Bonnie Draxler Season 2018-19

Honors & Awards
· USTFCCCA West Region Field Athlete of the Year (2019)
· USTFCCCA Outdoor First Team All-American (2019 Pole Vault)
· USTFCCCA Indoor First Team All-American (2019 Pole Vault)
· USTFCCCA Indoor Second Team All-American (2018 Pole Vault)
· USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American Honorable Mention (2017 Pole Vault)
· USTFCCCA Bowerman Indoor Midseason Watch List (2019)
· Mountain West Indoor Field Athlete of the Year (2019)
· Mountain West Indoor Champion (2015 Pole Vault; 2016 Pole Vault; 2018 Pole Vault; 2019 Pole Vault)
· Mountain West Outdoor Champion (2017 Pole Vault; 2019 Pole Vault)
· All-MW Indoor Track and Field Team (2015 Pole Vault; 2016 Pole Vault; 2018 Pole Vault; 2019 Pole Vault)
· All-MW Outdoor Track and Field Team (2015 Pole Vault; 2016 Pole Vault; 2017 Pole Vault; 2019 Pole Vault, 4x100m Relay)
· MW Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week (3/29/16; 5/3/16; 4/2/19)
· MW Indoor Field Athlete of the Week (1/20/15; 1/19/16; 1/16/18; 2/5/19)
· 2014 IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships Participant (Pole Vault)
· Two-time USA Junior Track and Field Championships Participant (2013-14 Pole Vault)

School & Mountain West Records:
Pole Vault (Indoor): 14-11.50 (Mar. 9, 2019 at NCAA Championships - Birmingham, Ala.)
Pole Vault (Outdoor): 14-09.50 (March 30, 2019 at Jim Bush Legends Invitational - Los Angeles, Calif.)

SDSU Class Records:
Freshman Pole Vault (Indoor): 13-08.50
Sophomore Pole Vault (Indoor): 13-09.25
Senior Pole Vault (Indoor): 14-11.50
Freshman Pole Vault (Outdoor): 13-09.25
Junior Pole Vault (Outdoor): 14-03.25
Senior Pole Vault (Outdoor): 14-09.50

Collegiate Bests
Pole Vault (Indoor): 14-11.50 (Mar. 9, 2019 at NCAA Championships - Birmingham, Ala.)
Pole Vault (Outdoor): 14-09.50 (March 30, 2019 at Jim Bush Legends Invitational - Los Angeles, Calif.)
60 Meters (Indoor): 7.41 (February 22, 2019 at MW Championships - Albuquerque, N.M.)
100 Meters (Outdoor): 12.11 (April 23, 2016 at Triton Invitational - San Diego, Calif.)

NCAA Championships
2019 (Outdoor): 2nd (14-09.50 - Pole Vault)
2019 (Indoor): 2nd (14-11.50 - Pole Vault)
2018 (Indoor): 16th (13-5.75 - Pole Vault)
2017 (Outdoor): 21st (NH - Pole Vault)

NCAA West Preliminary Rounds (Outdoor)
2019: T-8th (14-02.00 - Pole Vault)
2017: 6th (14-01.25 - Pole Vault)
2016: T-23rd (13-00.25 (w) - Pole Vault)
2015: -- (Competed - Pole Vault)

Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Championships
2019: 1st (13-07.00 - Pole Vault) | 3rd (45.25 - 4x100m Relay)
2017: 1st (13-11.25 - Pole Vault)
2016: 3rd (13-02.50 - Pole Vault)
2015: 2nd (13-03.75 - Pole Vault)

Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships
2019: 1st (14-02.50 - Pole Vault) | 8th (7.60 - 60m Dash)
2018: 1st (14-01.75 - Pole Vault)
2016: 1st (13-09.25 - Pole Vault)
2015: 1st (13-08.50 - Pole Vault) | 6th (3:47.07 - 4x400m Relay) | 9th (12:14.49 - Distance Medley Relay)
 
IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships
2014: 11th (13-05.25 - Pole Vault)

USA Junior Track and Field Championships
2014: 2nd (13-11.25 - Pole Vault)
2013: 2nd (13-03.50 - Pole Vault)

2018-19
Outdoor Track and Field: Earned the silver medal at the NCAA Outdoor Championships after tying her personal best vault of 14-09.50 (a SDSU school record)… Named a USTFCCCA First-Team All-American… Won her second career gold at the MW Outdoor Championships and sixth overall… Took first place in four of her five regular season meets… Cleared 14-02.00 in all but one competition… Set a new school record (which she later tied) at the Jim Bush Legends Invitational at UCLA (Mar. 30) after clearing 14-09.50, this earned her MW Field Athlete of the Week honors… Beat the previous school record set by Stephanie James in 2008 by six inches… Ran the 4x100m relay at the MW Championships, helping the Aztecs finish third (45.25).

Indoor Track and Field: Was runner-up at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a personal best vault of 14-11.50, a new SDSU record… A USTFCCCA First-Team All-American selection… Named the USTFCCCA West Region Field Athlete of the Year… Honored as the Mountain West Field Athlete of the Year… Was named to the Bowerman Midseason Watch List… Won her fourth career Mountain West Indoor Championship, becoming the first pole vaulter (male of female) to accomplish this feat… Cleared at least 14-02.50 in all of her meets and was the top collegiate finisher in every meet except for the NCAA Championships where she finished second… Also ran the 60m dash in three meets… Finished the 60m in 7.41 seconds in the prelims at the MW Championships, the seventh best time in school history… Finished eighth in the 60m with a time of 7.60… Named MW Field Athlete of the Week Feb. 5.

2017-18
Outdoor Track and Field: Did not compete in the outdoor season.

Indoor Track and Field: Set the school record for the indoor pole vault (14-01.75) while winning her third Mountain West Indoor Championship… Qualified for the NCAA Championships, where she took 16^th (13-05.75)… Cleared 14-01.25 at the Don Kirby Invite, good for second place… Also had top two finishes at the UW Preview (2^nd; 13-09.75) and at the New Mexico Team Invite (1^st; 13-04.25).

2016-17
Outdoor Track and Field: Won gold in six of the 10 pole vault events she competed in, including the MW Championships (13-11.25) ... Competed in the NCAA West Prelims in May and placed sixth (14-01.25) ... Competed in the NCAA Championships in June, but recorded no height ... Earned an honorable mention from the USTFCCCA at the NCAA Championships ... Also earned bronze at the Aztec Invitational (13-04.50) and placed fourth at the Beach Invitational for the second-best height in school history (14-03.25) ... Landed a spot on the all-MW team at the end of the season.

Indoor Track and Field: Did not compete during the indoor season.

2015-16
Outdoor Track and Field: Tied for 23rd with a 13-foot, 0.25-inch mark at the NCAA Championships ... Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds after ranking No. 8 in the region (14-00.75 (4.29m) ... Finished third at the MW Championships with a 13-02.50 (4.03m) height ... Two-time MW Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week ... Second weekly conference award came on May 3 after winning the pole vault at the Payton Jordan Invitational, beating out 17 other entrants with a mark of 14 feet, ¾ inches (4.29m) ... Set a collegiate PR twice on the day, first clearing 13-10.00 (4.22m) and finally 14-00.75 (4.29m) .. The 14-00.75 is the third-best mark by an Aztec all-time ... Win at the Payton Jordan Invitational was her fourth of four straight wins, also earning the top spot at the California Collegiate Invitational (13-01.50), Bryan Clay Invitational (13-03.50) and Triton Invitational (13-07.25) ... First weekly conference honor came following her third-place finish at the Aztec Invitational (13-08.50) and top spot by a collegian in the invitational pole vault ... Opened the season by winning the pole vault at the San Diego Collegiate Championships (12-06.25), where she also placed third in her only long jump appearance of the season (17-04.75), and taking second at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Meet (12-09.00) ... Finished 18th in her only 100 meters showing of the year at the Triton Invitational (12.11). 

Indoor Track and Field: Won the indoor pole vault for the second straight year with a mark of 13 feet, 9 ¼ inches (4.20m) ... The 13-09.25 mark is the sixth-best mark in indoor school history ... MW Indoor Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 19 after coming in second in the UCS Spirit Pole Vault Summit College I flight when she cleared 13 feet, 3 ½ inches (4.05 meters), which tied for the best mark on the day ... Also finished fourth at the Don Kirby Elite with a 13-08.25 mark and fifth at the UW Invitational (13-00.25).

2014-15
Outdoor Track and Field: Continued her success in the outdoor pole vault by finishing within the top 5 and winning two of those in the eight meets she competed in throughout the season... cleared her season-best height of 13-09.25 at the Mt. SAC Relays `A' on April 17, tying for fifth all-time at SDSU and qualifying her for the MW Championships (May 15) where she claimed second after clearing 13-03.75... traveled to NCAA West Prelims with two other pole vaulters but did not advance.

Indoor Track and Field: Made her debut as a true freshman for the Aztecs during the NAU Friday Night Duals on Jan. 16, ended the night victorious in the pole vault after a 13-08.25 mark... competed twice more in the pole vault at the Armory Track Invite (Jan. 30) and Don Kirby Elite (Feb. 14) placing sixth and tying for third, respectively, in each... was a part of the 4x400-meter relay team at the Armory Track Invite, finishing 11th at a time of 3 minutes, 48.46 seconds... not only qualified for the MW Championships (Feb. 27-28), but achieved several school-best marks by winning the pole vault (No. 6, 13-08.50), finishing sixth in the 4x400-meter relay (No. 7, 3:47.07) and ninth in the distance medley relay (No. 4, 12:14.49).

High School
Lettered all four years on the track and field team at Wrightstown High School in Wrightstown, Wisc. ... competed in the pole vault and sprinting events ... was a competitor at the 2014 IAAF World Junior championships in the pole vault after taking second in the USATF Junior Championships ... was the 2014 Wisconsin Track & Field Association State Indoor Championships Girl Athlete of the Meet ... competing indoor, Draxler boasted a 7.21 time in the 55 and cleared 13-01.00 in the pole vault at the 2014 Wisconsin state championships ... in outdoor events, she ran a 12.11 into a headwind in the 100 at the state prelims, a 12.05 at sectionals and 56.16 in the 400 at the 2014 state championships ... placed second in the pole vault after clearing 13-11.75 at the USA Junior Outdoor championships in Eugene, Ore. ... was a four-time state outdoor pole vault champion, a four-time 400 winner and a two-time 100 champion ... led the Tigers to a Wisconsin state team championship ... also competed for the AP Vaulters, Get Vertical Pole Vault Club and House of Speed ... also was a level 10 gymnast and a two-time All-American in the sport.

Personal
Bonnie Draxler was born in Appleton, Wisc. ... daughter of Rob and Sue Draxler ... served as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee president for the 2018-19 school year ... also recruited by Virginia Tech, South Florida, Tennessee, Minnesota, Eastern Illinois, Nebraska, Illinois State, Penn State, Brigham Young, Memphis, Cincinnati, New Mexico, Arizona, Air Force, Kansas State, Missouri, Marquette, Kentucky, Miami, Duke, Arkansas, Dartmouth, Arizona State, Columbia, Baylor, LSU, Villanova, Brown, Harvard, and Norte Dame ...majoring in business.