Kirsten Wicks

Position:
Throws
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wheaton, Ill.
High School:
Wheaton

PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Shot Put: 35-09.25/10.90m (2011)
Weight Throw: 47-09.75/14.57m (2012)
OUTDOOR
Shot Put: 34-06.25/10.52m (2011)
Javelin: 103-05/31.52m (2010)
Hammer Throw: 149-00/45.42m (2012)

HONORS
Academic All-Big 12 (2011)
Academic All-MPSF (2012)
Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2012)

2012: Indoor: Wicks threw both the shot put and weight throw in her final season. She had a season best throw in the shot put at the Air Force Team Challenge (1/28) with a mark of 33-08.75. Wicks improved from the last season in the weight throw. She started off with a toss of 46-11.50 at the Potts Invite (1/21), placing fourth overall. She saved the best for last though, throwing 47-09.75 at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships for 17^th place.

Outdoor: Wicks participated in the javelin and shot put during her final season of competition. She registered a personal best of 149-00 in the hammer throw at the Potts Invite (3/17), which placed ninth overall. Wicks also threw a season best in the javelin with a throw of 102-02 at the Jack Christiansen Invite (4/28), good for eighth-place.

2011: Indoor: Wicks stuck with the shot put and weight throws, recording personal records in both events. She started the season off with an eighth-place finish at the Potts Invite (1/22), recording a toss of 45-08.50 in the weight throw. Wicks also PR'd in the shot put at the Air Force Invite (2/12) with a throw of 35-09.25.

Outdoor: Wicks threw the shot put, javelin and hammer throws during the outdoor season. She had her best performances in all three events at the Potts Invite (3/18-19). Wicks had a season best of 95-02 in the javelin, which was sixth overall. She had a personal best throw of 34-06.25 in the shot put, placing seventh overall, and had a toss of 131-03 in the hammer throw which was ninth overall.

2010: Indoor: Wicks started her first track and field season by throwing the shot put and weight throw, She recorded her best shot put throw of the season (35-03.25) in her CU debut at the Potts Indoor Invite (1/23). Wicks added the weight throw to her repertoire after that meet. She earned her season best throw in the final meet of the season (Colorado School of Mines Twilight, 2/19) with a toss of 38-06.75.

Outdoor: Wicks competed in the shot put, javelin and weight throw during the outdoor campaign. Her top throw in the hammer throw (106-09) came at the Tom Benich Classic (4/3). The following week at the CU Invite (4/10), Wicks tossed the shot put a season-high 32-05.50. She earned her best throw of the season in the javelin at the Jack Christiansen Invite (4/24) with a throw of 103-05.

2007-08: Wicks was a member of the CU volleyball team and earned two letters for the Buffs.

HIGH SCHOOL: Wicks was a four-year letterwinner at Wheaton Warrenville South High School on the volleyball team. She helped her squad to a 63-11 record as a junior and senior (31-6 her final season). Wicks recorded 277 kills her senior season and hit .362 while adding 80 aces. As a junior, she tallied 280 kills and hit .365. Wicks set the school record in career kills with 1,036 and career aces with 182. She also became the 35th player in the Illinois High School Association to reach the 1,000-career kill mark. Wicks was a four-time all-conference selection and a four-time Daily Herald All-Area Team, twice on the first team and twice as an honorable mention selection.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Wicks earned a degree in marketing and management. She was a member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and recorded a GPA greater than 3.20. Wicks was named to the MPSF All-Academic team as well as the Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention team in 2012.

PERSONAL: Born Kirsten Nicole Wicks on Nov. 2, 1988 in Wheaton, Ill. Her parents are Doug, who played football at the University of Wisconsin, and Patti Wicks. She has two younger sisters, Jenna and Jordan. Wicks lists her hobbies as shopping and working out.