PERSONAL BESTS || INDOOR: Pole vault – 13-5.25 (New Balance Collegiate Invitational, 2/3/12); OUTDOOR: Pole vault – 13-4.25 (NCAA West Preliminary, 5/25/12)

FIRST LOOK: 2012 NCAA West Preliminary qualifier (pole vault)…SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll…USTFCCCA All-Academic Honor Roll

2012 || INDOOR: Nowell opened the year with third- and fifth-place finishes in the pole vault at the Arkansas Invitational and Kentucky Invitational, respectively. On her way to a fifth-place result at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational in New York, she had a personal-best clearance of 13-5.25. The next weekend, she vaulted 13-2.25 for an eighth-place finish in the championship section of the event at the Tyson Invitational. OUTDOOR: In her first meet of the outdoor campaign, Nowell finished in second place in the pole vault at the UTEP Invitational. She had a final clearance of 13-0.25. She had a fifth-place showing at the John McDonnell Invitational with a clearance of 13-3.5. She added a point to the team total at the SEC Championships with an eighth-place finish and 13-0.25 clearance in the pole vault. Nowell capped her season with a personal-best mark of 13-4.25 at the NCAA West Preliminary. For her work in the classroom, Nowell earned a spot on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2011 || INDOOR: Nowell made her collegiate debut at the Arkansas Invitational with a clearance of 11-5.75 and a sixth-place finish. The following weekend, she won the unseeded flight of the pole vault at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a clearance of 12-5.5. Nowell notched a personal best in the pole vault with a mark of 12-7.25, good for eighth place at the Razorback Invitational. At the Tyson Invitational, she cleared 12-3.5 to finish in fifth place. OUTDOOR: Nowell opened the outdoor season with an eighth-place finish (12-1.5) at the Razorback Spring Invitational. She finished in 10th place (12-5.5) at the Penn Relays. At the Arkansas Twilight, she posted a personal-best clearance of 12-9.5 to finish in fourth place. Following the collegiate season, Nowell finished in 12th place at the USA Junior Championships with a clearance of 12-5.5.

AT PLAINVIEW HS: Nowell holds a personal best of 13-1 in the pole vault. She won two Oklahoma State titles, earned two all-state honors and broke the state meet pole vault record. She holds the Plainview High School, the Oklahoma state and state meet record in the pole vault (13-1) and placed third at the 2010 Texas Relays. She was named the 2009-10 Gatorade Athlete of the Year for Oklahoma women's track and field, ranked No. 8 nationally and No. 1 in Oklahoma in the pole vault. Nowell also qualified for the Junior Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa.

PERSONAL: Born March 25, 1992, she is the daughter of Mark and Missy Nowell. She plans to major in biology/pre-med.