PLUS: AWARDS; Joyner-Kersee Named Top Athlete  Published: April
24, 2001  Jackie Joyner-Kersee starred in basketball for four
years at U.C.L.A. and led the school to N.C.A.A. championships
in track and field in 1982 and 1983, winning the heptathlon both
years and competing on the relay teams and as a high jumper. She
remains the school's record-holder in both the heptathlon and
long jump, and do not forget the three Olympic gold medals.
Yesterday, Joyner-Kersee was named the top female collegiate
athlete of the past 25 years in a vote among the 976 N.C.A.A.
member schools. The first-time honor is an outgrowth of the
Honda-Broderick awards, which are given annually to the top
woman in each of 12 sports.