Erin Zappia

Class:
Senior
Position:
High Jump
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Wheaton, Ill.
Prev School:
Wheaton-Warrenville South High School

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform

HJ - 5-8.75 (1.75m)

Big South Individual Titles (2)

2017 Indoor High Jump

2018 Outdoor High Jump

All-Big South Honors (5)

2016 Indoor High Jump - 2nd

2017 Indoor High Jump - 1st

2017 Outdoor High Jump - 2nd

2018 Indoor High Jump - 2nd

2018 Outdoor High Jump - 1st

2017 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)

• Big South high jump runner-up

• High jumped at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet for the first time

• Achieved a personal-best 5-8.75 high jump clearance at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier (May 3)

• Tied for seventh place in the high jump’s championship section at the Penn Relays (April 29)

• Recorded three high jump first-place finishes on the season, including the VertKlasse Meeting (April 1), Liberty Collegiate Invitational (April 8) and Liberty Twilight Qualifier (May 3)

• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member

2016-17 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)

• High jumped a season-best 5-7.75 for her first Big South title

• ECAC third-place high jump finisher

• Made it over 5-5 or higher in each of her last five competitions of the season, including her victories at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup (Feb. 4) and Big South meet

2016 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)

• Placed fifth in the Big South high jump with an outdoor-best 5-6 clearance

• Won the Liberty Twilight Qualifier high jump competition at 5-5.25

2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (So.)

• Made the Big South All-Academic Team

• Cleared a collegiate-best 5-8 for second place in the Big South high jump, earning her first career All-Big South honor and tying for third in program history

• Tied for seventh place in the high jump at the ECAC meet

• Opened her year with a 5-7 clearance at the Liberty Kickoff for the second year in a row

2015 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)

• Placed 11^th in the Big South high jump final

• High jumped season-best 5-3.25 at the Duke Invitational

2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)

• Tied for 10^th place in the Big South high jump and shared 15^th place at the ECAC meet

• High jumped 5-7 at each of her first two collegiate meets (Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational and Liberty Open), winning both competitions and tying the program freshman record

Prep

• Graduated from Wheaton-Warrenville South High School

• As a senior, she high jumped 5-8 indoors and 5-7 outdoors and placed ninth at the 2014 Illinois 3A state meet

• Placed fifth in the high jump at the 2013 AAU Junior Olympics

Personal

• Daughter of Ron and Jody Zappia

• Accounting major

• Birthday is Aug. 14