The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Hall of Honor
- Induction:
- 2025
- Class:
- 1997
An eight-time All-American, eight-time Southwest Conference champion and 1996 Olympian, Nicole Devonish Gilmore is one of the top long and triple jumpers in school history. Prior to her time at Texas, the Toronto, Canada native won the silver medal in the long jump at the World U-20 Championships in Seoul with a leap of 6.43m and helped Team Canada finish seventh in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:38.22. While wearing the Burnt Orange and White, she was part of a Longhorn program that left a lasting impression in both the Southwest and Big 12 Conferences, sweeping the four outdoor league titles and winning three of the four indoor league championships from 1994-97. During her collegiate career, Gilmore won eight individual conference titles, including six in the long jump and two in the triple jump. She opened her career sweeping both the indoor and outdoor long jump league titles as a freshman in 1994, before adding her third crown and first in the triple jump as a sophomore during the 1995 indoor season with a mark of 41-3. Gilmore then repeated as the league’s outdoor long jump champion later that year. She swept the SWC indoor long and triple jumps for the second time in her career and won her final outdoor title during her junior season in 1996 in the long jump with a mark of 21-10.25. The jump still ranks her as the No. 4 performer in program history. Gilmore also earned individual high point performer honors at the 1996 SWC Indoor Championships. During her time at Texas, she helped the Longhorns place in the top-six during all eight NCAA Championships, including four runner-up finishes (1994 Outdoors, 1996 Outdoors, 1997 Indoors, 1997 Outdoors) and three third-place showings (1994 Indoors, 1995 Indoors, 1996 Indoors). Gilmore was also a three-time runner-up in the long jump at the NCAA meet. In 1995, she placed second with a jump of 21-3.25 inches. Gilmore also finished runner-up at both the NCAA indoor and outdoor meets as a junior in 1996 with jumps of 20-10.5 and 21-3.25, respectively. Her best indoor effort in the long jump came during her senior season when she posted a mark of 21-4. That jump still ranks her as the No. 6 performer in program history. Following her junior season, Gilmore placed third in the long jump at the 1996 Canadian Championships to earn her spot in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where she competed in the preliminary round. Gilmore earned her bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Texas in Fall 1997. After her collegiate career, she went on to work for several state agencies. Her state service includes working as Chief Committee Clerk of the Rules and Resolutions Committee for the Texas House of Representatives. After 10 years of state service, Gilmore transitioned into the private sector, and she currently works as a Contracts Manager at KPMG LLP in the state and local government practice. In 1997, she married her college sweetheart, Nathion Gilmore, a former Texas Basketball player (1993-96) and proud UT graduate. The couple lives in Austin and has three children, Elijah, Naomi and Noah.
