Duke, 1984
Nancy Hogshead-Makar was an Honorary Inductee to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Hall of Fame in 2008.
Nancy Hogshead-Maker, a legendary swimmer for Duke University, went on to complete both a great collegiate career as well as a terrific Olympic career.
She became the first swimmer to be offered a scholarship at Duke University, only swimming in one season, but became a four-time ACC champion as well as a two-time All-American in the 1981 season. Hogshead-Makar then took a three-year hiatus from swimming due to the disappointment of not getting to compete in the 1980 Olympics due to the boycott.
Hogshead-Makar took to the pool again in 1984 to compete in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, swimming in four events in her time there (100m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle, 4x100m medley and 200m IM). She went on to medal in all four events she competed in at the Games, capturing gold in the 100m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley, and garnering the silver medal for her performance in the 200m IM.
After her time at the Games, it was discovered that Hogshead-Makar had been dealing with asthma while competing. Upon learning the news, she retired from competitive swimming and began to lecture around the world about asthma and how to handle dealing with it.
In 1997, Hogshead-Makar graduated from Georgetown Law School and went to Jacksonville, joining the private practice of Holland & Knight, LLP. She represented student-athletes and universities in Title IX matters with the goal of achieving legal compliance without litigation.
Hogshead-Makar is currently working as a member of the faculty at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville. She currently serves as a professor of law, teaching torts and sports law. Along with that, she has served on two Presidential committees on gender in sports and recently co-authored the book “Equal Play; Title IX and Social Change” along with Andrew Zimbalist.