Jane Elkind Savoie '68

University of Massachusetts, B.S. '72

Bio

Member of the U.S. Equestrian team competing in Dressage in Holland, France, Germany, Canada and Belgium in 1991-92 .
Reserve rider for the 1992 US Olympic teams in Barcelona.
Coached the Canadian Three Day Event Team at the1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Awarded Master Instructor by American Riding Instructors Association, 1997.
Author, That Winning Feeling, a sports psychology book for equestrians.
Motivational speaker.   Producer of equestrian training videos 
Jane says of herself: "I feel that I'm an average person . . . who has been able to  do some extraordinary things because I believed in myself and was willing to work very, very hard for my goals“

Advice to Students

It's better to do something and fail then try to do nothing and succeed.   


Inducted November 24, 1998