University of South Dakota Athletics

Career Awards & Honors

• Summit League Pole Vault Champion Outdoor (2021-22)
• All-America Honorable Mention Outdoor (2021-22)
• All-Summit League Outdoor (2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24)
• All-Summit League Indoor (2021-22, 2023-24)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic (2020-21, 2022-23, 2023-24)
• Summit League Commissioner’s List (2022-23, 2023-24)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2020-21, 2022-23, 2023-24)

Career Bests

2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Finished runner-up at the Summit League Championships…cleared 13-5 at the championships…placed second at the Mark Colligan Memorial at 13-1.75…Cleared a season’s best 13-6.5 at the Tyson Invitational…Recorded five top five finishes.

Outdoor Track & Field
Finished runner-up at the Summit League Championships at a height of 13-4.5…placed runner-up in four other meets…cleared a season’s best 13-8.5 at the USD Invite to place second…finished runner-up at the Bobcat Invitational (13-2.5), Mt. SAC Relays (13-7.75), and Mount Marty Twilight (13-4.25)…added a fourth place finish at the USD Challenge.

2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the pole vault at the Summit League Championships with a height of 12-8 ¼ (3.87m) … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … vaulted a season-best height of 13-6 ½ (4.13m) at the Tyson Invitational … finished runner-up in the pole vault at the Nebraska Tune-Up in 13-5 (4.09m) … placed second in the pole vault (13-4 ¼) at the USD Alumni Meet  … tallied eight top-10 finishes during the season … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the pole vault at the Summit League Championships with a vault of 12-9 ½ (3.90m) … vaulted a season-best of 13-9 (4.19m) at the USD Tune-Up … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the pole vault … won the pole vault at the Monday Meet with a clearance of 13-3 (4.04m) … finished runner-up in her section of the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a clearance of 13-7 ¼ (4.15m) … notched eight top-10 finishes during the season … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the pole vault … cleared 12-10 ¼ for third place in the pole vault at the Summit meet … posted a season-best jump of 13-2 ½ at the Nebraska Adidas Classic … made 13-0 ¼ at the USD Alumni Meet … finished in the top-10 for all eight meets during the season … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Honorable mention All-America in the pole vault … placed 22nd at the NCAA Championships with a height of 12-9 ½ (3.90m) … Summit League Champion in the pole vault … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the pole vault … cleared 13-3 ¾ to win the pole vault at the Summit League Championships … vaulted a personal best of 13-9 ¾ at the Beach Invitational … that height moved her to ninth on the Coyote Top 10 for the outdoor pole vault … won a pole vault section at the 62nd Annual Mt. SAC Relays with a height of 13-7 ¼ … tallied eight top-10 finishes during the season … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
Placed seventh in the pole vault at the Summit League Championships … vaulted 12-2 ½ (3.72m) at the league meet … recorded a season best of 12-4 ½ (3.77m) in the pole vault at the SDSU Last Chance meet … took fourth in the vault at the Division I Challenge with a clearance of 12-2 ¾ (3.73m) … tallied six top-10 finishes indoors.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the pole vault … placed third at the Summit League Championships with a season-best vault of 13-4 ¼ (4.07m) … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary with the height … tied for first at the South Dakota Tune-Up … vaulted 13-0 ¼ (3.97m) for fifth place at the Sioux City Relays … cleared 12-4 ½ (3.77m) for fifth place at the Drake Relays … member of the Coyotes’ nationally second-ranked women’s pole vault squad during the season … recorded six top-10 finishes during the season … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
Nebraska state record holder in the pole vault ... won all three Nebraska Class A Championships in the event during her career ... her senior track and field season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... her personal best of 13-4 as a junior set the all-class state record ... holds the Class A meet record as well with a jump of 12-4 ½ from 2018 ... a three-time Greater Nebraska Athletic Association champion and three-time district champion ... also played volleyball for the Discoverers ... an academic all-state honoree in both track and field and on the volleyball court.

Personal
Daughter of Pat and Lisa Garrett ... kinesiology & sport management major.