Lisa Coole

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Medal record
NCAA Woman of the Year portrait of Lisa Coole
Competitor for  United States
Women’s Swimming
Summer Universiade
Silver	1995 Fukuoka	100m Freestyle
Bronze	1995 Fukuoka	100m Butterfly

Lisa Ann Coole (born 1975 in Rockford, Illinois – died May 16, 1998 in Champaign, Illinois) was a 1997 graduate of the University of Georgia who was named the NCAA Woman of the Year Award for 1997 and was also awarded the Today's Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 1998. She won two NCAA titles and 19 All-America honors making her the most-decorated swimmer in UGA history.

Coole was killed in an automobile accident on May 16, 1998 in Champaign, Illinois at the age of 23. She was enrolled in veterinary school at the University of Illinois and was on her way to adopt a greyhound at the time of her death. She was inducted posthumously into the University of Georgia Circle of Honor in 1999.

[edit] Sources

• Georgia Magazine September 1998: Vol. 77, No. 4
• The University of Georgia Columns 1 June 1998
• NCAA Woman of the Year profile
• Circle of Honor (PDF). University of Georgia Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2007-01-15.

Preceded by Billie Winsett-Fletcher

NCAA Woman of the Year Award 1997

Succeeded by Peggy Boutilier

Persondata
NAME	Coole, Lisa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Black, Kim
SHORT DESCRIPTION	University of Georgia swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH	1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rockford, Illinois
DATE OF DEATH	May 16, 1998
PLACE OF DEATH	Champaign, Illinois