AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in eight meets during the indoor/outdoor track and field season ... finished in the top five eight times ... was a first place finisher and set a season best in indoor high jump (1.71m) at the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open ... placed second in the heptathlon high jump with a personal best jump of 1.69m at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships ... she took sixth in the heptathlon with a personal best 4,869 points ... achieved a season high (5.44m) in long jump and 3,491 points in the pentathlon at the BIG East Indoor Track & Field Championship ... had a season best outdoor high jump (5.60m), a season best javelin throw (29.48m) and a personal record in the 100 hurdles (15.47) at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays ... finished fourth and set personal best in both the heptathlon 800m (2:22.80) and the heptathlon shot put (11.39) at the BIG East Outdoor Championships ... named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star ... earned a monogram.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Carly Rose Loeffel graduated from Cary-Grove High School in the spring of 2011 ... lettered four years in track and field, specializing in the high jump and sprints, and two years in volleyball ... personal best in high jump is 5-8 ... earned numerous all-conference, all-city, all-region and all-state accolades throughout high school ... won conference, sectional and state titles as a senior ... earned national rankings throughout career ... team MVP three times and team captain as a junior and senior ... helped lead volleyball team to conference crowns as freshman and sophomore and a sectional title as a sophomore ... participated in National Honor Society, student council, choir, interact and musicals ... born on August 20, 1992, to Timothy and Judy Loeffel in Cary, Ill. ... has an older sister, Erin, and two older brothers, Tim and Kyle ... brother, Tim, earned his MBA from Notre Dame ... comes from athletic family as father, Timothy, played football at Northern Illinois, brother, Tim, wrestled at Eastern Illinois, sister, Erin, played soccer at Eastern Illinois, and grandfather, Ted Rzeppa, played football at St. Martin (Wash.) ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.
