DeAnna Price

Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Troy Buchanan
Hometown:
Moscow Mills, Mo.

TFRRS Bio

2015-16
2016 U.S. Olympian, Hammer Throw
Third-place, U.S. Olympic Trials
U.S. Collegiate Record Holder, Hammer Throw
Farthest all-conditions throw in collegiate history with throw of 239'-09" (73.09m)
NCAA Champion, Hammer Throw (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, Hammer Throw (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, Shot Put (Outdoor)
MVC Most Outstanding Field Athlete
6-time MVC Field Athlete of the Week
Bowerman Award Semifinalist
Price won 11-straight event titles, a streak that began with her being crowned NCAA Champion for the first time and ending with her second-straight national title...One of 10 Bowerman Award Semifinalists, given to the nation's top track & field athlete...fifth woman in NCAA history to win back-to-back hammer throw championships and the first since 2007..19 throws of 230 feet or further, the most in a single-season in NCAA history...Joins Gwen Berry in being the first U.S. Olympians since Connie Price-Smith in 2000...Set the American Collegiate record at the Southern Clash meet (April 29) with a heave of 238'-5" (72.66 meters)...Owns the farthest all-conditions throw in collegiate history with her fifth round throw of 239'-09" (73.09m) and is the first collegian to have hit a throw over 73m.

2014-15
NCAA Champion, Hammer Throw (Outdoor)
All-American, Weight Throw (Indoor)
MVC Champion, Weight Throw (Indoor)
MVC Champion, Hammer Throw (Outdoor)
All-MVC, Hammer Throw, Discus (Outdoor)
All-MVC, Weight Throw (Indoor)
Finished second in the hammer throw at the USATF Championships
Finished fourth in the hammer throw at the Pan Am Games
Qualified for the IAAF World Championships
Outdoor Regional Quaifier, Discus, Hammer Throw
Two-time MVC Field Athlete of the Week
MVC Honor Roll

Threw 21.06m to win the weight throw at the MVC Indoor Championships...Finished third, earning All-American honors, in the weight with a personal-best mark of 22.04m at the NCAA Indoor Championships...Tallied four wins in the weight throw, winning at the Fred Wilt Invitational, SIU Invitational, and Vanderbilt Invitational in addition to the MVC Indoor Championships...Finished top-3 in the weight throw in all seven indoor meets she competed in...Threw the shot put in six indoor meets, finishing as high as second at the SIU Invitational...Outdoors: qualified for the IAAF World Championships in the hammer throw, finishing 10^th in her qualification group and 18^th overall with a throw of 68.69m...Finished fourth in the hammer throw at the 2015 Pan American Games...Third-best individual hammer thrower in NCAA history, throwing 72.30m at the USA Championships and finishing second...Won the NCAA Championship in the hammer throw with a meet record throw of 71.49m, a 14-foot victory over the runner-up...Won three event titles in the hammer, and one in the discus...Finished first in the hammer throw, third in the discus and fourth in the shot put at the MVC Outdoor Championships, earning All-MVC laurels in both discus and hammer...Set a new personal-best in the discus at the MVC Outdoor Championships, throwing 53.46m...Finished in the top-3 in the hammer throw seven times in eight outdoor meets..Set a PR in the shot put with a throw of 16.30m at the Mt. SAC Relays.

2013-14
Fourth All-Time at SIU for Shot Put
Seventh All-Time at SIU for Weight Throw
Two-time MVC Field Athlete of the Week
Ranks fourth all-time at SIU for shot put...Ranks seventh all-time at SIU for weight throw...Two-time MVC Field Athlete of the Week (Dec. 18 & Jan. 22)... Held SIU's highest shot put mark of the season and a personal best with a 16.29 throw at the Saluki Open...Finished the indoor season with two first-place weight throw finishes and two first-place shot put finishes...Placed fifth of 19 with a 19.25m weight throw at the MVC Indoor Championships...Competed in two events (weight throw and shot put) in six indoor meets...MVC Academic Honor Roll.

2012-13
All-American, Hammer Throw
Hammer Throw PR ranked 18th-best in US for 2013
Tenth All-Time at SIU for Weight Throw - 20.23m
First Saluki female to win any variation of an All-American honor during her first two seasons and one of four Salukis to ever accomplish that feat along with Saluki Hall of Famers Bill Cornell (1962-65), Oscar Moore (1966-67, 69) and two-time World Championships silver medalist Michael Franks...NCAA Regional Qualifier in the hammer, where she finished fifth...Participated in the USATF Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw...MVC runner-up in the hammer throw...Also scored in the weight throw (fifth place) and shot put (sixth place) at the MVC Indoor Championships...NCAA hammer throw qualifying mark of 65.04m ranks as the fourth best throw in school history...Also posted personal bests in the indoor shot put (14.89m) and outdoor shot put (15.02m)...Won the weight throw title at the Illini Classic...Did not finish worse than fifth in the weight throw all season...Won the hammer throw at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic...Never finished worse than third in the hammer throw all season, excluding NCAA West Regional and NCAA Championships, where she finished fifth and eighth, respectively.

2011-12
Second-team All-American, Hammer Throw (Outdoor)
Tenth place at NCAA Championships, Hammer Throw
NCAA Regional and National Qualifier for the outdoor season...Participated in five events in 17 meets combined in indoor and outdoor seasons...Notched seven top-three finishes, including a win in the weight throw at the Iowa State Classic during the indoor season...Participated in Junior World Championships in Barcelona.

High School
Four time all-conference and all-academic selection...Two time all-region selection...Senior year placed second in discus throw at state meet...Placed fifth in state meet in shot put...In 2010 broke two school records in discus and shot put...All-state first team softball selection.

Personal
Full name is Deanna Marie Price...Born June 8, 1993 in St. Charles, Missouri...Daughter of Daniel and Ann Price...Has two brothers...Majoring in accounting.