Stillman College Athletics Hall of Fame
A four-time qualifier for the NCAA Division III Women's Track & Field Championships, Nicole Chester became Stillman College's first two-time NCAA All-American, male or female. She placed fourth in the nation in 1992 and 1993 for women's discus throw. During her four years, she set the Stillman College women's discus record at 147-feet, 6-inches in a meet at Emory University. She finished her career 23-3 in duel meets with her only losses coming in NCAA Division III national championship meets. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Chester set the Parkway West High School girls' discus record and won the Missouri State High School Activities Association Class 4A state title in 1989 with a throw of 146-feet, 11-inches. After graduating from Stillman in 1995, Chester remained in Alabama, where she has served as a teacher, coach and administrator with Gadsden City Schools for three decades.
