Hicks is a six-time Big East Champion thrower, six-time All-American and three-time NCAA silver medalist. She had a decorated collegiate career as a student-athlete at Syracuse and Cal State Northridge (CSUN). During the 2000 season at Syracuse, she finished second in shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships and finished second in both shot put and discus in the NCAA outdoor meet. In that same season, Hicks set a Big East Indoor Championship record in the shot put and Big East Outdoor Championship records in both the shot put and discus. Overall, she was a six-time All-American at Syracuse and won six Big East Conference championships (indoor shot put twice, outdoor shot put twice, discus twice).She later went on to the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in 2000, where she placed fifth. Hicks still holds the indoor and outdoor shot put and discus records at Syracuse University.
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