2023-24 (Senior):
Competed in five indoor meets and seven outdoor meets this season, including the NAIA Outdoor National Championships… SSAC Field Athlete of the Year… SSAC Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year… SSAC All-Academic… SSAC Field Athlete of the Week… Indoor First Team All-Conference Shot Put… Placed 14th nationally, and earned the best spot in program history in the Discus Throw at the NAIA Outdoor Championships (43.93m)... Indoor First Team All-Conference Weight Throw… Outdoor First Team All-Conference Shot Put… Outdoor First Team All-Conference Discus Throw… Outdoor Third Team All-Conference Hammer Throw… Earned the third-best spot in program history in the indoor Shot Put at the SSAC Championships (13.00m)... Earned the first, second, third, and fourth-best spots in program history in the Weight Throw, SSAC Championships (15.58m), KMS Invitational (15.18m), FasTrak Athletix Indoor Collegiate Challenge (15.07m), Mardi Gras Indoor Classic (15.07m)... Earned the third and fourth-best spots in program history in the Hammer Throw at the Louisiana Classic (41.01m) and the Pelican Relays (40.58m).
2023 (Junior):
Competed in six indoor meets and eight outdoor meets this season, including the NAIA Outdoor and Indoor National Championships, this season… SSAC Barnes & Noble College All-Academic Team, SSAC Scholar-Athlete Team… SSAC Outdoor First-Team All-Conference (Discus), Named SSAC Field Athlete of the Week… Third-Team All-Conference (Hammer), SSAC Indoor Third-Team All-Conference… Placed 24th nationally in Discus (43.55m), the best distance in program history at the Tom Tellez Invitational... Earned the best spot in program history in the Shot Put at the SSAC Championships (12.98m)... Earned the fourth and fifth-best spots in program history in the Hammer Throw, SSAC Championships (39.98m) and Strawberry Relays (38.65m)... Earned first, third, and fourth-best distances in program history in Discus, Tom Tellez Invitational (43.55m), South Alabama Invitational (42.94m), Southern Miss Invitational (42.82m)... Earned SSAC Indoor Third-Team All-Conference with her Shot Put toss of 13.02 meters, qualifying for the Indoor National Championships… Earned the second, third, and fourth-best distances in program history for Shot Put, Dillard Mardi Gras Classic (13.02m), SSAC Championships (12.68m), NAIA Championships (12.61m)… Earned the second and third-best spots in program history in the Weight Throw, LSU Twilight (14.05m), and Dillard Mardi Gras Classic (13.71m)... Had indoor season-bests of 13.02 meters in Shot Put at the Dillard Mardi Gras Classic and 14.05 meters in the Weight Throw at the LSU Twilight Invitational… Had outdoor season-bests of 12.98 meters in Shot Put, 39.98 meters in Hammer Throw, 20.19 meters in Javelin Throw at the SSAC Outdoor Championships, and 43.55 meters in the Discus Throw at the Tom Tellez Invitational.
2022Â (Sophomore):
Competed in three indoor and nine outdoor meets, including both the NAIA Indoor and Outdoor National Championships… SSAC Indoor Champion (Shot Put)... 2x SSAC Outdoor Second Team All-Conference (Shot Put & Discus)... SSAC Scholar-Athlete Team… SSAC All-Academic Team… SSAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 1)... SSAC Ourdoor Field Athlete of the Week (May 3)... Placed 13th in the Shot Put (13.14 meters) at the NAIA Indoor National Championship… Took 15th place in the Discus (42.27 meters) at the NAIA Outdoor National Championship… Broke the indoor Shot Put school record twice this season, the first at the McNeese Indoor meet (12.14m) in January and again at the SSAC Championships (13.14m) in February… Earned school records in the outdoor Shot Put (12.90m) and the Discus (43.18m) events this season, with both happening at the Louisiana Classics in March… Her 43.18 meters in the Discus was the 28th-best throw in the NAIA this season, too… She also had the second-best performance in school history in the outdoor Shot Put at the Carey Last Chance meet (12.76m), and the fourth- and fifth-best at the SSAC Championships (12.74m) and the Southern Miss Invitational (12.64m), as well as the fourth-best (SSAC Championships, 42.20m) and the fifth-best (Southern Miss Invitational, 42.13m) in the Discus this season... Her throw of 40.11 meters in the Discus was good enough for first place at the Mike McMillan Twilight in April, and her 12.66-meter effort in the Shot Put earned her second place at the same meet.
2021 (Freshman):
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Competed in six outdoor meets and one indoor meet this season… SSAC All-Conference First Team (Shot Put)... SSAC All-Conference Second Team (Discus)... SSAC Scholar-Athlete… Qualified for the NAIA National Championships in the discus throw, finishing 11th nationally with a 41.70-meter throw… Broke the school record in the discus throw at the SSAC Championships (42.75 meters) to place second… Won the shot put at the SSAC Championships to become an SSAC Champion (12.08 meters)... Broke the school record with a season-best throw of 12.51 meters in the shot put at the Southern Miss Invitational on April 3… Owns the Top 3 best throws in school history for the shot put event… Also owns the third- and fourth-best discus throws in school history.
Pre-Loyola:
Attended Episcopal High School where she competed in throwing events under coach Isaiah Coleman.Â
Personal:
Majoring in Computer Science … Born March 14, 2002 … Mother is Lena Jefferson … Her favorite food is chicken tenders and her least favorite is fish … Favorite book is We Were Liars by E. Lockhart … Favorite movie is Split … Favorite hobbies are reading, writing, and listening to music … Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant … One thing about her that would surprise people is her flexibility … Favorite place to eat in New Orleans is Popeyes.Â