Erin Champion                  Hometown: Clinton, Tenn. High School: Clinton Height: 5-3 Event: Pole Vault Year (XC/In/Out): --/So./R-Fr.

2013 Indoor Pole Vault: 6th, 13-1.50/4.00m

• Scored at the 2013 Indoor SEC Championships, placing sixth in the pole vault

Honors

• SEC scorer (wPV, 6th, 13-1.5)

Indoors

• Scored at the SEC Championships, finishing sixth with a personal best height of 13-1.5
• Tied for fourth at the Samford Invitational after successfully clearing 12-5.5
• Vaulted 12-5.5 to place fifth in the College division of the Armory Invitational
• Competed at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge, placing 3rd in the pole vault with a height of 12-4.75
• Earned a new personal best at the Virginia Tech Invitational, vaulting 12-11.75 to place 3rd
• Started the season with a then-career best height of 12-3.50 in the pole vault at the Kentucky Invitational, placing 4th

Indoors - Finished eighth in the pole vault with a career-best clearance of 12-2.50 at the Kentucky Invitational...Seventh at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge at 11-2 1/2...Cleared 11-9 3/4 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational...Outdoors - Carded a lifetime-best clearance of 12-3 1/2 to place fourth at the SEC/Big Ten Challenge.

Was the 2011 AAA state pole vault champion with a clearance of 11 feet, six inches...Set the Tennessee high school record at 12-1 ½ as a senior at the Metro 8 meet...Won the vault with 11-6 marks at the Volunteer Track Classic and the AAU Area 5 meet in 2011...That height earned her seventh place at the 2011 AAU Junior Olympic Games...Finished sixth at 2010 AAA state meet...Indoor PR came at the 2011 UK High School Invitational, where she was fourth...Also competed on her high school's soccer team four seasons and was captain for two years...Named Most Athletic in the CHS Class of 2011.

Born Sept. 25, 1992, in Knoxville, Tenn....Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences...Is interested in kinesiology...Parents are Jackie and Monnie Champion...Has two siblings: Elyssa and Eric...Lists endurance horse racing as a hobby...Was coached by former UT standout and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Tim Mack.