CARISSA HUGHES
SO • Pole Vault • Wellsville, Kan.

Enters her second season in the Pitt State program... a talented pole vaulter who figures to contend for All-MIAA honors for the Gorillas this spring... narrowly missed earning All-MIAA honors as a freshman in 2007 placing seventh at the MIAA Indoors and tied for seventh at the MIAA Outdoors... In High School: The Kansas Class 3A state champion in the pole vault as a senior in 2006 and the 3A state runner-up as a junior in 2005 at Wellsville High... Personal: Born March 22, 1988... daughter of Darrel Hughes and Wanda Hughes... has a 3.480 GPA as a psychology major.