NIL Opportunities

All-American (Outdoor Pole Vault '25)

2x NCAA Championships Qualifier

2025

Indoor

• Finished sixth in the pole vault, 4.26m (13-11 3/4), at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
• Placed third in the pole vault, 4.03m (13-2 1/5), at the Fighting Illini Challenge 
• Placed second in pole vault, 4.18m (13-8 1/2), at the Fighting Illini Open

Outdoor

• NCAA All-American (Pole Vault)
• NCAA Championships qualifier (Pole Vault)
• Became an All-American in the pole vault in her eighth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships clearing 4.39m (14-4 3/4)
• Cleared the program's second-best vault, 4.42m (14-6), at the NCAA West Preliminaries to qualify to the NCAA Championships
• Academic All-Big Ten

2024

Indoor

• Recorded the program's fourth-best pole vault, 4.35m (14-3 1/4), in her fourth-place finish at the Big Ten Indoor Championships

Outdoor

• NCAA Championships qualifier (Pole Vault)
• Placed 12th in the pole vault at the NCAA West Preliminaries to qualify to her first NCAA Outdoor Championships with the program's third-best vault, 4.30m (14-1 1/4)
• Placed 22nd at her first NCAA Outdoor Championships in the pole vault, 4.00m (13-1 1/2)
• Placed third in the pole vault at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, 4.22m (13-10)
• Academic All-Big Ten

2023

Indoor

• Won the pole vault with the program's third highest vault 4.17m (13-8 1/4) at the Wisconsin Badgers Midwest Invite
• Placed ninth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, 4.09m (13-5)

Outdoor

• Recorded the program's fourth highest vault 4.16m (13-7 3/4) in her fifth place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships
• Placed third at the UNF East Coast Relays 4.05m (13-3 1/2)

High School

• 2022 3A IHSA pole vault State Champion
• 2021 Runner-up 3A IHSA pole vault
• All-state 2021 and 2022
• Personal-bests vault 12' 10"

Personal

Daughter of Jeff and Lisa Morello. Her sister, Alyssa, was on the Illini track team from 2017-21. She can identify any state license plate just from their illustration. 

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