Hall of Fame
Destiney Coward, a track & field athlete at Southern Connecticut from 2014 to 2018, left a permanent mark on the program as a senior when she won the NCAA Division II National Championship in the weight throw with a toss of 20.79 meters. Three of her five throws cleared 20 meters at the NCAA Championship, which took place in Pittsburg, Kansas. Coward was the only Division II athlete to clear 20 meters in the weight throw in 2018. It was the fifth NCAA title in the history of the Southern Connecticut women's track & field program. Coward is the eighth NE10 women's track & field athlete inducted into the NE10 Hall of Fame and the second from Southern Connecticut.