Career Summary

2023: NACC Scholar-Athlete...Competed in five indoor meets and four outdoor meets...Ran a 60-meter PR of 8.98 at the NACC Indoor Championships (February 24)...Best 400-meter time of 1:07.52 came at the University of Dubuque Good Friday Open (April 7)...Posted a PR of 13.84 in the 100-meter dash at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative (April 28)...Member of the third place 4x100 relay team at the NACC Outdoor Championships (May 5-6)...Closed season with a 28.25 PR in the 200-meter at the NACC Outdoor Championships.

High School: Played for Assumption under coach Jim Wendels... Team was regional champions, sectional champions, Mid-Western Wisconsin Conference champions and state qualifiers her senior and junior year... Earned the WIAA Sportsmanship Award and second team all-conference honors during her senior year, where she was also a team captain... Finished with 21 goals in her last two years with the program... Team finished as regional champions while she was an underclassmen... Played for the Wisconsin Rapids Kickers... Earned four letters as a basketball player... Team finished as regional champions in 2019 and conference champions in 2021 and 2022... Finished as state champions and as state runner-up in '21 and '22  respectively... Was second team all-conference and a team captain her senior year.

Personal: Daughter of David and Diane Kerkman... Majoring in business with a minor in creative writing... Part of the national honors society... Participated in student council all four years, including roles as class president and vice president... Volunteered with Day of Caring, Sacred Heart Church, and Salvation Army.

Why Edgewood University?: "I chose Edgewood University because it's a faith based university with small class sizes in a large and exciting city."