Graduating With Honors

Former Hoosier track standout Sunder Nix

5/14/2008 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field

May 14, 2008

by Jeff Smith
Contributor, BigTen.org

Sunder Nix was arguably the country's top high school track and field athlete when he stepped foot on Indiana's campus as a freshman in 1980. In just one year's time, he was already a multiple Big Ten champion. In two year's time, he was a world record holder. After three years, he had become a U.S. national champion and capped his career off by earning Olympic gold during his fourth year. However his proudest moment came in 1986, when he finally earned the top honor of his career. His degree.

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