Yetunde Daniels Rubinstein (2012) - Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame

Yetunde Daniels Rubinstein

Induction:
2012
Class:
2000

One of the top women sprinters in Bucknell history, Yetunde Daniels Rubinstein graduated from Bucknell with six school track and field records and 16 Patriot League gold medals. A member of the Patriot League All-Decade Team, Daniels was named the Athlete of the Meet at the 1997 Patriot League Indoor Championships. Outdoors, she won Patriot League championships in the 200-meter dash all four years, and she won the 400-meter dash twice. Indoors, she won three titles each in the 200 and 400 and captured three more championships in the 4x400-meter relay. She also captured a silver medal in the 55-meter dash as a senior.

The co-winner of the 2000 Christy Mathewson Award as the top athlete in her class, Daniels held Bucknell records in the indoor 200, 400 and 4x400 relay as well as the outdoor 200, 400 and sprint medley relay. As a senior, Daniels broke fellow Hall-of-Famer Tameka Hinton's school record in the indoor 200 by one-hundredth of a second. She also ranked third in school history in the outdoor 100-meter dash and fourth in the indoor 55-meter dash.

During her competitive days at Bucknell, Daniels was also a member of the U.S. Army Reserves, which sent her to Fort Jackson, S.C., for training each summer. A Dean's List student, Daniels was a founding member of the Bucknell Caribbean Club.