Hollis Conway

Sport: Track and Field

Induction Year: 2004

University: UL-Lafayette

Induction Year: 2004

The top-ranked high jumper in the U.S. seven straight years from 1988-94, Conway is a two-time Olympic medalist in the high jump. The Shreveport native went 7-8 3/4 in the event at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, as a sophomore at USL, setting a U.S. collegiate record and earning a silver medal. He won a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona after going 7-8 1/2 in winning the U.S. Olympic Trials that year. In 1989, Conway broke the American record twice in the high jump, winning the NCAA Outdoor Championships at 7-9 3/4 and the U.S. Olympic Festival at 7-10. A six-time NCAA All-American and three-time NCAA champ at USL, Conway set an American indoor record of 7-10 1/2 while winning in 1991 World Indoor title. His NCAA outdoor record of 7-9 3/4 still stands 15 years later, as does his mark of 7-9 1/4 at that year’s NCAA indoor meet. Conway won 10 USA Championship titles (five outdoor, five indoor) and was ranked No. 1 in the world in 1990 and 1991 before announcing his retirement in 2000.