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2011 Outdoor: Set a new outdoor best in the pole vault, placing second at the Liberty Twilight meet (12-11.75, 3.96m)...Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

2011 Indoor: Vaulted a season-best 12-2 (3.71m) at the VT Elite Meet.

2010 Outdoor: Set a new career best in the Pole Vault (12-8, 3.86m), placing seventh at the Florida Relays.

2010 Indoor: Added a point to the Hokies’ total at the ACC Championships, finishing eighth in the Pole Vault with a height of 12-7.50 (3.85m) … Earned a victory at the VT Challenge (12-3.5, 3.75m).

2009 Outdoor: Regionally qualified in the pole vault with a first-place clearance of 12-7.50 (3.85m) at the HP Vertklasse Meet … Came in ninth in the pole vault at the ACC Championships, vaulting 12-01.50 … Took seventh at the Texas Relays, reaching 12-01.50.

2009 Indoor: Cleared a career-best 12-8.25 (3.87m) at the Final Qualifier’s Meet … Finished second in the pole vault at the Penn State National … Vaulted 12-05.50 in a sixth-place showing at the VT Challenge.

2008 Outdoor: Redshirted.

2008 Indoor: Redshirted.

2007 Outdoor: Reached a season-high height of 3.80m (12’5.5”) at the Weems Baskin Invitational … Finished fifth in the pole vault at the UNC Elite Meet with 3.65m (11’11.75”) … Tied for seventh at the Clemson Invitational with a mark of 3.35m (10’11.75”) … Was seventh at the Wake Forest Open with a 3.70m (12’1.5”) height.

2007 Indoor: Tied for third at the VT Challenge with a season-best height of 3.82m (12’6.25”) … Placed sixth at the ACC Championships with a vault of 3.80m (12’5.5”) … Claimed fourth place at the Liberty Kickoff Invitational at a height of 3.60m (11’9.75”) … Registered a ninth-place performance at the VT Last Chance with a height of 3.72m (12’2.5”) … Finished fifth in the pole vault at the Niswonger Invitational at a height of 3.65m (11’11.75”) … Vaulted 3.60m (11.9.75”) to register a sixth-place finish at the Rod McCravy Memorial with 3.60m, (11’9.75”).

High School: Holds the all-time North Carolina state record with a personal-best vault of 12’4” ... First female to ever clear 12’ in competition in the state of North Carolina ... Two-time state champion in the event ... Finished in the top five every year at the state championship ... Four-time letterwinner in track and field and two-time letterwinner in soccer ... Helped her school win the state championship her senior season in soccer ... Member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club and a four-time scholar athlete.

Personal: Born May 13, 1988 in Rochester Hills, Michigan ... Daughter of Glenn and Susan Thornley ... Environmental science major.