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Erie, Pa.
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| High School:
McDowell Senior
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| Last College:
West Virginia
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| Event:
Pole Vault
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• Oklahoma Program Record Holder -- Indoor Pole Vault (13-6.00/4.12)
• Oklahoma Program Record Holder -- Outdoor Pole Vault (14-3.25/4.35)
• 2012 NCAA First Team All-American (Pole Vault)
• 2012 Big 12 Outdoor Scorer (Pole Vault)
• 2011 Big 12 Outdoor Scorer (Pole Vault)
• 2009 All-Big East Outdoor Conference (Pole Vault)
• 2009 All-Big East Indoor Conference (Pole Vault)
Indoor Collegiate Bests
Pole Vault: 13-6.00 (4.12)
Outdoor Collegiate Bests
Pole Vault: 14-3.25 (4.35)
2012
(Outdoor) Won the pole vault title at the Bobby Lane Invitational with a jump of 13-5.25 ... Finished fourth at the Texas Relays (13-1.50) ... Cleared 13-1.50 to finish eighth at the Sun Angel Classic ... Top collegiate finisher at the John Jacobs Invitational (12-7.50) ... Finished fourth at the John McDonnell Invitational (13-7.25) ... Extended program record to 14-1.25 with a third-place finish at the Arkansas Twilight ... Cleared 13-6.50 to finish second at the Big 12 Championship ... Endured an eight-round jump off to advance to the NCAA Championship after finishing 12th at the NCAA West Preliminary ... Officially cleared 13-4.25 but cleared as high as 13-10 during the jump off before being declared the winner on a first-attempt clear at 13-6.25 ... Earned her first All-America honor with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championship ... Cleared an Oklahoma program record 14-3.25.
2011
(Indoor) Opened OU career with a second-place finish at the Texas A&M Challenge with a height of 12-8.25 ... Finished second at the J.D. Martin Invitational at 12-5.50 ... Cleared 12-6.75 to finish fifth at the Big 12 vs. SEC Challenge ... Raised mark to 13-0.25 en route to finishing fourth at the Husker Invitational ... Cleared 13-3.50 at the Tyson Invitational ... Jumped 13-6.00 at the Sooner Invitational ... Cleared 12-8.00 to finish sixth at the Arkansas Last Chance. (Outdoor) Won the pole vault at the North Texas Classic by clearing 12-9.50 ... Cleared 13-1.50 at the Arkansas Spring Invitational to finish fourth in the event ... Finished third at the Sun Angel Track Classic with a height of 12-10.00... Cleared 13-7.25 at the John Jacobs Invitational ... Cleared 13-3.50 to finish third at the John McDonnell Invitational ... Over the bar at 12-3.50 at the Arkansas Twilight ... Jumped 13-10.50 to finish third at the Big 12 Championship ... Overcame an injury suffered during warm-ups to clear 13-1.50 and finish 16th at the NCAA West Preliminary.
At West Virginia
Claimed the pole vault title at the 2010 State Farm Games with a Big East qualifying mark of 3.80 ... took second at the Penn State Northeast Challenge with a clearance of 3.70 ... Finished 14th (3.81 meters) at the 2009 NCAA Regionals ... placed eighth at the ECAC Championships (3.65 meters) ... took fourth at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships after clearing 3.85 meters ... finished in fifth place (3.87 meters) at the Alex Wilson Invitational ... cleared 3.75 meters at the Sea Ray Relays for seventh place ... placed second (3.85 meters) at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships ... qualified for ECACs at the State Farm Games, clearing 3.82 meters ... vaulted 3.50 meters in the pole vault, a BIG EAST qualifying mark at the WVU Invitational ... Pole vaulted a season-best 3.65-meter twice in the 2008 outdoor season ... tied with teammate Kristen Loughry for 11th place in pole vault at ECAC Outdoor Championships (3.65-meters) ... vaulted 3.66-meters at the WVU Invitational ... cleared 3.65 meters at the Duke Invitational on April 6.
High School
Four-time state and national qualifier in pole vault at McDowell Senior High ... took 13th place at Nike Indoor Nationals to become an All-American.
Personal
Daughter of Larry and Sandy Acker ... Majoring in elementary education.
