| Class:
Junior
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Height/Weight:
5-8
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| Home Town:
Deer Park, Ill.
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Position/Event:
Pole Vault
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| High School:
Barrington
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B/T:
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| Event | Mark | Meet | Date
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| Pole Vault-Indoor | 3.97m | UAA Indoor Championships | 2/23/2013 |
| Pole Vault-Outdoor | 4.01m | Dr. Keeler Invite | 5/11/2012 |
| Bold denotes school record | | | |
student-athlete bio:
2012-13: Tied for fourth in the pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn All-America honors for the second year in a row ... Won the UAA indoor pole vault title for the third-straight year, setting a UAA meet record of 3.97m ... Also broke the WUSTL school record for the third week in a row at the UAA Indoor Championships ... Broke the school record in the indoor pole vault (3.87m) at the Monmouth Fighting Scot Invite (Feb. 9), then bettered that mark to 3.96m at the Illinois College Alumni Classic Feb. 15 ... Won her third-straight UAA outdoor pole vault title (3.95m) at the UAA Outdoor Championships ... Selected as the Art & Marge McWilliams Junior Award winner by the W Club ... Named UAA Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 28, Feb. 11 and Feb. 18 ... UAA all-academic for indoor and outdoor track & field.
2011-12: Earned All-America honors with a fourth-place finish in the pole vault at the 2012 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships ... Posted the second-best indoor mark in WU history (3.85m) ... Swept the UAA indoor and outdoor pole vault titles for the second-straight year ... Named the UAA Women's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week twice (Jan. 16, Feb. 6) ... Finished fourth in the pole vault (4.00m) to earn All-America honors at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Set the outdoor pole vault school record (4.01m) at the Dr. Keeler Invite (5/11) ... Named UAA Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week four times (April 2, April 9, May 15, May 29) ... Received the 2011-12 Alice Briggson Sophomore Award from the W Club ... Earned Capital One Academic All-District V first-team honors ... UAA Presidents Scholar-Athlete … USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field ... UAA all-academic for indoor and outdoor track & field.
2010-11: Swept the UAA indoor and outdoor titles in the pole vault ... Cleared an outdoor season-best 3.56m at the Augustana Twilight, which is tied for second all-time at WU in women's outdoor pole vault.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-sport letter winner (track & field, diving, gymnastics) at Barrington High School ... Team captain for track & field and diving teams ... Finished as the state runner-up in the pole vault in 2010 after placing fifth in 2008 and seventh in 2009 ... Won conference and sectional titles in the pole vault in 2010 ... Helped Barrington High School to a state runner-up finish in 2008 ... Placed 10th at the diving state championships in 2009 ... Honor Roll, National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL: Majoring in systems engineering ... Daughter of Stephen and Mary Etherington.