Jayci Andrews
Jayci Andrews

Jayci Andrews is the most decorated athlete in the history of the Bridgewater State track & field program and among the greatest female athletes in the history of the school. A two-time national champion and six-time First Team All-American, Jayci is one of just two national champions in the long history of the BSU varsity athletics program. Jayci captured her first national title in 2019 when she won the 60-meter hurdles at the indoor championships held the Reggie Lewis Center and followed that performance up with a first-place finish in the 100-meter  hurdles at the 2019 outdoor championships in Alliance, Ohio. She also earned First Team All-American honors with a second-place finish in the 100 hurdles in 2018 and a fourth-place showing in the 400 hurdles in 2019. In 2022, after roughly a three-year absence, Jacyi returned to Bridgewater State for one last outdoor season of competition and recorded a pair of First Team All-American  performance in the 100 hurdles (5th place) and 400 hurdles (5th place). Throughout her career, Jayci was named MASCAC Athlete of the Week an impressive 42 times, captured 19 MASCAC individual titles and garnered USTFCCCA All-Region accolades ten times. Jayci is the Bears’ indoor record holder in the 55-meter hurdles (8.50) and 60-meter hurdles (8.68) as well the outdoor record holder in the 100-meter hurdles (13.66) and 400-meter hurdles (1:00.08). She is also a member of the Bears' record-setting indoor (3:59.24) and outdoor (3:57.55) 4x400-meter relay squads. Jayci is the only four-time recipient of the BSU John C. Harper Athlete of the Year award as she earned the honor in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023. She was also the BSU Rookie of the Year in 2016. A native of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Jaycie graduated from Bridgewater State with a degree in social work. She presently resides in East Wareham with her boyfriend and former BSU men’s basketball player, Tyler DeMelo '16. Jayci has been doing social work at the Department of Children in Families in Plymouth for about three years and also recently started privately coaching young track & field athletes.