Abby Croft Class: Sophomore Hometown: Richfield, Wis. High School: Germantown Position: Pole Vault Experience: SO/FR

Personal Bests

Indoor
Pole Vault: 11 feet, 7 3/4 inches (3.55 meter) (No. 4 all-time at MU/Freshman Record)

2010-11:Finished second at both the UWM Developmental (Dec. 11) and the UW-Parkside Classic (Feb. 4), vaulting 3.40 (11 feet, 1 3/4 inches) and 3.35 meters (11 feet), respectively... Set her indoor personal-best height at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships, vaulting 3.55 meters (11 feet, 7 3/4 inches) to set the freshman record and place fourth all-time in program history ... Croft entered the meet ranked 22nd in the conference and finished in 11th ... Did not compete in the outdoor campaign ...BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

High School: Croft comes to Marquette from Germantown high school where she earned four varsity letters in track and field and three in gymnastics. She has broken the school record in the pole vault each year at Germantown, and was named the school's most valuable vaulter for the last three seasons. At the division I sectional at Homestead High School on May 27, Croft set her personal-best height of 11 feet, 3 inches, the fifth-best height recorded during 2010 in Wisconsin. Helped Germantown to the 2009 North Shore Conference Championship and set the conference's pole vault record as a senior in 2010.

Championships History

BIG EAST Indoor Championships
2011-
Pole Vault: 11th (11-7.75/3.55 meters)

2011: Finished second at both the UWM Developmental (Dec. 11) and the UW-Parkside Classic (Feb. 4), vaulting 3.40 (11 feet, 1 3/4 inches) and 3.35 meters (11 feet), respectively... Set her indoor personal-best height at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships, vaulting 3.55 meters (11 feet, 7 3/4 inches) to set the freshman record and place fourth all-time in program history ... Croft entered the meet ranked 22nd in the conference and finished in 11th ... Did not compete in the outdoor campaign.