INDIANAPOLIS, IND. -- Drake University track and field head coach Natasha Kaiser-Brown is among 12 individuals who will be inducted in the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) National High School Hall of Fame July 7 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C.

The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be the closing event of the 89th NFHS Annual Summer Meeting.

Kaiser-Brown is the 15th Iowan to be nominated by the Iowa High School Athletic Association and subsequently elected to the NFHS Hall of Fame.

Kaiser-Brown dominated girls high school track in Iowa in the early 1980s during her days at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. She was a nine-time state champion (six individual events and three relays) and graduated in 1985 with school and state records in the 100 meters (:11.5), 200 meters (:24.1) and 400 meters (:54.09). She lost only one individual race during her high school career.

Kaiser-Brown was a member of the 1992 and 1996 U.S. Olympic teams and was silver medalist in the 4x400-meter relay at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

She has served as the men's and women's track and field coach at Drake since 2000.

The National High School Hall of Fame was started in 1982 by the NFHS to honor high school athletes, coaches, contest officials, administrators, fine arts coaches/directors and others for their extraordinary achievements and accomplishments in high school sports and activities programs. This year's class increases the number in the Hall of Fame to 350, and this year's event will be the 26th induction ceremony.

The 12 individuals were chosen after a two-level selection process involving a screening committee composed of active high school state association administrators, coaches and officials, and a final selection committee composed of coaches, former athletes, state association officials, media representatives and educational leaders. Nominations were made through NFHS member associations.