Katie Vuckovich

2011: NCAA East Preliminary participant in the shot put … Indoors, competed in the shot put and weight throw … had a top throw of 47-00.25 (14.33m) in the shot put at the Hokie Invitational … placed ninth at the SEC Indoor Championships at 45-11.25 (14.00m) … threw 49-07.00 (15.11m) in the weight throw at the SEC Indoor Championships to take 16th overall … Outdoors, competed in the shot put and hammer throw … in the shot put, had a top mark of 50-02.50 (15.30m) to score and place eighth at the SEC Outdoor Championships … finished 29th at the NCAA East Preliminary … in the hammer throw, had a best mark of 135-11 (41.42m) at the Bob Pollock Invitational … placed 22nd at the SEC Outdoor Championships.

2010: Indoors, competed in the shot put and weight throw … had a top mark of 46-04.25 (14.13m) in the shot put at the SEC Indoor Championships to place 11th overall … top throw of 48-4 (14.73m) in the weight throw at the Gamecock Indoor Open … outdoors, competed in the shot put and hammer throw … top shot put mark of 47-02.25 (14.38m) … placed 10th at the SEC Outdoor Championships at 46-06.25 (14.18m) … had a top hammer throw of 128-08 (39.21m).

2009: Did not compete indoors … outdoors, competed in the shot put and discus … in the shot put, opened the year with a toss of 41-5 3/4 to place fifth at the Shamrock Invitational … won the State USATF Meet at a personal best 44-7 … took seventh at both the Spec Town Relays and the Friendship & Freedom Games … tossed 42-3 1/4 to finish 13th at the Penn Relays … placed 18th at the SEC Outdoor Championships after tossing 43-5 3/4 … threw the discus twice, hitting a season best 96-6 at the Shamrock Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Clayton Figi at Neuqua Valley High School … lettered in track and volleyball … competed in shot put and discus … school record holder all four years indoor and outdoor in the shot put … placed third in the state in the shot put in 2006 and fifth in 2007 … top marks of 43-0 in the shot put and 1085 in the discus throw.

PERSONAL: Katherine Mika Vuckovich was born Dec. 29, 1989 in Detroit, Michigan … pursuing a degree in criminal justice … parents are Vojo and Gail Vuckovich … chose USC over Purdue, Southern Illinois and Indiana.