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  Faith Sherrill

Faith Sherrill

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Ft. Wayne, Ind.

High School:
Northop

Event:
Throws

2008-09 (REDSHIRT): Indoor: Redshirt.Outdoor: Redshirt

2007-08 (SOPHOMORE); Indoor: Greatly improved her career marks in the shot put and weight throw ... added 98 centimeters in the shot put, moving from 14.07m to 15.05m, with the career-best heave coming at the Indiana Relays on Feb. 1 ... improved to 17.17m in the weight throw, adding 1.08 meters to her career best ... recorded her career-best toss at the Gladstein Invitational on Jan. 26 ... finished fourth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with her toss of 14.99m.Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional with a heave of 14.86m in the shot put at the Billy Hayes Invitational ... her mark bettered the regional standard by 56 centimeters ... also recorded a regional qualifying mark in the discus with her second-place heave of 49.14 meters (161-03.00) at the Stan Lyons Invitational.

2006-07 (FRESHMAN): Indoor: Led the Hoosiers during the indoor season with a personal-best throw of 16.09 meters in the weight throw at the Gladstein Invitational ... also posted a personal best during the indoor season in the shot put with a mark of 14.07 meters in the Tyson InvitationalOutdoor: Recorded the fourth-farthest throw in school history in the hammer throw with a toss of 48.07 meters at the Billy Hayes Invitational ... also recorded a personal-best mark of 13.66 meters in the shot put at the Cardinal Invitational during the outdoor season.

PREP/PERSONAL: Posted career-best marks of 44-5.50 in the shot put and 138-8.00 in the discus throw ... helped lead Northrop to four straight sectional championships in track and field, the 2003 and 2004 two in volleyball, and a sectional championship in basketball her freshman season ... placed third in the shot put and fifth in the discus at the state meet her senior year, earning area athlete of the year honors ... was selected to the Midwest Meet of Champions in 2006 where she placed third in both the shot put and discus ... was a member of the Ft. Wayne Express track and field club team and placed eighth in the shot put at nationals in 2006, earning All-America honors ... was all-conference, all-area and second team all-state in track field as a junior... placed third in the shot put in 2005 ... holds Northrop's record in shot put and discus throw ... also earned second team all-city in volleyball and basketball as a junior, as well as all-conference and all-area in both sports her senior year ... was a Distinguished Honors and High Honors student and was a member of the National Honor Society.