Chadron State College Athletics

She was a standout in both volleyball and track and field for the Eagles in the late 1980s.
A 1985 graduate of Golden, Colo., High School, Jenifer was a four-year starter and a three-time all-conference volleyball selection at Chadron State. As a junior, she made the all-tournament team at all six tournaments the Eagles entered.  The following year, she was selected the most valuable player at the Mesa State Tournament and earned NAIA District 11 all-star honors.
Proud was a four-time All-American in track and field, besides earning NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors. She set NAIA District 11 records in the heptathlon with 4,609 points and the 100 meters of 11.80 seconds in 1988. That year, she scored 64 points at the district meet by winning those events as well as the 200, 100-meter hurdles and javelin and placing second in the shot put and third in the long jump.
At the NAIA national meet that spring, Proud set national heptathlon records in the 200 meters (25.19) and the shot put (41-71/4) before she was injured and could not complete the competition.
When Proud graduated from Chadron State, she owned the school records in eight events. The indoor records were in the 60 meters (7.11), 60-meter hurdles (8.19) and long jump (18-101/2) and the outdoor records were in100 meters (11.80), 200 meters (25.11), 100-meter hurdles (14.74), long jump (18-71/4) and heptathlon (4,764 points).
She still holds the Chadron State indoor record in the 55 meters and the outdoor records in the 100 and 200. In most instances, only one CSC athlete has eclipsed the records she once possessed
While at Chadron State, Jenifer married another member of the track team, Larry Proud. Their oldest son, Lincoln, set the school record in the 400-meter hurdles in the 2012 outdoor season.