Career Awards & Honors
- School Record holder for Outdoor High Jump (6-1 ¼, 2023)
- School Record holder for Indoor High Jump (6-1 ¼, 2022)
- Shares the Lillibridge Facility Record for High Jump (5-11 ¼, 2023)
- NCAA Outdoor High Jump All-American (2021-22, 2022-23)
- NCAA Indoor High Jump All-American (2022-23)
- Summit League Indoor High Jump Champion (2021-22, 2022-23)
- Summit League Outdoor High Jump Champion (2021-22, 2022-23)
- All-Summit League Indoor (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
- All-Summit League Outdoor (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
- Summit League Athlete of the Week (2/22/22, 5/9/22, 12/6/22, 4/4/23, 5/7/24)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic (2021-22)
- Summit League Honor Roll (2021-22, 2023-24, 2024-25)
Career Bests
2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
All-Summit League in the high jump... placed third at the Summit League Championships in the high jump at 5-7 ¾ (1.72m)... won the high jump at the USD Alumni (5-7) and the SDSU Last Chance (5-8 ¾)... jumped her season's best at the SDSU Last Chance... added a third place finish at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational with a clearance of 5-7 ¼ (1.71m)... recorded seven top five finishes over the course of the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League runner-up in the high jump (5-8)… NCAA West First Round Qualifier… placed 36
th at the NCAA West in the high jump at 5-7 ¼ (1.71m)… recorded a season’s best 5-9 ¾ (1.77m) at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate to place second… took fifth at the Drake Relays with a height of 5-8 ¾… placed third or better in five meets and placed inside the top six in each meet during the regular season.
2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Finished runner-up at the Summit League Championships with a clearance of 5-8 ½ (1.74m) …cleared a season’s best 5-11 ½ (1.82m) to take second at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational…took gold in three competitions: the SDSU Holiday Open, the USD Alumni Meet, and the Nebraska Tune-Up.
Outdoor Track & Field
NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier…placed second at the Summit League Championships with a clearance of 5-7 ¾ (1.72m)…named Summit League Peak Performer on May 7 for winning the high jump at the USD Invite with an outdoor season’s best of 5-10 (1.78m)…also took gold at the Mount Marty Twilight at a jump of 5-9 ¼ (1.76m).
2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
All-American in the high jump … Summit League champion in the high jump in 5-10 ¾ (1.80m) … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … placed 13th at the NCAA Championships in the high jump with a mark of 5-9 ¾ (1.77m) … broke the South Dakota school record in the high jump by leaping 6-1 ¼ (1.86m) at the SDSU Holiday Open in December … named the Summit League Field Athlete of the Week on December 6 following the performance … won the high jump at five of seven meets during the season … leaped 6-0 ½ (1.84m) to win the high jump at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic … jumped past six feet three times during the indoor season.
Outdoor Track & Field
All-American in the high jump … Summit League champion in the high jump … broke the Summit League Championships meet record and the South Dakota school record by clearing 6-1 ¼ (1.86m) at the league meet in Fargo … placed 14th at the NCAA Championships with a height of 5-11 ¼ (1.81m) … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary and advanced through to the finals in the high jump … won the high jump at the USD Tune-Up in 5-11 ¼ (1.81m) to set the Lillibridge Track Complex record … placed third at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a clearance of 5-11 ½ (1.82m) … named Summit League Field Athlete of the Week on April 4 for the performance at Texas … took second in the high jump at the Drake Relays … tallied six top-10 finishes during the spring.
2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the high jump … cleared a season-best 5-10 ¾ (1.80m) to take gold in the high jump at the Summit League Championships … moved to second on the Coyote Top 10 in the high jump with a mark of 5-10 ¾ … named Summit League Field Athlete of the Week (2/22) following a win at the Nebraska Tune-Up, clearing 5-8 ¾ … won the high jump at six meets during the season and placed in the top-three at all eight competitions … jumped 5-10 ½ to win at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
Outdoor Track & Field
All-American in the high jump … placed 14th at the NCAA Championships with a height of 5-10 ¾ (1.80m) … Summit League Champion in the high jump … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the high jump … cleared a season best of 5-11 ¼ (1.81m) at the NCAA West Preliminaries to advance to nationals … tied for first at the preliminaries … won the Summit high jump title with a make of 5-10 ½ (1.79m) …moved to second on the Coyote Top 10 in the high jump with a mark of 5-11 ¼ … named Summit League Field Athlete of the Week (5/9) after jumping 5-10 ¾ (1.80m) to win the USD Twilight in the final tune-up meet of the regular season … won the high jump at six meets during the season … took fourth in the high jump at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll.
Prep
Finished the 2020 season ranked No. 29 on the World Athletics' Under-20 list for the high jump ... cleared a personal best of 5-10 ¾ (1.80m) in February of 2020 at the Camperdown Classic ... also won the under-20 section at Jamaica's CARIFTA Trials.
Personal
Daughter of Avian Thompson ... general studies major.