University of Massachusets Athletics
Hall of Fame
Nicole Toye
- Induction:
- 2024
Nicole (Way) Toye was at the center of the most successful era of the UMass women’s cross country and track & field programs to date as she was part of three Atlantic 10 Championship squads in cross country, two Indoor Atlantic 10 Championships and an Outdoor Atlantic 10 title. In track & field, Toye was a five-time Atlantic 10 individual champion and collected three bronze medals for a total of eight medals over her career.
She also ran on the Atlantic 10 Champion 4x800 meter relay team indoors in 1996 to help the Minutewomen to their first-ever Atlantic 10 Track & Field team championship. In 1999, Toye was tabbed the Most Outstanding Performer at the Indoor Atlantic 10 Track& Field Championships and was a two-time All-ECAC honoree in the 1,000 meter run in 1998 and 1999. At the New England Championships, she took home gold three times as an individual and twice as a member of UMass’ distance medley relay and finished her career with a total of seven New England medals. As a senior in 1999, she set a program record in the 1,000 meter indoor run, which now ranks second behind only Olympian Heather MacLean. Toye recorded the program’s second-fastest outdoor track and field 1,500-meter time (4:28.25) in 1999, which is now third all-time behind MacLean and UMass Hall of Fame member Rebecca Donaghue.
After a back injury in a car accident ended her jumping career, Toye joined the cross country squad and proceeded to earn Atlantic 10 All-Conference recognition while helping the Minutewomen to the 1997 team title with an eighth-place overall finish and then helped the team to its third straight championship in 1998. Toye capped her cross country career in 1999 as UMass’ top finisher as an Atlantic 10 All-Conference honoree
in third overall at the conference meet to propel the Minutewomen to the A-10 title once again. A 2000 graduate from the Isenberg School of Management, Toye was an Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference choice twice in cross country and three times in track & field.
She also ran on the Atlantic 10 Champion 4x800 meter relay team indoors in 1996 to help the Minutewomen to their first-ever Atlantic 10 Track & Field team championship. In 1999, Toye was tabbed the Most Outstanding Performer at the Indoor Atlantic 10 Track& Field Championships and was a two-time All-ECAC honoree in the 1,000 meter run in 1998 and 1999. At the New England Championships, she took home gold three times as an individual and twice as a member of UMass’ distance medley relay and finished her career with a total of seven New England medals. As a senior in 1999, she set a program record in the 1,000 meter indoor run, which now ranks second behind only Olympian Heather MacLean. Toye recorded the program’s second-fastest outdoor track and field 1,500-meter time (4:28.25) in 1999, which is now third all-time behind MacLean and UMass Hall of Fame member Rebecca Donaghue.
After a back injury in a car accident ended her jumping career, Toye joined the cross country squad and proceeded to earn Atlantic 10 All-Conference recognition while helping the Minutewomen to the 1997 team title with an eighth-place overall finish and then helped the team to its third straight championship in 1998. Toye capped her cross country career in 1999 as UMass’ top finisher as an Atlantic 10 All-Conference honoree
in third overall at the conference meet to propel the Minutewomen to the A-10 title once again. A 2000 graduate from the Isenberg School of Management, Toye was an Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference choice twice in cross country and three times in track & field.
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