| Melissa Gonzalez |
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Freshman
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| Hometown:
Carrolton, Texas
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| High School:
Creekview
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| Event:
Hurdles/Sprints
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| Experience:
FR/FR
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COLLEGIATE BESTS
• Outdoor 100m Hurdles- 14.14 at Texas Invitational (4/13/13)
• Outdoor 400m Hurdles- 59.33 at Big 12 Outdoor Championships prelims (5/4/13)
• Outdoor Triple Jump- 11.87m (38-10.25) at Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/5/13)
• Indoor 60m Hurdles- 8.72 at Leonard Hilton Invitational semis (1/18/13)
• Indoor 400m- 55.36 at Razorback Invitational (1/26/13)
• Indoor 600y- 1:22.23 at Big 12 Indoor Championships prelims (2/23/13)
AT A GLANCE
Earned three All-Big 12 honors in 2013 during her freshman season in the triple jump and 400-meter hurdles (outdoor) and 600-yard dash (indoor).
2012-13
Indoor:
Raced in five meets for Texas during her freshman indoor campaign ... earned All-Big 12 honors with a seventh-place finish in the 600y (1:23.45) at the Big 12 Championships ... earned a spot in the event final with a time of 1:22.23 in the Big 12 prelims ... recorded times of 56.81 (400m) and 8.91 (60m hurdles) at the Tyson Invitational ... clocked a season-best 55.36 in the 400m at the Razorback Invitational ... took fifth place in the 60m hurdles at the Leonard Hilton Invitational with a time of 8.74 ... picked up a sixth-place finish in the 60m hurdles (8.76) in her Longhorn debut at the Crimson Tide Indoor meet.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Four-year letterwinner in track & field at Creekview High School under Coach Misti Springfield ... served as captain of the track team for three years ... UIL 4A state champion in the 100m and 300m hurdles as a senior in 2012 ... received All-State and Academic All-State honors as a senior in track ... ran club track for Irving Elite TC under coach Stephani Perkins where she won an AAU National Championship in the 400m hurdles as a junior ... lettered twice in volleyball with coach Angel Mauterer and was captain of the volleyball team in her senior season ... received team Most Improved honors in volleyball as a junior.
PERSONAL
Born June 24, 1994, in El Paso, Texas ... parents are Hector and Temple Gonzalez ... siblings are Samantha (15), Christian (10) and Lily (6 mos.) ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for Fall 2012 semester ...graduated high school with honors in the top 10 percent of her class ... member of National Honors Society ... majoring in undergraduate studies.
