Verneda Thomas

Verneda Estella Thomas (June 21, 1936 - March 30, 2016) is a former volleyball player. She played for the United States national team at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1] Before she was an Olympic volleyball player, she was also an elite high jumper, winning a bronze medal at the 1955 Pan American Games in that event.[2]

References

"Verneda Thomas Biography and Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
"GU MOURNS THE LOSS OF HALL OF FAME MEMBER VERNEDA THOMAS". Graceland University Jackets. 5 April 2016.

US National Championship winners in women's high jump
1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923: Catherine Wright 1924: Not held 1925: Elizabeth Stine 1926–27: Catherine McGuire 1928: Mildred Wiley 1929–31: Jean Shiley 1932: Jean Shiley & Babe Didrikson 1933: Alice Arden 1934: Not held 1935: Barbara Howe 1936: Annette Rogers 1937–38: Margaret Bergmann 1939–48: Alice Coachman 1949: Gertrude Orr 1950: Dorothy Chisholm 1951–52: Marion Boos 1953: Mildred McDaniel 1954: Jeanette Cantrell 1955–56: Mildred McDaniel 1957: Verneda Thomas & Hazel Ulmer 1958: Rose Robinson & Barbara Brown 1959–61: Lis Josefson 1962: Kinuko Tsutsumi (JPN) 1963–67: Eleanor Montgomery 1968: Theresa Thresher 1969: Eleanor Montgomery 1970: Sally Plihal 1971: Linda Iddings 1972: Audrey Reid 1973: DeAnne Wilson 1974–77: Joni Huntley 1978: Louise Ritter 1979: Debbie Brill (CAN)
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Coleen Sommer 1981: Pam Spencer 1982: Debbie Brill (CAN) 1983: Louise Ritter 1984: Pam Spencer 1985–86: Louise Ritter 1987: Coleen Sommer 1988–89: Jan Wohlschlag 1990–91: Yolanda Henry 1992: Tanya Hughes
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Tanya Hughes 1994: Angie Bradburn 1995: Amy Acuff 1996: Tisha Waller 1997: Amy Acuff 1998–99: Tisha Waller 2000: Karol Damon 2001: Amy Acuff 2002: Tisha Waller 2003: Amy Acuff 2004: Tisha Waller 2005: Amy Acuff 2006: Chaunté Howard 2007: Amy Acuff 2008–09: Chaunté Howard 2010: Chaunté Lowe 2011: Brigetta Barrett 2012: Chaunté Lowe 2013: Brigetta Barrett 2014–16: Chaunté Lowe 2017–19: Vashti Cunningham
Notes	OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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