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2018-19 Track and Field Roster

Amarissa Hawker

  • Position Throws
  • Class Senior
  • High School Herriman High School
  • Hometown Herriman, Utah

Biography

2017 MPSF All-Academic

Personal Best Marks
Indoors:
Shot Put: 48 ft. - 4.75 in. (14.75m) (Power 5 Invitational 1/23/16)
Weight Throw: 61-9 (18.82m) (NAU Friday Night Duals 1/24/19)
Outdoors:
Shot Put: 49ft.- 7in. (15.11m) (Jim Click Shootout 4/6/19)
Discus Throw: 132 ft. - 3 in. (40.30m) (ASU Duel in the Desert 4/30/16)
Hammer Throw: 167 ft. - 6 in. (51.05m)  (Desert Heat Classic 4/27/19)


2019 Outdoor: Made five appearances … Placed third at Willie Williams Classic College with a mark of 161 ft. 1 inch (49.09m) in the hammer throw … Threw a PR shot put mark of 49 ft. 7 inches (15.11m) to take third at the Jim Click Shootout … Threw a PR of 167 ft. 6 inches (51.05m) in the hammer throw to place eighth at the Desert Heat Classic.

2019 Indoor: Competed in five events … Took second at NAU Friday Night Duals with a weight throw of 61 ft. 5 inches (18.72m) … Threw a PR mark of 61 ft. 9 inches (18.82m) in the weight throw to place fourth at the Texas Tech Classic.

2018 Outdoor: Appeared in three contests ... Finished in the top-10 four times.

2018 Indoor: Competed in five meetings ... Finished in the top-1-0 on three outings.

2017 Outdoor: Competed in six shot put events and five hammer throw finishing in the top five on five outings … Threw a personal best 47-7.75 in the shot put and tossed a personal best 150-4 in the hammer throw at the Duel in the Desert to finish third in both contests.

2017 Indoor: Competed in four shot put events and five weight throw contests … Tabbed a 47-1 mark in the shot put at the MPSF Championships … Threw a personal best 55-6.50 in the weight throw at the MPSF Championships.

2016 Outdoor: Hawker kept it diverse at the 2016 outdoor campaign as she competed and set personal bests in her freshman year in three total field events: shot put, discus throw, and hammer throw. She set a personal-best in the shot put at the Willie Williams Classic with a mark of 46ft.- 5in. (14.14m) for a fifth-place finish. Hawker also marked 42 ft. - 2 in. (12.85m) at the Pac-12 Championships placing 13th. In the discus throw, she set a personal best at the ASU Duel in the Desert event where she placed fourth overall with a mark of 132 ft. - 3 in. (40.30m). At the Jim Bush Invite, Hawker threw a mark of 99 ft. - 5 in. (30.30m) for a fifth-place finish in the hammer throw.

2016 Indoor: Hawker competed in the shot put in a total of four meets where she only placed outside of the top-seven one time. She set a new personal best at the Power 5 Invitational in January with a mark of 48 ft. - 4.75 in. (14.75m) for a seventh-place finish.

High School: A graduate of Herriman High School in Herriman, Utah … Was named team captain of her Track team her junior and senior year while also being named Team MVP her senior year … She was named to All-Region and All-State her junior and senior year.

Personal: She is the daughter of James and Pamela Hawker … She has two brothers, Eric and Brent Hawker … Brent Hawker was on the track team at the University of Utah as a thrower … Amarissa is pursuing a major in physiology.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Throws
    6'0"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Throws
    6'0"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Throws
    6'0"
  • 2018-19Senior

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