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 Shaya Orendorff
Shaya Orendorff

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Renton, Washington

High School:
Liberty H.S.

Last College:
Univ. of Arizona

Height:
5-10

Event:
Throw

Birthdate:
12/12/1980

Experience:
1L


2002 OUTDOOR: All-Conference in the javelin...placed 8th in the javelin at the Big 12 Championships (5/18) with a throw of 132’-1”...continued to battle a tender shoulder at the ACU Open (5/9) as she won the javelin with a heave of 125’05”...took first in the javelin with a throw of 129’04...placed 2nd in the javelin with a throw of 126’08.00 at the Michael Johnson/SW Bell Classic (4/19-4/20)...landed a 43.68M throw in javelin, good enough for a 4th place finish at the 75th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (4/3-4/6)...muscled her way to a 1st place finish with a distance of 129’08.00 in the javelin throw at the Longhorn Invitational (3/23).

COLLEGE: Competed in track & field at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, under Coach Dave Murry…threw personal best of 149-0 in one season.

HIGH SCHOOL: 1999 graduate of Liberty High School in Renton, Washington…was a four-year letterwinner in basketball and a three-year letter winner volleball competed in volleyball and received All-League Honorable Mention Honors in 1998 as a junior…competed in basketball with team winning the district title and advancing to state in 1999 as a senior…qualified for the state meet in the shot put and the javelin as a junior...placed 8th at state meet in shot put...qualified for state in both the javelin and shot for a second consecutive year as a senior where she finished 6th in the shot with a toss of 39’ and was the state champion in the javelin with a throw of 150’...placed fifth in the javelin at Junior Nationals in 1999.

PERSONAL: Born December 31, 1980 in Burien, Washington…daughter of Wayne and Amy Orendorff…has two brothers, Gabe and David, and has two sisters, Amarissa and Hanna...majoring in Interior Design with a minor in Architecture.

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