Senior Salute: Brittany McDuffie
April 9, 2020
Name: Brittany McDuffie
Hometown: Toledo, Ohio
High School: Roy C. Start
Athletic accomplishments:
- Varsity letterwinner on track & field team
- Indoor Track and Field
- Career-best times are 9.15 seconds in the 60-meter dash and 31.77 seconds in the 200-meter dash.
- Outdoor Track and Field
- Career-best time of 14.51 seconds in the 100-meter dash.
Clubs/organizations:
- Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- Black Student Alliance
- Nu Gamma Xi
- Presidents Leadership Institute
- Women's Leadership Institute
- Alpha Pi Upsilon Medical Honors Society
- Residence Life staff
Academic honors/awards:
- Assistant Community Director
- Hiram Archer Scholar
- Dean's List
- Selected member and 2019 graduate of the Athena Women's International Program
- 2019 graduate of the President's Leadership Institute
- Multi-Cultural Award Winner May 2017
- Served on the 175th anniversary panel as the current Olivet Collegestudent
- Served on the annual Athena International panel
- Co-Facilitator with Polo Tate, an author, writer and actress
- Selected and Featured on Lansing news stations regarding the Women's Leadership Institute
Favorite track and field memory:
- Getting a personal record in the 60-meter dash.
Major and minor:
- Biology major, mental & physical health minor
Plans after graduation:
- Enter a master's program for the medical field
Who has supported you during your time as a student-athlete?
- My parents, George and Lisa McDuffie
- My sister, Victoria McDuffie
Quote from head track and field coach Karen Lutzke:
- "Brittany McDuffie was a pleasure to have on the track and field team. Her bubbly personality was contagious with her teammates. Brittany was involved with a lot of organizations and events on campus, and she was the big sister whom her teammates counted on for advice. We will miss Brittany next year."
Editor's Note: The COVID-19 pandemic caused the abrubt end to winter and spring sports for the 2019-20 academic year. We are not able to host Senior Day ceremonies to thank these seniors for their dedication to their chosen sport. As a result, we will be posting senior salutes like above for each senior over the coming weeks.