Jenna Prandini (2025) - Hall of Fame - University of Oregon Athletics

Jenna Prandini

Induction:
2025
Class:
2015

Jenna Prandini won the 2015 Bowerman Award following a remarkable season that saw her lead Oregon to the NCAA Outdoor title and a runner-up finish at the Indoor meet by scoring a combined 49 points for the Ducks between the two events. In her career, Prandini won three NCAA titles, five Pac-12 championships and earned 14 All-America honors. She burst onto the scene as a redshirt freshman at the 2013 conference meet by winning the 100 meters, finishing third in the 200 meters, taking fifth in the long jump, and running a leg on the winning 4x100 meter relay team. Prandini won her first All-America award with a fifth-place finish in the 60 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships and was a three-time All-American outdoors after finishing seventh in the 100 meters and running a leg on the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay teams that both finished fourth. She won three events at the 2014 Pac-12 Championships – the 100 meters, 200 meters, and long jump. After scoring in the 60 meters again at the NCAA Indoor Championships, Prandini captured her first national title with a mark of 21-6 in the long jump at the 2014 Outdoor meet. She was also the 2014 runner-up in the 200 meters and placed third in the 100 meters. The 2015 season saw Prandini set outdoor school records in the 100 meters (10.92), the 200 meters (22.20), and the long jump (22-3.75), as well as indoor marks in the 200 (22.52) and long jump (21-10). She scored 23 points at the Indoor Championships by winning the long jump (21-10), finishing second in the 200 meters (22.74) and fourth in the 60 (7.24). She built on that effort at the 2015 Outdoor Track & Field Championships, where her 26-point performance was the cornerstone of Oregon’s first outdoor national title in 30 years. She won the 100 meters in 10.96 and placed second in both the 200 meters (22.21) and the long jump (22-3.75). In addition to the Bowerman Award, the two-time Olympian was named Track and Field News’ Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year and the Honda Collegiate Track Athlete of the Year. Prandini went on to win U.S. titles in the 200 in 2015 and 2018 and earned a silver medal as part of the U.S. 4x100 meter relay team at the Tokyo Olympics.