NEW ORLEANS – The most decorated pole vaulter in NCAA Division III history, 2003 Allegheny College graduate Jeremy Scott has been selected to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
 
Scott enjoyed a prolific career for the Gators between 2000-03, blossoming into arguably the top collegiate pole vaulter among all NCAA classifications during his collegiate career.  He was a six-time North Coast Athletic Conference champion, a four-time NCAA All-American, and a two-time NCAA Division III National Champion.
 
As a freshman in the spring of 2000, he captured his first NCAC outdoor championship, before going on to earn his first All-America nod with a second-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships.  After earning his first NCAC indoor title in 2001, Scott repeated as the NCAC champ and NCAA runner-up in the outdoor championships.  He enjoyed a storybook 2002 campaign, against sweeping the NCAC indoor and outdoor titles, while going on to be crowned the Division III National Champion in both. Also that spring, at the USATF Championships, Scott set the still-standing NCAA Division III pole vault record of 18'8.25". 
 
He continued his record-breaking career as a senior in 2003, breaking the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship record with a vault of 18'2.75", again capturing the Division III indoor championship.  That spring, he joined truly legendary company, as he qualified for the world indoor championships, becoming the first Division III athlete since the legendary Edwin Moses nearly three decades earlier to do so while still at student. 
 
After graduating from Allegheny in 2003 with a degree in neuroscience, Scott used his final semester of collegiate eligibility at the University of Arkansas, helping the Razorbacks capture the 2004 SEC championship.
 
Scott then embarked on a long professional career, becoming a household name in world track and field circles.  The top-ranked indoor vaulter in the world in both 2010 and '11, he achieved the ultimate goal of competing in the Olympic Games in 2012.
 
In addition to his prowess with the pole vault, Scott also graduated as the top high jumper in program history. He earned a pair of NCAC titles in the event, and still owns the Allegheny team record with his leap of 6'9" at the 2002 NCAC Outdoor Championships. 
 
Scott was previously inducted into the Allegheny Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2013. 
 
He is one of four 2017 USTFCCCA Division III inductees, joining Nick Symonds (Willamette), Amber James (Wheaton), and Robyn Jarocki (Wis.-Oshkosh). The group will be formally recognized at the 2017 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field banquet on Wednesday evening at the SPIRE Institute.