Shalei Matthews

Photo by: Sun Belt Conference

University of Louisiana track and field head shots Wednesday Aug. 22, 2018 in Lafayette, La. Photo by Brad Kemp

Position:
Jumps
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Independence, Kan.
High School:
Independence
Prev School:
Kansas

• First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference (indoor triple jump)

2018-19: Indoor - The Sun Belt Conference Indoor Triple Jump champion after posting a season-best mark (40-10^1/2) ... in the event ... cleared 39-4 in the triple jump at the McNeese Indoor II and 38-5^1/2 at the Samford Bulldog Invitational. Outdoor - Competed unattached.

2017-18 (at Kansas): Outdoor - Finished fifth in the triple jump at the Oral Roberts Invitational (3/31) with a mark of 11.78 meters (38-7.75 ft.) ... Placed eighth in the triple jump at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) with a mark of 11.61 meters (38-1.25 ft.) ... Placed fourth in the triple jump at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a wind-aided mark of 11.63 meters (38-2 ft.) ... Became the No. 10 performer in KU history in the triple jump with a mark of 12.26 meters (40-2.75 ft.) at the National Relay Championships (4/27-28). Indoor - Made her Jayhawk debut at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) where she finished first in the triple jump with a mark of 11.42 meters (37-5.75 ft.) ... Finished fourth in both the long jump (4.93m; 16-2.25 ft.) and the triple jump (11.42m; 37-5.75 ft.) at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/13) ... Finished fifth in the triple jump at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/20) with a mark of 11.55 meters (37-10.75 ft.) ... Finished second in the triple jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) with a mark of 11.27 meters (26-11.75 ft.) ... Notched a fourth-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 11.70 meters (38-4.75 ft.) at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) ... Finished 14th in the triple jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) with a mark of 11.57 meters (37-11.5 ft.).

2016-17 (At Coffeyville CC): Outdoor - Two-year letterwinner at Coffeyville Community College … competed in the Gorilla Classic (4/15) where she finished second with a wind-aided triple jump mark of 11.53 meters (37-10ft.) as well as 14th in the long jump where she had a wind-aided jump of 5.09 meters (16-8.5 ft.) … Contributed to a first place finish at the NJCAA Outdoor National Championships (5/18-20) in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 46.01 seconds. Indoor - Had a fourth place finish at the Arkansas Invitational (1/13) in the triple jump with a mark of 11.39 meters (37-4.5 ft.) … Competed in the Southern Invitational (1/20-21) and posted a first place victory in the triple jump with a mark of 11.67 meters (38-3.5 ft.) and a tenth place finish in the long jump with a jump of 5.11 meters (16-9.25 ft.) … Took first place in the triple jump at the NJCAA Region VI Indoor Championships (2/17-18) where she had a career-best mark of 12.03 meters (39-5.75 ft.) … Placed fifth in the long jump at the NJCAA Region VI Championships with a career-best jump of 5.41 meters (17-9 ft.) … Posted a seventh place finish at the NJCAA Indoor Championships (3/3-4) with a triple jump mark of 11.99 meters (39-4 ft.), as well as a long jump of 4.73 meters (15-6.25 ft.), which was good for a 23rd-place, finish.

2015-16 (At Coffeyville CC): Outdoor - Took fifth place at the PSU Invitational (3/25) in the triple jump with a mark of 11.23 meters (36-10.25 ft.) … Placed first in the triple jump at the Cowley County Tiger Invite (4/1) with a wind-aided jump of 11.46 meters (37-8 ft.) and went on to place fifth in the long jump with a distance of 5.15 meters (16-10.75 ft.) … Had a career-best 100-meter dash time at the Gorilla Classic (4/16) where she finished in 12.35 which was good for eighth place … Contributed to a sixth place finish at the Kansas Relays in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 47.29 seconds … Aided a third-place finish in the 4x100 relay at the NJCAA Region VI Outdoor Championships (4/28-30) with a time of 47.76 and placed second in the triple jump with a mark of 11.53 meters (37-10 ft.) … Contributed to a fourth-place finish at the NJCAA Outdoor National Championship in the 4x100 relay with a team time of 46.35. Indoor - Placed fifth at the MSSU Lion Invite (2/5-6) in the triple jump where she had a jump of 11.08 meters (36-4.25ft.) … Placed third at the NJCAA Region VI Championships (2/19-20) in the triple jump with a mark of 11.33 meters (37-2.25ft.) … Competed in the NJCAA Indoor Championships (3/4-5) where she placed eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 11.71 meters (38-5ft.).

High School: A 10-time letterwinner in tennis, basketball and track at Independence High School … State champion in the 4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay, and the triple jump.

Personal: Born March 26 1997 in Wichita, Kan. ... legal guardians are Linda and Charles Matthews ... has two sisters and one brother ... twin sister, Kalei, is on the Ragin' Cajuns track and field team ... career ambition is to become a pediatric oncologist nurse ... majoring in health/nursing.