Nikayla Hoyte

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Position:
Sprints/Jumps
Height:
5-4
Hometown:
Round Hill, Va.
Prev School:
Broad Run High School

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
60 - 7.66 (Indoor)
100 - 11.82
200 - 24.33
300 - 42.38 (Indoor)
400 - 59.12 (Indoor)
LJ - 18-7 (5.66m)

All-Big South Honors (1)
2018 Outdoor Long Jump - 3rd

2020 Outdoor Track & Field
• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus

2020 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Led off for the Lady Flames' ASUN runner-up 4 x 400 relay squad and came in eighth in the 60 dash final
• Recorded a personal-best 60 dash time of 7.66 in the ASUN prelims which earned her a spot on the program's all-time top 10 list
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2019 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted

2018 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Long jumped 18-4.5 on her sixth attempt to pull out third place in the Big South long jump final
• Also came in sixth in the Big South 100 and 10^th in the 200 prelims
• Won the WildCat Invitational long jump (18-5) and improved to a season-best 18-7 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier
• Fastest sprint times of the year (12.04 100 and 24.76 200) both happened at the Virginia Grand Prix
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member

2017-18 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Placed eighth in the Big South 60 dash final and 11^th in the long jump (season-best 16-5.25)
• Season-best 60 time of 7.81 came in the Big South prelims

Prep
• Graduated from Broad Run High School, after spending her first three years at South Lakes High School
• As a senior, recorded four top-four finishes at the 2017 VHSL 5A outdoor state meet, including third in the 100 and fourth in the 200, 4 x 100 relay and long jump
• Top high school marks were 12.02 (100), 25.03 (200) and 18-10 (long jump)
• Broke three school records, including Broad Run's 100 mark (12.02) and South Lakes' 55 (7.28) and 300 (41.35) standards

Personal
• Daughter of Norman Benjamin and Natasha Hoyte
• Birthday is Aug. 6
• Graduated in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in pre-law