MollyLeppelmeier

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6995389/Kentucky/Molly_Leppelmeier.html 

Academic Accolades 

• CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-America – 2021
• Academic All-District Team – 2021
• SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll – 2020, 2021

• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2019

2021-22 (Graduate) 

Outdoor

• Broke the hammer throw record for the second time this season at the Joe May Invitational (213’0”/64.92m)
• Broke her own hammer throw school record at the Florida Relays as the third collegiate finisher in the event (212’7”64.79m)

Indoor

• Threw for a season best in the shot put at SEC Championships (52’10.25”/16.11m)
• Earned a personal best in the weight throw (69’11”/21.31m) with a second-place finish at the McCravy meet
• Won the shot put (52’2.5”/15.91m) at the Virginia Tech Challenge
• Won the shot put (49’7.28”/15.12m) at the Cardinal Classic
• Won both the shot put (50’2.5”/15.30m) and weight throw (66’8.5”/20.33m) at the Jim Green Invitational

• Finished third in the shot put at the Vanderbilt Invitational (51’3.50″/15.63m) and fifth in the weight throw (65’11.50″/20.10m)

2020-21 (Senior) 
Indoor

• Scored points at the SEC Championships, finishing sixth in the shot put and seventh in the weight throw
• Won the shot put at the Wooo Pig Classic, 50’5.25”/15.37m
• Turned in a personal-best weight throw of 67’10.75”/20.69m at the South Carolina Invitational, a toss that rates No. 3 in school history

Outdoor

• Placed 18th in the hammer throw at NCAA Championships, tying her own school record with an honorable mention All-America distance of 212’0″/64.62m

• Reached the NCAA Championships in the hammer throw, nearly breaking her own school record with a toss of 211’6”/64.46m in the East Preliminaries
• Scored points at the SEC Championships with eighth-place finishes in the discus and hammer throws
• School-record 212’0”/64.62m in the hammer throw at the Florida Relays, placing second at the event
• Won the hammer at the Weems Baskin Relays

2019-20 (Junior) 

• Named to 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
• Named to 2020 SEC Community Service Team
• Placed 7th in weight throw at SEC Indoors
• Placed 5th in shot put at SEC Indoors

2018-19 (Sophomore) 
Indoor

• Placed eighth scoring a point at her first SEC Championships in the weight throw
• Just missed scoring in the SEC shot put, placing ninth
• Shot put season best 51’9.75″/15.79m at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational to place fifth. The mark moved her to No. 8 on the UK all-time list
• Weight throw season best 64’5.75″/19.65m ranks No. 4 on the UK all-time list

2017-18 at Purdue 
Outdoor

• B1G scorer, placing eighth in the discus with a PB 171’9”/52.36m
• NCAA East Prelims qualifier in the discus

Indoor

• Competed at eight meets
• 23rd in the B1G weight throw

• Shot put PB 50’8.25”/15.45m came in third-place performance at Iowa State Classic
• Runner up in the weight throw at the Fred Wilt Invite with a PB 57’6.5”/17.54m

High School 

• Gatorade Athlete of the Year in Ohio
• Attended McComb High School in McComb, Ohio

• Shot put state champion her junior year
• Sixth place finisher in New Balance Nationals discus her junior year
• Finished third place in shot put at state meet as a freshman
• First team conference for volleyball her senior year
• Shot put and discus state champion her senior year

• Third place finisher in the New Balance National shot put (indoor and outdoor), discus, and hammer as a senior
• Third place finisher at USATF Junior National Championship in hammer
• Career best in hammer was 184’11.5” in the year 2017
• Career best in discus is 171’5” in the year 2017
• Career best in shot put is 50’10.25” in the year 2017

• Coached by Jennifer Beckman and Jay Leppelmeier

Personal 

• Full Name: Mallory Nicole Leppelmeier
• Birthday: August 11

• Hometown: McComb, Ohio
• Parents: Jay and Linda Leppelmeier
• Siblings: Older sisters Jackie and Becca
• Major: Computer Science

• Hobbies: Hiking, kayaking and playing board games

• Fun fact: Went on a service trip to Ethiopia her sophomore year of college

• Notes: Sisters both graduated from Kent State and were throwers on the track team