2006

21 year old Kendra Payne, a 2002 graduate of SAS, was struck by an asphalt truck and killed on Jan. 11, 2006, while participating in a University of Southern California Beaufort triathlon team training ride. Kendra was not only a dedicated athlete and world traveler, but a role model student. Her time at SAS proved to be memorable and inspiring. SAS athletic director Mimi Molchan remembers Payne as being a person who knew how to "embrace the younger athletes and truly embodied the Eagle Way," long before the SAS athletic department's motto was created.