2022-23 Track & Field Roster

Sada Wright
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Glenville, W.Va.
- High School:
- Gilmer County HS
2021-22 (Jr.)
Indoor Season- Set a personal best weight throw distance of 17.55m at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship
- Academic All-Big 12 First team
- 2021-22 Academic All-District II Women’s Track & Field/ Cross Country Team
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
- Recorded a career best discuss throw at the WVU Stan Romanoski Open with a distance of 48.54m
- Academic All-Big 12 First team
- 2021-22 Academic All-District II Women’s Track & Field/ Cross Country Team
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2020-21 (COVID)
Indoor Season
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- At the Big 12 Championship, she recorded a top-five program best distance of 17.55 meters in the weight throw competition, good for sixth place
- Finished in second place in weight throw at the Thundering Herd Invitational with a distance of 16.03 meters
Outdoor Season
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Recorded a program best top-three distance (46.02 meters) in the discus throw at the Mountaineer Classic, good for third place
- Finished in fifth place (44.10 meters) in discus at the Mason Spring Invitational
- Placed first (43.36 meters) in discus at the WVU Last Chance
- At the Big 12 Championship, she finished in 13th in discus with a distance of 42.12 meters
- Recorded a 13th place (41.71 meters) in discus at the Raleigh Relays
- Saw a second-place finish (40.02 meters) in discus at the Stan Romanoski Open
- Competed at the Mountaineer Twilight and recorded a 10th place finish (35.70 meters) in discus
2019-20 (So.)
Indoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Finished the season ranked No. 3 in the weight throw on the all-time program top-5 list
- Recorded a mark of 16.36 meters in the weight throw to finish 12th at the Big 12 Championship
- Competed in the weight throw at the Penn State Tune-Up and finished in sixth place with a mark of 16.32 meters
- Posted a distance of 14.84 meters to place 12th at the Akron Invitational
- Finished in 16th place in the weight throw with a distance of 15.25 meters at the YSU Collegiate Invitational
- Collected her second victory of the year at the WVU Open, posting a distance of 14.57 meters at the WVU Open
- Earned her first victory of the season in the weight throw at the Marty Pushkin Open notching a throw of 16.50 meters, which now ranks No. 3 all-time in the program top-5 list
2018-19 (Fr.)
Outdoor Season- Won the discus throw with a 45.17-meter throw at the Mountaineer Open
- Grabbed second place in the discus throw at the Mountaineer Showcase with a throw of 42.33 meters
- Finished 28th in the discus throw after registering a throw of 42.00 meters at the Raleigh Relays
- Secured a first-place finish in the discus throw at the West Virginia Open with a throw of 42.22 meters
- Competed in the women’s weight throw preliminaries at the Big 12 Indoor Championship and finished 11th with a throw of 14.30 meters
- Placed seventh (15.01 meters) in the weight throw and 10th (10.19 meters) in the shot put at the SPIRE Division I Classic
- Placed fifth in the discus throw (gold division) with a throw of 40.24 meters at the Akron Invitational
- Earned a mark of 13.30 meters in the weight throw to place 33rd and took 32nd in the shot put (10.68 meters) at the Penn State National Open
- Finished 18th in the shot put (10.86 meters) and 24th in the weight throw (13.19 meters) at the YSU College Invite
- Tallied a win in the women’s weight throw with a mark of 13.59 meters and finished sixth in the shot put (10.33 meters) in her collegiate debut at the Marty Pushkin Classic
High School
- Attended Gilmer County High and competed for father, coach Willard Wright Jr.
- Four-time state champion during highly-decorated high school career
- Two-time state champion in shot put
- Two-time state champion in discus
- West Virginia Class A discus state-record holder
Personal
- Daughter of Willard and Michele Wright
- Has one brother
- Birthday is November 22
- Majoring in nursing
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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