ISENBARGER NAMED HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICAN AT NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
EUGENE, Ore. – The WKU Track and Field season has come to a close at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Katie Isenbarger competed for the Red and White in the women’s high jump final Saturday afternoon.
On today’s finish head coach Brent Chumbley said “Just a little inconsistent today and couldn’t hit the big jump at the right time. Katie had a great year and we still have one more meet at the trials to cap off her stellar career.”
The decorated senior cleared 1.77 meters in her final meet as a Hilltopper, taking 21st place, good for All-American Honorable Mention honors.. Isenbarger is the first Hilltopper to ever compete in the women’s high jump at the outdoor championships. She is also the first woman to represent WKU at the outdoor championships since Annastacia Forrester in 2019.
In her final season for WKU, Isenbarger claimed a first place finish on six occasions, etching her name in the record books, holding the program record of 1.88 meters set on April 27 at the Music City Challenge.
Throughout her track and field career, Isenbarger took home three Conference USA titles (2019 outdoor, 2023 indoor, 2023 outdoor) and was a member of the 2024 women’s high jump group that was ranked as high as second in the nation, according to USTFCCCA.
The native of Zionsville, Ind. came to The Hill in the fall of 2018 and quickly became one of the most renowned female athletes the university has ever seen. The two sport athlete is one of a select group of Hilltoppers to earn the ranking of All-American (first team) following her finish at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. In addition, Isenbarger was named second team All-American at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships, won two outdoor conference titles, one indoor conference title, four regular season volleyball conference championships, and three volleyball tournament conference championships.
Some of her other accolades include six CUSA Field Athlete of the Week honors and three CUSA Track and Field All-Academic team honors.
Isenbarger will rep WKU Red and White one final time as she competes in the U.S. Olympic Trials Saturday, June 22.
