Head Track and Field Coach
Nicki Shaw
Head Track Coach Nicki Shaw begins her first year at Citrus College after a storied career as an athlete herself. Shaw attended and participated as an athlete at Mt. Holyoke College a prestigious All-Women’s school and NCAA Division III competitor on the East Coast. While competing for Mount Holyoke, Shaw was named MVP during her Indoor Track and Field season and an NCAA All-American. During competition Shaw was the runner-up in the hammer throw at the Baystate Games and the ME USATF hammer champion. Shaw also holds the hammer/weight record at Mount Holyoke.
Shaw graduated from Mount Holyoke with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in 1996, and went on to become an Assistant Coach at her Alma Mater for 1 year, and coached 2 NCAA qualifiers one in the shotput and the other who participated in the hurdles.
After Mount Holyoke Shaw moved onto Smith College where she was the Assistant Women’s Coach, where she again led another thrower onto a great career coaching a shot-putter to an NCAA All-American honoree. While coaching at Smith, Shaw completed her Masters Degree receiving a M.S. in 1999.
Upon leaving Smith, Shaw once again garnered an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Track Coach position at Bowdoin College in Maine. While a coach there she led yet another shot-putter to an NCAA qualification, as well as hammer thrower, and a discus thrower, who went on to become an All-American.
When Shaw left Bowdoin, she took a couple of years off coaching to develop curriculum for living and learning communities (2 years at Columbia University & 3 at UC Irvine). Shaw is a certified yoga instructor and is also a photographer.