011.
Dr. Megan Neyer came to international prominence as a teenager when she won both the three-meter springboard and 10-meter platform diving events at the 1980 Olympic Trials (though she did not compete in Moscow because of the U.S. boycott.) Her freshman year at Florida in 1982, she helped the Gators win their first NCAA title in women’s swimming – the same year she became the women’s springboard world champion at the World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. While maintaining a 3.5 GPA at UF, this two-time Academic All-America® won eight NCAA diving championships -- a record that still stands -- and was named U.S. Diving National Champion 15 times before retiring from the sport in 1988.
With an NCAA post-graduate scholarship, she went on to earn her master’s and doctorate degrees from Florida, in sports psychology and counseling, respectively. She then started Neyer Performance Strategies, an Atlanta company that helps businesses and athletes enhance their performance, productivity, leadership development, and team-building skills, in addition to consulting on holistic health and wellness.
Dr. Neyer is also involved in World Fit, a childhood anti-obesity program of the U.S. Olympians Association that encourages middle school students to walk to school every day for six weeks.
Born: Ashland, Ky.
High School: Mission Viejo High School (Mission Viejo, CA)
Occupation: President, Neyer Performance Strategies