UTEP Hall of Fame induction thrills Amusan

World record holder in women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, is basking in the euphoria of being the youngest inductee into the University of Texas El Paso’s, Hall of Fame, seven years after graduating from the school, The PUNCH reports.

Amusan along with Beto Bautista (men’s basketball), Izabela Piekarska (women’s basketball), Tony Tolbert (football) and Brandon Wolfram (men’s basketball)  were inducted on Tuesday, October 15 for the school’s 21st initiation.

“I humbly introduce to you the youngest female miner to be inducted into UTEP’s Hall Of Fame Class of 2024. Three semesters as a miner and the rest is…great is God’s faithfulness,” the 27-year-old announced on Sunday.

She also recounted her journey at the University between January 2016 and August 2017 with gratitude to her coaches, staff and colleagues.
“Got a full-ride scholarship to maximise my athletics abilities whilst studying full-time from January 2016 to August 2017.

“It sure took a village; I enjoyed every bit of being a student-athlete. To my old friends/teammates class of 2016/2017; love you all,” she added.
She was inducted into the Conference USA Hall of Fame in 2023.
Amusan competed for the Miners for two seasons between 2016 and 2017 where she first captured the national title in the 100m hurdles (12.57s) at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

She was a three-time All-American, finishing runner-up in the event at the NCAA’s in 2016.

Amusan was also a five-time Conference USA champion and holds the school record in the 60m hurdles indoors (7.98s) and the 100m hurdles outdoors (12.57s).

Amusan is the current world record holder in the 100m hurdles with a time of 12.1s which she ran at the semi-final of the 2022 World Championships in Oregon. She won the world title the same evening to become Nigeria’s first-ever world champion in athletics.

For Nigeria, she has competed in three Olympics and is also a four-time African Games champion, five-time African champion, three-time Diamond League winner (2021, 2022, 2023), and two-time Commonwealth Games champion (2018 and 2022).