University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Career Highlights:

• 2x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
• Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024)
• Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)

2025 Outdoor:

• Registered a pair of PR's with a throw of 39.95m for sixth in the weight and 36.89m for seventh in the discus at the Chippewa Challenge
• Placed seventh in the discus (36.00m), eighth in the shot put (10.24m) and javelin (23.55m), and ninth in the hammer (35.39m) at Oakland's Elaine Leigh Invite
• Claimed third in the discus (36.64m) and fourth in the shot put (11.52m) at the Don Kleinow Memorial Invitational
• Set a PR of 27.06m for 16th in the javelin and was 15th in the discus (35.32m), 17th in the shot put (10.97m) and 18th in the hammer (38.68m) at the Horizon League Championships

2024-25 Indoor: 

• Started the season with a PR of 11.91m for eighth in the shot put and was also 12th in the weight (8.13m) at Notre Dame's Blue & Gold Invitational
• Placed fifth in the weight (12.80m) and sixth in the shot put (10.58m) at the SVSU Classic
• Earned ninth in the shot put (11.15m) as well as the weight with a career-best 13.41m at Michigan's Silverston Invite
• Ended the year 13th in the shot put (11.59m) and 16th in the weight (11.94m) at the Horizon League Championships

2024 Outdoor:

• Took 15th in the shot put (10.60m), 20th in the discus (32.34m), 21st in the hammer (28.97m) and 22nd in the javelin (18.86m) at Oakland's Golden Grizzly Invite
• Set season-bests finishing runner-up in the javelin at 26.76m and eighth in the discus at 36.43m at the Chippewa Challenge
• A season-high 34.63m in the hammer for 12th and was ninth in the javelin at 21.47m and discus at 36.10m at Michigan's Len Paddock Open
• Placed 13th in the shot put (10.92m), 17th in the discus (34.30m), 18th in the javelin (26.69m) and 23rd in the hammer (33.74m) at the Horizon League Championships

2023-24 Indoor:

• Started her collegiate career finishing 20th in the shot put (10.36m) and 32nd in the weight (8.55m) at the SVSU Classic
• Threw a season-best 11.07m in the shot put for 17th at Eastern Michigan's Bob Parks Memorial
• Was 14th in the weight at Michigan's Silverston Invitational with a toss of 10.57m
• Set a PR in the weight at 11.31m and was 17th in the shot put (10.77m) at the Horizon League Championships

• Lettered in basketball, cross country and track and field and was a two-time team captain in track and field
• Named the Thrower of the Year as a senior, MVP for field events as a junior and the Rookie of the Year as a sophomore
• Won the inaugural Divine Child Track & Field Tony Mifsud Award as a senior
• Tabbed All-Catholic and All-Region as a junior and senior
• Helped her team win a CHSL title in 2022 and regional championships in 2021 and 2022
• Was All-State in the discus and shot put as a senior, finishing third in the discus and sixth in the shot put 
• A MHSAA state qualifier in 2021, 2022, and 2023 
• Won a regional title in the shot put as a senior, after taking second as a junior, and also won first in the discus both years and was second as a sophomore
• Catholic League Champion for shot put and discus in 2022 and 2023 
• A member of the National Honors Society

• Daughter of Megan and Jonathan Steffes
• Her dad graduated from the University
• Has an older brother who is also attending UDM
• Chose Detroit Mercy because of her family history at the school and the overall feel of the campus
• A Social Work major