• Elise
• Birnbaum

• Event

  Pole Vault

• Class

  Senior

• High School/Other

  Winter Park

• Hometown

  Orlando, Fla.

2009 Outdoor: Took third in the pole vault at the Tar Heel Classic with an outdoor season-best 12-07.50 … Earned 15th in the pole vault at the NCAA East Regional, vaulting 12-06 … Tied for fifth in the event at the Texas Relays … Finished runner-up in the pole vault twice on the season, at the Liberty Twilight and the Fred Hardy Invitational.

2009 Indoor: Vaulted a personal-best 12-11.50 at the VT Challenge for third place in the pole vault … Won the event at the VT Elite Meet with a clearance of 12-06.75 … Finished third in the Penn State National’s pole vault, clearing 12-08 … Placed 10th in the event at the conference meet.

2008 Outdoor: Placed fourth in the pole vault at the ACC Championships, clearing 12-05.50 … Won the pole vault at the Liberty Twilight with a vault of 12-07.75 … Regionally qualified in the pole vault, and earned 14th at the meet with a vault of 12-00.

2008 Indoor: Cleared a season-best 12-09.50 at the Virginia Tech Challenge for fourth place … Registered her highest finish of the season, with a runner-up placing in the pole vault at the Niswonger Invitational … Finished third in the pole vault at the Penn State National Invite … Placed fourth at the Virginia Tech Invitational and the Liberty Kickoff Invitational.

Prior to Tech: Won the bronze medal as a member of the Arkansas State squad at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships … Earned silver medal at the Sun Belt’s outdoor championships during her freshman season with the Indians.

High School: Attended Winter Park High School … Registered a then-personal-best vault of 3.66m (12’0”), which ranked as the second-highest vault in the state of Florida.

Personal: Born April 11, 1988 in Flint, Michigan … Daughter of Mark and Erica Birnbaum … Graphic design major.