California Institute of Technology

Very few student-athletes collect All-Conference honors all four years during their collegiate careers; perhaps even fewer competed in three different sports over the course of their time as an undergraduate. Paige Logan accomplished both. It comes as no surprise, then, that she earned Caltech's 2014 Women Athlete of the Year award. 

Logan earned All-SCIAC four years across six competitions at the SCIAC Track & Field Championships. The standout's best result came in the shot put her senior season, where she won the conference title with a throw of 41 feet, 5 inches. She also placed third in the hammer throw (140'3"). The accomplishments came after she posted a second-place result in shot put in 2013, a fourth-place shot-put finish in 2012, and second-place finishes in both shot put and discus in 2011. 

The star broke the school record in shot put (41' 9 ¾") -- a record she still holds today. She also broke the program's hammer throw record (145' 3"), a mark she held for nine seasons before Meg Robertson '24 narrowly surpassed the record. 

The incredible athlete also played remarkably during her four years on the volleyball team. Logan graduated from the Institute as the career leaders in kills (554); she currently holds records in most kills in a match (25), most kills per set (3.16) and most blocks in a match (10). As of this writing, she ranks second in school history for career blocks (122), third in career kills (554) and third in single-season blocks (53). The Los Altos native led the team in kills her final two seasons. 

Logan also played basketball for the Beavers before having to give it up mid-career due to four concussions. In her debut season, she played 21 games with 12 starts. One of her strongest performances came on February 3, 2011, as she put in 21 points with seven rebounds and two blocks in 29 minutes against the University of La Verne.

The Beaver graduated with a double degree in geophysics and environmental science and engineering before earning her master's in physical oceanography from the University of Washington. The scholar received a PhD in Oceanography from UW in 2021.