Meredith Bridgers
Inducted 2001
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Sport: Swimming (1988-91)
Coach: Rick Kobe
Meredith Bridgers redefined swimming at East Carolina during her four years in the
program. By advancing to the NCAA championships in 1990 and 1991, she became the
first ECU female in any sport to qualify for an individual NCAA Division I championship.
Specializing in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke, she was the Colonial Athletic
Association champion in both events for four consecutive years (1988-91), becoming
the first swimmer to accomplish that feat. An outstanding student,
she was also a two-time CAA scholar-athlete.
She was the first women's swimmer to be enshrined into the ECU Athletics Hall Of Fame.