Kati Dempsey

Kati Dempsey

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Saylorsburg, Pa.

High School:
Pleasant Valley

Position:
Jumps

**Ranks No. 5 in Bucknell history in outdoor high jump (5-5), No. 6 in indoor high jump (5-5) and No. 9 in indoor long jump (18-2 1/2).**

2007-08: [Indoors] Finished third in the high jump (5-3) and ninth in the long jump (17-0 1/2) at the Patriot League Championships ... won the high jump with a PR-tying 5-5 at the Akron Open ... [Outdoors] Took sixth in the high jump at the Patriot League Championships, clearing 5-3 ... runner-up in the high jump at both the Maryland Invitational and Red Flash Open

2006-07: [Indoors] Posted a season-best mark of 17-2 ¾ in the long jump in a 12th-place finish at the Patriot League Championships ... also at the league championships, took ninth in the high jump with a height of 5-1 for the third time of the season ... [Outdoors] Posted the ninth-best all-time mark for Bucknell in the long jump (17-8 ¾) for fourth place at the Bison Outdoor Classic ... competed in the high jump (5-1, 10th) and the long jump (17-2 3/4, 8th) at the Patriot League Championships

2005-06: [Indoors] Conference champion in the high jump (5-5) and runner-up in the long jump (17-8 3/4) as a freshman, earning her Patriot League Rookie of the Meet and First Team All-Patriot League honors ... matched the sixth-best high jump in Bucknell history in her very first collegiate competition, clearing 5-5 ... tied that personal-best jump on three occasions, at the PSU National Invitational (ninth), at the PL meet and at the ECAC Championships (16th) ... indoor personal-best in the long jump was set during the outdoor season (18-2 ½) at the Sam Howell Memorial Invitational, where she took third in the meet ... mark ranked eighth (now ninth) in the program's top 10 ... [Outdoors] At the Patriot League Outdoor Championships, posted a mark of 5-1 in the high jump to take seventh place ... season best in the long jump came at the Patriot League Championships, where she placed fifth with a jump of 17-8 ... set a personal record in the high jump at the Sam Howell Memorial Invitational with a height of 5-5 to take fifth in the meet and tie for fourth in the Bucknell record books at the time ... placed second in the high jump three times during the season

Personal: Daughter of Patti and Evan Dempsey ... lettered four times in track and field and three times in volleyball at Pleasant Valley High School ... served as track and field captain ... captured league championships in the high jump, triple jump, long jump, 300 hurdles ... district champion in the high jump and long jump ... placed third in the state in the high jump as a senior and second as a junior ... biology major with a minor in Spanish.

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