SMU Athletics

HONORS:
2019 Indoor All-AAC (Silver: High Jump)
2018 Indoor All-AAC (Bronze: High Jump)
Member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee

Indoor Personal Records:
High Jump: 1.76m

Outdoor Personal Records:
High Jump: 1.80m

2020 (Jr): Recorded her season’s best height at the opening meet, clearing 1.65 in Houston …  placed 12th at Notre Dame’s Meyo Invite with a mark of 1.64m … at the AAC Indoor, posted a ninth place finish clearing 1.62m in the final meet before the season was cut short

2019 (So.): Indoor: Began the season with a second place finish and a 1.70 clearance at the Arkansas Invite, also ran in her first collegiate 4x400 with Iwuamadimi, Pyle and Francis … set a personal record in the triple jump at the MLK College Invite with a distance of 10.58m … cleared 1.65 at the Houston Invite in the High Jump … set a new personal best at the AAC Indoor Championships with a clearance of 1.76, good for second place and her second straight podium finish at the AAC Indoors … Outdoor: Placed first in the High Jump at the Arkansas Spring Invite with a top clearance of 1.70m … posted a season’s best 1.72 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, good for first … earned the Mustangs five points at the AAC Outdoors with a fourth place in the high jump, clearing 1.68m

2018 (Fr.): Indoor: Earned All-AAC honors by placing third in the high jump with a mark of 1.73m (5-8.00) at the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships...Finished fourth in high jump (1.70) at Houston Invitational...Placed 3rd in high jump (1.73) at Red Raider Invitational...Placed 2nd in high jump (1.70) at Arkansas Invitational. Outdoor: Earned fifth-place in high jump at American Conference Outdoor Championships after clearing 1.73m... Placed second in high jump (1.70m) at Bobcat Classic... Took third in high jump (1.73m) at Mt. SAC Relays... Earned fourth in high jump (1.64m) at Baylor Invitational... Finished eighth in high jump (1.65m) at Stanford Invitational... Placed third in high jump (1.65m) at Arkansas Spring Invitational... Took second place in the high jump with a mark of 1.73m at TCU Invitational.

Prep: A four-year letterwinner under head coach Jay Avenmarg at San Lorenzo Valley High School in Felton, Calif….Two-time California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state meet finalist in the high jump (2015, 2016)…Set a personal best of 5-11 to repeat as high jump champion at the 58th Annual Golden West Invitational, which was tied for fifth-best jump in the country …Broke the Santa Cruz County all-time high jump record with a leap of 5-10 to win the Soquel Invitational…Won the high jump (5-8) at the 57th Annual Golden West Invitational in the high jump with her summer track club, Santa Cruz Track Club (SCTC)…Won the high jump (5-9) at the 2016 USATF Region 16 Junior Olympic Championships…Set a personal best winning the triple jump (38-8.25) at the 2017 Top 8 Track Classic…Was the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League high jump champion (2016) and the 2016 CIF Central Coast high jump champion…Named the 2016 San Lorenzo Valley High School Female Athlete of the Year…Named the team's 'Field MVP' in 2014, 2015, 2016…Named the 2016 SCTC High School Field Athlete of the Year… Member of the National Honor Society (2014-17) and the California Scholarship Federation (2013-2017)…Academically, ranked in the top-10 of her class.
 
Personal: Cassandra Marie Ackemann…Born August of 1999 in Santa Cruz, California…Parents are Dean Ackemann and Lisa Nielsen…Has a sister (Zoe)…Anticipates majoring in Business.