2006-07: Became
the most decorated women's track and field athlete in Southern history earning
All-American status in both indoor and the outdoor seasons ... Captured her
third-straight indoor MIAA shot put title with a distance of 49 feet, 2.25
inches ... Earned Indoor Regional Field Athlete of the Year honors ... Broke her
own indoor shot record at the NCAA National meet with a distance of 50 feet 6.75
inches to finish second and earn All-American status ... Broke school records in
both the outdoor hammer and shot put, including winning the MIAA title in the
hammer with a school and stadium record of 185 feet ... Followed that up with
her third straight outdoor shot title, breaking the stadium record with a
distance of 48 feet, 2.5 inches ... Again broke her own school record in the
shot at Emporia State with a distance of 49 feet, ten inches ... Named Outdoor
Regional Field Athlete of the Year ... Earned her first two outdoor All-American
honors finishing fourth in the shot and and sixth place finish in the hammer
... Jessica was named MSSU Felmale Athlete of the Year for the second
consecutive year.
2005-06: Earned
her second straight indoor All-America honor in the shot put with a
seventh-place finish at the NCAA-II Championships in Boston, Mass. ... captured
the MIAA indoor championship in the shot put and set the school record of
49-01.50 at the University of Arkansas Razorback Invitational ... had the Lions'
top six marks in the shot put for the indoor season ... also competed in the
weight throw.
2004-05: Was an indoor All-America
and MIAA indoor champion in the shot put ... finished fourth nationally
in the shot put with a season-best mark of 46-6 ... placed ninth in the
MIAA in the weight throw ... season-best mark in the weight throw was 47-3.75 at
the University of Oklahoma (2/19/05) ... national qualifer outdoors in the shot
put and finished 13th with a throw of 45-3.75 ... was MIAA champion in the shot
put (43-1.75) and runner-up (to teammate Danee Jones) in the hammer (160-3,
personal season best) ... set the school record in the shot put (46-8.75) at the
MSSU Lionbacker Last Chance Meet ... an Academic All-MIAA performer and MIAA
Presidential Scholar.
High school: Four-year letter-winner in track & field ...
two-time all-district in the 800-meter run ... all-state in the 800 and
400 ... four-time all-state in the shot put ... school record holder in
the shot put and 800 ... also part of school record-setting teams in the
4x200m relay and 4x400m relay.
Personal: Born in Dec. 10, 1985 in Lawrence, Kan. ... daughter
of Matt and Patty Selby ... Communications major ... Married Southern assistant
coach Jamie Tallman in September of 2007.
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