Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... All-American indoor in 2008. ... All-GNAC outdoor and indoor in 2008. All-GNAC indoor and outdoor in 2010. All-GNAC outdoor in 2011. ... USTFCCCA All-Region in indoor and outdoor pole vault in 2011.
 
Senior (2011): INDOOR – Qualified for NCAA Division II Championships in pole vault, but did not place. ... 4th in pole vault at GNAC Championships. ... Clinched her trip to NCAAs with a season-best mark of 12-2 3/4 / 3.73m at SPU Last Chance meet on Feb. 27. OUTDOOR – Placed 12th in NCAA pole vault (12-0 1/2 / 3.67m) ... Tied for 3rd in GNAC pole vault (11-5 3/4 / 3.50m). ... Won pole vault at Western Washington Not-So-Twilite on April 23 (12-0 1/2 / 3.70m). Tied for pole vault title at Ken Foreman-Ken Shannon Invitational on May 7 (12-6 3/4 / 3.83m), breaking her own school and GNAC records of 12-5 1/2 / 3.80m, which she set as a junior in 2010. Her PR came just one week after she cleared just 11-3 at the Saint Martin's Invitational on April 30.

Junior (2010): INDOOR – Won GNAC pole vault title (12-0 / 3.66m). That was her second conference pole vault crown, added the one she took as a freshman in 2008. ... Ran on 4th-place 4x400 relay team at GNACs. ... NCAA Division II provisional qualifier in pole vault. ... Won pole vault at SPU Last Chance meet. OUTDOOR – Placed 11th in pole vault at NCAA Championships, clearing 11-10 3/4 / 3.63m. ... Won second GNAC pole vault championship, this time clearing 11-9 3/4 / 3.60m. ... Won pole vault at Mt. SAC Relays, going 12-5 1/2 / 3.80m on April 16.

Sophomore (2009): OUTDOOR – NCAA provisional qualifier in pole vault, twice clearing 12 feet, 1½inches, high enough to tie for 10^th at the Stanford Invitational, and tie for second in the Open Division at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner Kersee Invitational. ... Won pole vault at JD Shotwell Invitational (11-9¾) and at Pacific Lutheran Invitational (11-10½). ... Tied for second at Sacramento State Hornet Invite (11-9¾). INDOOR – Took 2^nd place in the pole vault at 12-0 at GNAC meet, and ran on SPU’s third-place 4x400 relay team.

Freshman (2008): OUTDOOR – Won GNAC championship with a height of 11-9. ... Ran on SPU’s 5^th-place 4x100 relay at GNAC meet. INDOOR – Soared 12 feet, 9 inches to win the pole vault at GNACs, nearly a foot higher than the old record of 11-10 set in 2005 by SPU’s Allison Hedges, and six inches better than the previous conference record of 12-4 set in 2004 by Ally Studer of the Falcons. ... Ran on Seattle Pacific’s GNAC championship 4x400 relay team, which set a meet and conference record of 3 minutes, 57.36 seconds. Took 5^th place in the 200 at GNAC Championships.

Personal: Melissa Joy Peaslee. ... Born Nov. 12, 1988. ... Nutrition major, with emphasis on exercise science.

Fun facts: Started track after she quit ballet in sixth grade. Originally was an 800-meter runner and high jumper, but turned to pole vaulting and sprinting while at Gig Harbor High School. ... Won the Class 4A Washington state pole vault championship as a Gig Harbor senior in 2007. ... Enjoys playing pick-up games of beach volleyball or soccer. ... Books she just couldn’t put down were all four in the “Twilight” series. ... Favorite TV program is Hannah Montana, and her favorite psych-up music for a big meet is Miley Cyrus. ... Would like to become a physical therapist and a coach.