Moorea Mitchell

Moorea Mitchell competes in the women's hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships

Photo by: Nate Barrett Photography

Moorea Mitchell smiles after punching ticket to NCAA Outdoor Championships in hammer throw

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Moorea Mitchell_Celebration_Pacific Coast Intercollegiate

Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Sunnyvale, Calif.

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Academic Accolades

USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2022)
Indoor All-ACC Academic Team (2022)

2021-22 (Sophomore)
Outdoor

Competed in the hammer throw at eight meets and earned five top-five event placements, including a pair of second-place finishes at the Virginia Grand Prix Invite and the Bob Davidson Invitational
Registered personal-best throw at the Duke Invite and placed fourth overall with a toss of 56.80m (186-4 feet), No. 3 in Duke history

Indoor

Closed the season on a high note and tallied a personal best in the weight throw of 19.14m (62-9.50 feet) to place eighth at the ACC Championships, No. 2 all-time at Duke
Placed fourth at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
Opened the season with a win at the JDL College Kickoff after notching a throw of 17.46m (57-3.50 feet).

2020-21 (Freshman)
Outdoor

Won first collegiate hammer throw event via a mark of 51.16m (167-10 feet) at the Duke Twilight
Placed seventh in the hammer at the Charlotte Invitational behind a throw of 47.33m (155-3 feet)
Set a 52.09m (170-11 feet) PR at the Tobacco Road Challenge, No. 4 in Duke history
Made outdoor debut in the hammer at the Raleigh Relays

Indoor

Competed in the shot put and weight throw at the ACC Championships
Placed fourth in the weight throw (16.50m (54-1.75 feet)) and ninth in the shot put (11.91m (39-1 feet)) at the Virginia Tech Challenge; Weight throw mark was No. 4 in Duke history while shot put mark was a PR
Made Duke debut at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet in the shot put and hammer, tallying marks of 11.45m (37-6.75 feet) and 15.53m (50-11.5 feet), respectively

Prior to Duke: Lettered in track & field at the Castilleja School in Palo Alto, Calif. .... Two-time All-West Bay Athletic League Second Team (2018 and 2019) ...2019-20 Scholar Athlete of the Year Award winner ... Qualified for the 2018-19 California State Championships in the shot put ... Holds Castilleja's school records in the shot put and discus ... Two-year team MVP at Castilleja (2017-18, 2018-19) ... An accomplished multi-sport athlete who lettered in soccer and basketball in addition to track & field ... Named the 2018 WBAL Most Valuable Goalie in soccer ... Named Castilleja's Team MVP in 2018 ... Played club soccer at Mountain View Los Altos Soccer Club on the Elite Clubs National League team ... Competed in varsity basketball as a center, competing on NJB's Foothill All-Star Team ... An accomplished singer, who toured the U.K. with the Los Altos United Methodist Church's musical Borderless and the exclusive A Capella group (Soundsisters) and school band (Girl Jam) at school during open-houses and special events ... Partnered with the Los Altos United Methodist Churh and Ashoka, a non-profit change-making organization as a Changemaker Fellow to create a change-making initiative on tackling technology addiction, which she works with to this day ... Founded a school club called Happy Feet to help second and third graders at an underserved school in East Palo Alto.

Personal: Daughter of Jennifer and Garrick Mitchell ... Has one brother, Bryce ... Born on July 18, 2002.