Carly Soenksen

Height:
5-9
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Arroyo Grande HS
Hometown:
Arroyo Grande, CA

2021 -- Indoor Season: Cal Poly did not compete in any indoor meets due to COVID-19 pandemic. Outdoor T&F: Did not compete in any meets.

Prep -- With Arroyo Grande High School, had PRs of 40 feet, 5 inches in the shot put and 138 feet for the discus at the 2019 Atascadero All-Comers Meet … also earned a discus win for the Eagles at the Central Coast Meet held at Nipomo early in the 2020 season, throwing to 127’ 11” … also in March of her senior year prior to the cancellations, won the shot put at the Bearcat Relays, tossing for a mark of 39’ 11”, following-up her ninth-place CIF Central Section Masters finish in the shot as a junior ... also came in second place in the shot put at the California State Winter Meet ... was on the varsity squad as a freshman, helping AGHS win the Mountain League title ... served as a team captain.

Personal -- Majors in Psychology ... each of her parents were also Division I student-athletes, as her father Matthew played on the offensive line for UCLA, while her mom Colleen was on the Bruin swim team as well as Cal Poly ... also visited Sacramento State and Fresno State; chose Cal Poly because “it was an amazing school for academics and athletics, really nice campus and nice weather, amazing coach and good atmosphere to be in” ... aspires to become a psychologist.