Hall of Fame
Kim Oden, a native of Grand Island, Neb., earned 30 All-American honors and set 12 school records as a track and field athlete at Nebraska Wesleyan, where she participated in the high jump, triple jump, long jump, heptathlon, javelin and hurdles.
           Oden also compiled 10 national titles winning the outdoor high jump four times, the heptathlon three times and the indoor high jump three times. The seven individual national titles that she won at the Outdoor Championships ties her for first place in NCAA Division III history for the most in a career.
           As a senior, Honda honored Oden as the NCAA Division III Athlete of the Year and Most Outstanding Track & Field Athlete in the nation. To date, she is the only Nebraska Wesleyan student-athlete to ever be recognized by the prestigious Honda Awards Program. Prior to 2002, Oden was the only Nebraska Wesleyan woman to win an individual event at the Drake Relays having won the heptathlon as a junior and senior.
           During her junior year, she battled a kidney infection, but she was still able to set four new school records and claim the Lincoln Journal Star State College Female Athlete of the Year award, which she also won in 1989.
           Oden still holds 10 top marks on the school’s all-time charts. She is the record-holder in the high jump (indoor and outdoor), long jump (indoor and outdoor), triple jump (indoor and outdoor), 60 hurdles, 100 hurdles, heptathlon and javelin.
