Mikayla Deshazer

Position:
Throws
Height:
5-11
Class:
Junior
High School:
Lincoln College Preparatory Academy
Hometown:
Kansas City, Mo.

2022 Outdoor: Started her outdoor season placing sixth in shot put and seventh in discus throw at the TCU Invitational … Threw 162-6 (49.54m) at the LSU Invitational, placing fifth in discus throw … Recorded a second and third place title at the Baylor Invitational throwing a 49-2.25 (14.99m) in shot put and a 151-8 (46.23m) in discus throw … Clocked a throw of 157-5 (47.99m) in discus throw at the 94th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … At the Michael Johnson Invitational she placed twelfth in shot put with a throw of 47’ 5” (14.45m) and thirteenth in discus throw with a recorded throw of 151-6 (46.17m) … Ended her outdoor season at the Big 12 Championship competing in both shot put with a throw of 47-3 (14.40m) and discus throw with a 165’ 6” (50.45m).

2022 Indoor: Attained a personal record in shot put, throwing 49-5 (15.06m) at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet in Kentucky … Placed eighth in shot put and ninth in the weight throw at the Corky Classic back in January … Threw a 48-8 (14.83m) and placed fourth in shot put, at the Texas Tech Shootout … Placed fifth in shot put at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a recorded throw of 48-10.25 (14.89m) … Competed in the Big 12 Championships in shot put, throwing a 47-10.5 (14.59).

2021 Outdoor: Opened the outdoor season with a personal best in the hammer throw with a mark of 154’ 2” (46.99m) and a sixth-place finish at the Longhorn Invitational … Also placed third in the discus with a throw of 168’ 5” (51.33m) and sixth in the shot put with a throw of 48’ 0.5” … Followed that up with a personal best in the discus with a mark of 176’ 7” on the way to a second place finish at the TCU Invitational … Finished seventh in the shot put with a throw of 46’ 1.25” (14.05m) and 10^th in the hammer throw with a mark of 145’ 2” (44.26m) … Placed 11^th at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in the discus with a throw of 147’ 9” (45.04m) … Finished runner up at the Baylor Invitational in the shot put with a mark of 46’ 10.75” (14.29m), also finished runner up in the discus with a throw of 174’ 8” (53.25m) … Placed 12^th in the hammer throw with a distance of 144’ 3” (43.97m) … Notched another second-place finish at the Michael Johnson Invitational in the shot put with a throw of 45’ 5.75” (13.86m) … Placed sixth in the discus with a throw of 158’ 4” (48.25m) … Finished 13^th in the hammer throw with a toss of 147’ 4” (44.92m) … Collected her career-first win in the discus at the LSU Alumni Gold with a throw of 174’ 2” (53.09m) … Also recorded a throw of 46’ 8.25” in the shot put on the way to a 9^th place finish in Baton Rouge … Finished ninth in her discus debut at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a mark of 155’ 1” (47.26m) … Recorded an 11^th-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 47’ 1” (14.35m) … Made her NCAA postseason debut at the NCAA Division 1 West Prelims where she finished 30^th in the discus prelims with a throw of 162’ 9” (49.61m).

2021 Indoor: Set personal best in the weight throw with a mark of 57’ 7.5’ (17.56m) in her season debut at the Aggie Invitational on the way to a second place finish … Followed that up with a personal best in the shot put, throwing 48’ 6.25” (14.79m) at the Texas Tech Shootout in February where she finished eighth … Placed second in the shot put at the Aggie Invitational 47’ 7.75” (14.52m) her best finish of the indoor season … Recorded top-five’s in both the shot put and weight throw at the Texas Tech Invitational … Placed third in the weight throw with a toss of 55’ 4.25” (16.87m) and placed fifth in the shot put with a throw of 45’ 8” (13.92m) … Finished seventh in the weight throw at the Texas Tech Invitational with a mark of 54’ 11.5” (16.75m) … Finished the indoor season with a 10^th place finish in the shot put at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a throw of 46’ 2.75” (14.09m) … finished 12^th in the weight throw at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a mark of 57’ 1” (17.40m) … Placed seventh in the weight throw at the Texas Tech Invitational with a throw of 54’ 11.5” (16.75m).

2020 Indoor: Recorded personal bests in both the shot put and weight throw to close the season at the Big 12 Indoor Championships... Placed ninth in the shot put at Big 12 Indoors with a career-best throw of 48-2 (14.68m)... Finished 10th in the weight throw at Big 12s with a personal-best mark of 55-0.75 (16.78m)... Took fourth in the shot put in her collegiate debut at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational in Iowa with a throw of 46-7.25 (14.20m)... Placed eighth in the weight throw at Iowa with a mark of 47-7 (14.50m)... Recorded a shot put of 46-6.75 (14.19m) to place fifth at the Texas A&M Invitational... Took ninth in the weight throw at Texas A&M with a mark of 41-1.75 (12.54m)... Won her first collegiate event at the Texas Tech Invitational & Multis with a shot put of 48-2 (14.68m)... Runner-up in the weight throw at Texas Tech with a mark of 53-4.25 (16.26m)... Placed 11th in the shot put at the Iowa State Classic with a throw of 42-0.5 (12.81m)... Finished 17th in the weight throw at Iowa State with a mark of 48-10 (14.88m).

High School: One of the top throwers in the country coming out of high school... Lettered all four years in track & field, basketball, and volleyball... Four-time Missouri state discus champion (2016-19)... Won the 2018 Missouri state championship in the shot put... Class 3A state record holder in the discus... Great Southwest Champion in the discus... AAU national champion and six-time All-American... USATF Junior Olympic Games Champion and four-time All-American... Team placed fourth at state in 2016 and 2018... Holds personal bests of 47-3.75 in the shot put and 159-10 in the discus.... Ranked No. 2 (discus) and No. 3 (shot put) in the nation by Mile Split... McDonald's All-American Nominee in basketball... 2019 all-state selection in basketball 2019... Basketball team finished as the state runner-up... Four-time all-district selection in volleyball)... Maintained a 4.1 accumulative GPA... Member of the Honors Roll four years straight... Graduated with an associates degree.

Personal: Daughter of Steven and Sharon Deshazer... Has three siblings - Steven, Jason, and Tiarrah... majoring in biology.

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