Hall of Fame
Amber (Hunt) Kindt, 2011 - (Hunt) Kindt was a four-year letterwinner for the Western swimming and diving team from 1984-87. She swam distance, freestyle, butterfly and IM events, and still has times listed among the all-time best in Western history.
In the current top times record book, Kindt ranks: second in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:35.10 in 1984), second in the 1,650 freestyle (17:37 in 1984) and eighth in the 200 freestyle (1:56.07 in 1984). Her record in the 1,000 meters stood for 17 years, and her 1,650 record was broken in 2009, a span of 25 years.
In 1984 Kindt participated in the National Open Water Swimming championships where she won three titles and had one second-place finish. Kindt finished third in the 1,650 free and fifth in the 500 free at the 1987 Midwest Championships. She was part of the 1987 All-Gateway Conference team. That year she helped the 800 free relay team to a third-place conference finish, and individually was second in the 1,650 and fifth in the 200 butterfly.
Before she joined the Western program, she was a two-time state qualifier at Decatur Central High School. She transferred to Avon (IN) HS, and during her senior year was named team MVP and a state finalist. She held every program record at one point in her career.
She graduated from Western in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in Community Health Education. From 1996-2002 she worked as an oncology nurse at Community Hospital. Kindt earned her certification as an oncology nurse in 2003 and since 2002 has worked as a clinical trials nurse with the Community Hospital Cancer Research Foundation.
A past board member of the Munster Junior Women's Club, she was named 2002 'Member of the Year'. Kindt is also a board member of the Oncology Nursing Society, Dyer Girls Softball, and co-facilitator of the Leukemia Lymphoma Society Blood Cancer Support Group.
She and her husband Kurt have two children, Olivia and Natalie. They reside in Dyer, Indiana.
