Kerri Heffernan
Kerri Heffernan
Full Name:  Kerrissa Heffernan

Awards:  2017 Champions Beyond the Game


FSU Career
Cross Country
Year  Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
1975  5-6  115  Fr   *   Altamonte Springs                       
1976  5-6  115  So   *   Altamonte Springs                       
1977  5-6  115  Jr   *   Altamonte Springs                       
Track & Field
Year  Pos     Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
75-76 D       5-6  115  Fr   *   Altamonte Springs               
76-77 D       5-6  115  So   *   Altamonte Springs               
77-78 D       5-6  115  Jr       Altamonte Springs               


Comments
Selected as a Champion Beyond the Game in 2017

Kerrissa Heffernan is the Director of Global Sport at Brown University. Prior to that she was the Director of Faculty Engagement at the Swearer Center for Public Service and Director of the Royce Fellowship, The Brown International Scholars Program and the Sport and Society Fellowships. She was a senior associate at National Campus Compact and the Arnow-Weiler professor of liberal arts at Lasell College. She was the founder and director of the Lasell Center for Public Service and director of the Donahue Institute for Values and Public Life. She is the author of The Fundamentals of Course Construction; Editor of The Practice of Change: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Women's Studies, and co-editor of The Introduction to Service-learning Toolkit: Readings and Resources for Faculty.

Kerri was the head coach of the Brown University women's rugby team from 2001-2013. In that time, Brown won 7 Ivy Championships, played in the National Championships 7 times and the final 4, four times. Her teams produced 19 All Americans, 9 national team players and 2 World Cup players.

Kerri graduated from FSU in 1980 with a BA in Visual Arts. While at FSU she was a member of the cross-country and track teams (1975-1978) and the rugby team 1978-1980 (1979 and 1980 national champions). She was a member of the women's athletic advisory council, F Club, and Kappa Kappa Gamma. She received her masters and doctorate from Boston University. While living in Boston she was a member of Beantown Rugby Team from 1981-1990 winning 5 national championships and a member of the US Women's National Team from 1987-1989, earning 4 caps for the US.



FSU Statistics
Cross Country
   Date    Opponent/Meet                  Distance         Place   Time   Points
---------- ------------------------------ ---------------- ----- -------- ------
            1975 Season
10/02/1975 Florida State Invitational                         2               2
11/15/1975 Georgia State Invitational                         9               9
            1976 Season
10/02/1976 Florida State Invitational                         6  18:36        6
10/23/1976 Florida Invitational           Three-Mile Run      3  19:02        3
            1977 Season
10/01/1977 Florida State Invitational     Three-Mile Run      7  18:59        7
10/08/1977 Florida Invitational           5K                  4               4
11/05/1977 AIAW Region III Championship                       9  19:15        9
11/19/1977 AIAW Championship              5K                196  21:16.8    128
Track & Field
   Date    Opponent/Meet                  Event                         Place      Results       Points   Comment
---------- ------------------------------ ----------------------------- ----- ------------------ ------ ---------------
            1976 Season
01/23/1976 Tennessee All-Comers           Mile Run (I)                    5    5:32.4              1                         
01/31/1976 Memphis State Invitational     Two-Mile Run (I)                1                        5                         
02/13/1976 Montgomery USTFF Meet          Mile Run (I)                    3    5:27.4              3                         
04/03/1976 Troy Relays                    Mile Run                        2    5:35.6              4                         
04/03/1976 Troy Relays                    Two-Mile Relay                  1    9:51                1.25                      
04/24/1976 Becky Boone Relays             Two-Mile Relay                  1    9:38.5              1.25                      
04/30/1976 Southern Championship          Three-Mile Run                  2   18:05.0              4                         
            1977 Season
01/29/1977 Lady Tiger Invitational        Three-Mile Run (I)              3   18:43.5              3                         
03/05/1977 Florida                        5000 Meters                     1   19:05                5                         
03/05/1977 Florida                        3000 Meters                     3                        1                         
04/24/1977 Lady Seminole Invitational     3000 Meters                     1   10:42.5              5                         
            1978 Season
04/21/1978 Auburn                         5000 Meters                     3                        1