Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

Gibson ran indoor and outdoor track for four seasons for coach Rick Erdmann’s EKU track teams.  Her best season came during the 2005 outdoor season when she was named OVC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year and Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Championship.  In this OVC meet, she was the 100 meter champion with a time of 11.79; won the 100 meter hurdles championship with a time of 13.58; and the 400-meter hurdles title with a time of 1:01.05.  At the time of her induction, she was still listed with the second best time in the EKU record book in the 100 meter dash and the 100 meter hurdles, and fourth all-time in the 400 meter hurdles.  Gibson was a four-time OVC champion having also been victorious in the 2003 outdoor 100 meters.  She was also a member of EKU’s record-breaking 4x200 meter relay team in 2003.  While a student at Eastern, she was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and helped tutor with the Office for Student Disabilities.  Since becoming a police officer with the Lexington (KY) police department, she has received her third post-secondary degree and was chosen as the Lexington Police Officer of the Year in 2016.  Gibson was named the 2017 Kentucky Women’s Law Enforcement Network Police Officer of the Year and earned the 2017 Time Out for the People Award which was presented by Lexington Mayor Jim Gray.  In addition to her duties with the Lexington police department, she has served as a mentor in the Fayette County Public School system.