Kathryn Hise

Photo by: Matthew Kamph

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Position:
Throws
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Decatur, Ill.

Career
Thrower that has competed in three indoor seasons and two outdoor campaigns … Has 13 top-five finishes, including one runner-up and one third-place … Her two top-three performances came in the outdoor shot put … In indoor, has improved distance by more than 10 feet in the weight throw … In outdoor, has improved distance by nearly nine feet in the hammer.

Honors
Three-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19).

Outdoor
2020: Canceled due to pandemic … 2019: Competed in seven meets … Threw primarily in the shot put … Also appeared in two discus events … Posted a personal-best discus effort in the season-opening Rhodes College Invitational … Placed fourth in the shot put at the same meet … Threw a season-best in the shot put at Alabama’s Crimson Tide Invitational … Competed in the shot put at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2018: Made eight meet appearances, including the American Athletic Conference Championships … Had a personal-best effort in the hammer at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational … Threw a personal-best in the shot put at the Memphis Tigers Invitational … Placed second in the shot put at the meet for the highest finish of her career … Also had high finishes in the shot put at the Rhodes College Invitational (3^rd) and Arkansas State Red Wolves Open (4^th) … 2017: Did not compete.

Indoor
2019-20: Appeared in six meets, including the American Athletic Conference Championships … Competed in the shot put and weight throw in all six meets … Set personal-bests in both events at Birmingham-Southern’s Panther Indoor Icebreaker … Placed fifth in both events at the season-opening meet … Also posted a fifth-place performance in the shot put at the KMS Invitational in Birmingham … 2018-19: Threw exclusively in the shot put the entire campaign … Threw in five meets … Had a season-best effort in the shot put at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener … Placed fourth in the event … 2017-18: Competed in five meets … Made her collegiate indoor debut at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener … Had four top-five performances … Recorded a season-best effort in the weight throw at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Threw a season-best in the shot put at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2016-17: Did not compete.