SMU Athletics

Renee Finke is the 2024 NAIA High Jump National Champion and the 2024 USTFCCCA South Central Region Indoor & Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year while at Central Methodist University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA in the top 10% of her class with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in biology with a minor in chemistry. She was also the 2024 USTFCCCA National Scholar Athlete of the Year. She is pursuing her Masters of Science in Management at SMU. From Jonesburg, Missouri, her parents are Karl and Stephanie. Her mother was a dual sport athlete at William Woods University (basketball and volleyball) and was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame at WWU in 2023. Finke has five siblings and is half of one of the two twin sets in their family.