Skidmore College Athletics

One of the most successful and accomplished athletes in Skidmore history, Pam Thompson Saffran '87established many fits for herself, Thoroughbred Women's Tennis, at Skidmore Athletics. Regarded as Skidmore's first national level player, she was the College's first tennis All-American (1985, 1986). She qualified for National Collegiate Athletic Association individual national championships in 1985, 1986, and 1987, the first Thoroughbred to do so.
 
The top singles player on the first Skidmore team to qualify for an NCAA national tournament (1987), she led the Thoroughbreds to an unprecedented 8th-rankedposition that year. Thompson-Saffran was MVP her sophomore and junior years and Senior Athlete of the Year in 1987.
 
The first Skidmore player to receive an NCAA ranking in any sport (#7 in 1985 and #3 in 1986), she also captured three New York State singles titles (1984,1985, and 1986).
 
Thompson-Saffran scored two New York State doubles titles (#2 in 1985 and 1986) and, along with partner Kim Burnet Hall '89, earned three All-New York State Awards (1984, 1985, and 1986). She was named New York State Female Athlete of the Year in 1986.