Deandra (Doubrava) McBride
Women's Track & Field Student-Athlete
Emporia State (1994-99)
Doubrava was a 14-time All-American and two time national champion in track and field for the Hornets. In 1999, Doubrava was named the USTFCCCA Division II Women’s Track Athlete of the Year and the CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year. She won the national championship in the 400-meter hurdles and decathlon, setting school records that still stand in both.
The Scott City, Kansas, native set six other ESU school records, in the 400 meters (indoors), triple jump (indoors and outdoors), 800 meters (outdoors), 100 meter hurdles (outdoors), and long jump (outdoors). She won an MIAA-record 18 conference championships. She won five event championships at the 1999 MIAA Outdoor Championships, scoring an individual record 66 points. She led the Hornets to MIAA outdoor titles in 1996 and 1999, and ESU finished fourth in the nation in 1999.
One of only two, two-time Ken B. Jones Award winners, she took home the trophy in 1997 and 1999. Doubrava was the 1999 NCAA Woman of the Year for the state of Kansas. She also competed for the ESU volleyball team as a freshman and sophomore. She was inducted into the USTFCCCA Division II Hall of Fame in 2006 and the ESU Athletics Hall of Honor in 2009.