An outstanding all-around athlete,
Joyce VanGinhoven Reynolds helped establish the foundation for a strong Millersville women's varsity track and field program.
Reynolds earned a bevy of honors during a distinguished four-year career. She earned 1982 AIAW Division III All-American honors in the heptathlon when she earned fifth place status.
In ECAC Division II competition, she won the pentathlon in 1983 and was victorious in the triple jump and high jump in 1984.
A 16-time All-PSAC honoree during her career, Reynolds was named as the conference's Most Outstanding Field Athlete in 1983. She was the PSAC champion in the high jump (1981), the 400-meter intermediate hurdles (1982 and 1983), and the triple jump (1983).
Reynolds was an NCAA Division II national qualifier in the high jump, the 400-meter hurdles, and the heptathlon, and the triple jump her senior year.
In AIAW-III competition, Reynolds qualified nationally in the 400-meter hurdles in 1981; and, as a sophomore, she qualified in the 400-meter hurdles, the high jump, and the heptathlon.
A three-year team captain (1982-84), Reynolds established 17 Marauder track and field records by the time she graduated. She still holds MU outdoor standards in the 400-meter hurdles (1:02.0), the high jump (5-7) and the heptathlon (4,968 points), and remains the Marauder indoor record holder in the 800 meters (2:15.2) and the pentathlon (3,416 points)--all established in 1983. She held the MU indoor and outdoor triple jump records and the indoor long jump mark for 13 years until All-American Keli Caldwell broke these marks in 1996.
During her undergraduate days, Reynolds was a member of Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, the Touchstone yearbook and Snapper staffs, and served as manager of the MU women's cross country squad.
Since 1985, Reynolds has lived in Atlanta, Ga. area and has worked in the technology field with three different companies--Intelligent Systems (public relations specialist, 1985-88), Hayes (product manager, 1988-91), and Lotus (senior product group manager, 1991-96).
Joyce and her husband, Bob, have a two-year-old daughter, Caitlin. When she is not busy raising her daughter, Joyce is training for triathlons, and also staying fit by running and participating in step aerobics. She hopes to become a certified aerobics instructor and track coach in the near-future.
