Nyki Caldwell

Class:
Senior
High School:
Dexter
Hometown:
Dexter, Mich.

Career Results
Honors and Awards
2015 ACC Indoor High Jump Champion
2015 All-ACC Indoor First Team - High Jump (1st place)
Outdoor Personal Bests
High Jump - 1.78m (5' 10") - 2014 Wake Forest Open Indoor Personal Bests
High Jump - 1.79m (5' 10.5") - 2012-13 Virginia Tech Final Qualifier
2014 Outdoor
Competed in nine total meets in the high jump event during her junior season ... Notched her season-best mark of 1.78m, good enough for a first place finish at the Wake Forest Open early in the season ... Earned second place finishes at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting and the Joe Hilton Outdoor Invitational ... Finished eighth at the ACC Championships ... Competed in the NCAA East Preliminary Round. 2013-14 Indoor
Had six top-five finishes while competing in nine meets during her junior indoor season ... Got her season-best mark in the high jump clearing a height of 1.78m at the Wake Forest Invitational ... Took first place at the Hilton Garden Innvitational ... Also took top-five finishes at the JDL College Kick-off Classic, Hokie Invitational, UCS Invitational and the Virginia Tech Challenge. 2013 Outdoor
Competed at the NCAA East Regional, recording a jump of 1.77m which tied her mark from the Auburn Tiger Invitational in which she placed third overall ... Took seventh at the ACC Championships while placing first at the HPU VertKlasse Meeting and the Liberty Twilight ... Also took third in three other meets during the outdoor season.
2012-13 Indoor
Set the indoor school record with a jump of 1.79m at the Virginia Tech Qualifier, finishing second overall ... Earned All-ACC honors at the ACC Indoor Championships with a jump of 1.78m, taking second in the conference meet ... Finished first at the Virginia Tech Challenge and third overall at the Wake Forest Invitational. 2012 Outdoor
Currently ranks second on the all-time Wake Forest charts in the high jump with an outdoor personal-best mark of 5-7.25 (1.71 meters) ... Cleared a height of 5-5 three times during the season, including at the ACC Championship en route to an 11th-place finish ... Also placed second at the WSSU Invitational and tied for fourth at the Tiger Track Classic with her 5-5 mark ... Finished eighth in the high jump at the Wake Forest Open with a jump of 5-4.25. 2011-12 Indoor
Turned in a season-best jump of 5-6 at the Hokie Invitational en route to a seventh-place finish overall ... Finished 13th at the ACC Championship after jumping a height of 5-5 ... Cleared a height of 5-5 at both the Va. Tech Elite (tied for 10th) and the Liberty Kickoff (fifth place) ... Finished first overall in the event at the UNC Invitational with a jump of 5-5. High School
Earned four varsity letters in track and field and two varsity letters in basketball at Dexter High ... A two-time state champion in the high jump at the Michigan Indoor Track Series Championships in 2010 and 2011 ... Also a two-time high jump state champion at the Michigan Outdoor Track Series Championships in 2010 and 2011 ... Recorded two top-five finishes in the high jump at the New Balance National Championships in Greensboro, including third place in 2010 and fourth place in 2011 ... Placed 11th in the high jump at the Nike Indoor National Championships held in Boston during the 2010 season ... Finished first overall in the High Jump Intermediate division at the 2009 USATF Youth Outdoor Championships ... Played basketball all four years of high school ... Placed first in the high jump at all Michigan High School Athletic Association meets ... Undefeated in the high jump during the 2011 outdoor season ... Regional MHSAA Division I High Jump champion from 2009-11 ... Set a regional and field record by clearing a height of 5-9 at the Regional meet ... Set the Dexter High School high jump record as a freshman in 2008 and broke the record three additional times ... Track and Field team co-captain in 2010 and 2011 ... Track and Field Team Co-MVP from 2009-11 ... An All-State and All-Conference performer all four years of high school ... An All-Area selection in 2008, 2010, and 2011 ... Named an Academic All-State Scholar Athlete from 2008-11 ... Received the Southeastern Conference Sportsmanship Award in 2010 and 2011 ... Named an All-American Youth Athlete at the New Balance National Championships in 2010 and 2011 ... 2011 Dexter High School Athlete of the Year ... 2011 Dexter High School Basketball Most Improved Award ... Received the 2008 Dexter High Up and Coming Award ... A member of the Honor Roll with Highest Honors during all terms at Dexter ... A member of the National Honor Society ... A first-chair viola player in the Concert Orchestra. Personal
Full name is Nyki Hannah Caldwell ... Daughter of Jerry Caldwell and Oveta Fuller ... Born on November 4, 1993, in Michigan ... Has an older brother, Brian (age 25), and a twin sister, Maya (age 17) ... Majoring in Health and Exercise Science ... Former teammates now running collegiately include Becca Pilkerton (Minnesota), Steve Ferguson (Grand Valley State), Ben Carruthers (Michigan State), Kristen Yarrows (Wisconsin), and Bobby Aprill (Michigan).