Bio

The third honoree is Ngozi Mwanamwambwa Asinga from Principia College. Asinga competed for the Principia track and field team from 1990-93, qualifying for nationals in all four years including in 1991, the lone year the conference sponsored the sport before 2017. That spring she earned All-American honors in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, and 400-meter run; setting the program record in the 100-meters at 11.9 seconds.

She earned All-American honors seven times in her Panther career and was the national champion in the 200-meter race in 1992. Asinga represented her home country of Zambia at the Olympics in 1992, becoming her country's first female Olympic track competitor, and was Zambia's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. She was an Olympian once again in 1996 and later represented the International Olympic Committee promoting the Spirit of the Olympic Games.