Amy Acuff Naakt

Amy Acuff Naakt Amy was named national High School Athlete of the Year in 1993...Three-time T&FN Prep All America holds national high school records for 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades...Country music legend Roy Acuff was a second cousin of her grandfather...Did not have a high jump coach in high school, Taught herself using books and videos and called herself "the mail order high jumper"...Was hampered first year at UCLA by lingering ankle injury. Corrected that with surgery in August 1994...Blew her ankle out in the qualifying round at the 1996 Olympics: tore a ligament, collapsed her arch...Only the second four-time winner of a women's Pac-10 championship...Earned degree in biology at UCLA...Plans to enter medical school after her competitive career is over...Models in her spare time for the Click Agency...Has had national exposure in a Fruit of the Loom commercial: "I am in my underwear" and in a commercial for the TV Guide channel, as well as features in Rolling Stone, Vogue, Glamour, and Sports Illustrated...In 1997, she says, "I did really poorly in Athens at the Worlds. I was really gratified that I came back from that ego-blow and did well in the following meets."...I'm going to be bold, I want to jump 6-8"... She currently has a calendar project on the market with several other female track and field athletes, the project will raise funds for disadvantaged children. ENTER HERE