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2019-20 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

Yemisi Oroyinyin

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Height
  • Hometown Las Cruces, N.M.
  • High School Onate
  • Position President

Biography

Indoor Track and Field

Senior (2021):
Season canceled due to COVID-19

Senior (2020): Competed in five meets… Broke the program record for the weight throw at the Don Kirby Elite when she posted a mark of 20.16m (66-1.75)… Finished fifth in the shot put the WAC Championships when she threw 14.17m (46-6)… Posted a mark of 18.42m (60-5.25) earning second place in the weight throw at the WAC Championships…

Junior (2019): Competed in five meets… Threw 13.78m (45-2.5) to place second at the WAC Indoor Championship to place second in the shot put Placed fifth in the weight throw when she threw a personal record 15.45 (50-8.25)… Posted a season best mark of 14.42m (47-3.75) in the shot put at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational

Sophomore (2017): Competed in five meets… At the New Mexico Don Kirby Invitational, she set a new personal record in the weight throw when she threw 15.42m (50-7.25)… Threw 12.57 (41-3) in the shot put at the WAC Indoor Championship

Freshman (2016): Competed in five meets... At the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational, posted a mark of 13.04 (42-9.5) in the weight throw... Placed eighth in the shot put when she threw 12.72m (40-3.25) at the WAC Indoor Championship..

Outdoor Track and Field

Senior (2021): Earned one more year of eligibility due to COVID-19...Finished off her career as the school record holder in the shot put which she set at the NCAA West Preliminary with a mark of 15.93m...Won three shot put titles and one hammer throw title during the season...Took home the shot put title at the WAC Championships...Posted a personal best in the hammer throw with a mark of 57.05m at the Jo Meaker Classic...Took home the hammer throw title at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational...Named the WAC Field Athlete of the Week on Apr. 13.

Senior (2020): Season canceled due to COVID-19.

Senior (2019): Competed at eight meets… Threw a personal best in the hammer throw at the Desert Heat classic when she posted a mark of 54.62m (179-2)… Placed second in the hammer throw at the WAC Championships when she recorded a mark of 54.25m (178-0)… Finished fourth in the shot put when she threw 14.19m (46-6.75)… Recorded a season-best mark of 14.23m (46-8.25) in the shot put at the UTEP Springtime…

Junior (2018): Competed in six meets… Won the WAC outdoor title at in the shot put when she threw a personal record 14.97m (49-1.5) in the event… Placed eighth in the discus when she posted a mark of 40.86m (134-1)… Threw a personal best 47.22m (154-11) in the hammer throw at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational to place second in the event…

Sophomore (2017): Competed in two meets… In the shot put, she posted a mark of 13.54m (44-5.25) at the Willie Williams Classic… At the UTEP Springtime, threw a season best in the discus when she threw 35.36m (111-0)

Freshman (2016):  Competed in seven meets... Placed 10th in the discus (41.91m; 137-6) and sixth in the shot put (13.67m; 44-10.25) at the WAC Outdoor Championship

Prior to NM State: Won a state championship in the shot put and discus in 2015... 

Personal: Daughter of Waheed and Daphine Oroyinyin... Has two siblings Olawatoyin and Biyisola...