Dani Winters

Height:
5-10
Class:
Redshirt
High School:
Plainville

Personal Bests

Indoor

Shot Put

Weight Throw

17.97m/58-11.50

19.08m/62-07.25

Outdoor

Shot Put

17.75m/58-03

2015-16
Outdoor
Season bests: Shot put (17.39m/57-00.75)...Finished 12th at the NCAA Championship with a throw of 16.45m/53-11.75...Threw 16.75m/54-11.50 in shot put at the NCAA West Preliminary to finish in ninth place...Won the Big 12 Championship in shot put with her season best throw of 17.39m/57-00.75...Holds the school record in shot put...Named Co-Big 12 Women's Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 team honors...Named CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American...NCAA Woman of the Year nominee.
Indoor
Season bests: Shot put (17.97m/58-11.50) and weight throw (19.08m/62-07.25)...Used a school record throw of 17.97m/58-11.50 to win the National Championship in shot put...It was the first national title of her career...Named First Team All-American...Finished runner-up in the event at the Big 12 Championships with a throw of 17.63m/57-10.25...Also competed in weight throw at Big 12s, taking eighth with a mark of 18.40m/60-04.50...Holds the school record in shot put.

2014-15
Outdoor
Season bests: Shot put (17.75m/58-03)...Won the Big 12 Championship in shot put…Set a personal best and the school record at that meet with a throw of 17.75m/58-03…Named First Team All-American in shot put...Finished 3rd at the NCAA West Preliminary with a throw of 16.92m/5506.25…Took 4th at the NCAA Championships with a throw of 17.64m/57-10.50…Finished 16th at the USATF Championships.
Indoor
Season bests: Shot put (17.45m/57-03.00) and weight throw (18.69m/61-04.00)...Won the Big 12 Championship in shot put…Earned Second Team All-American honors in the event…Finished 1st in shot put at the Big 12 Championships (16.80m/55-01.50)…Finished 9th at NCAAs (16.94m/55-07.00…Finished 4th in weight throw at the Big 12 Championships (18.69m/61-04.00).

2013-14
Outdoor
Season bests: Shot put (15.93m/52-03.25) and discus (48.71m/159-10)...Placed third in shot put at Big 12s, recording a throw of 15.93m/52-03.25…Fifth-best mark in school history…Finished 21st in the event at West Prelims (15.21m/49-11).
Indoor
Season bests: Shot put (15.85m/52-00.00) and weight throw (18.32m/60-01.25)...Recorded scoring performances in the shot put (15.55m/51-00.25) and weight throw (18.12m/59-09.50) at Big 12s, finishing sixth in events.

2012-13
Outdoor
Competed in three events at Big 12s, taking 12th in shot put (15.34m/50-04), 13th in hammer throw (49.50m/162-05) and 17th in discus (42.20m/138-05)…Placed 42nd in shot put at West Prelims with a mark of 14.33m/47-00.25.
Indoor
Season bests: Shot put (14.82m/48-07.50) and weight throw (17.40m/57-01.00)...At Big 12s, placed 12th in weight throw (17.39m/57-00.75) and 13th in shot put (14.82m/48-07.50).

High School
Kansas 2A State Champion in discus.

Personal
Born February 18, 1993...Daughter of Tom and Tammy Winters...Has two sisters Ashley and Bailey...Communication Studies major.