Ball State University Athletics
2025-26 Track & Field Roster

Emily Decker
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Tolono Unity HS
- Hometown:
- Philo, Ill.
Emily Decker TFFRS Results and Statistics
Before Ball State: Four-year varsity member at Tolono Unity … served as team captain as a senior … named team MVP as a senior … earned all-area honors as a sophomore, junior and senior … selected first-team all-state in track all four years and in cross country as a sophomore and senior, with second-team all-state honors in cross country as a junior … placed 19th at the state cross country meet as a sophomore and 10th as a senior … posted personal bests of 16:55 for three miles on a road course and 17:11 for three miles on a grass course … earned first-team all-conference honors as a sophomore, junior and senior, and second-team honors as a freshman … placed third in the 3,200 and fourth in the 1,600 as a senior … helped lead her team to state championships as a freshman, sophomore and junior, and a state runner-up finish as a senior … also part of sectional, regional and conference championship teams all four years.
Personal: Daughter of Julie and Bill Decker … has three siblings, brothers Nolan and Jon and sister Kylie … sister ran cross country and track and field at Eastern Illinois University … taught Sunday School to sixth graders during her senior year of high school … earned honor roll all four years … lists her sister as one of her favorite athletes.
Before Ball State: Four-year varsity member at Tolono Unity … served as team captain as a senior … named team MVP as a senior … earned all-area honors as a sophomore, junior and senior … selected first-team all-state in track all four years and in cross country as a sophomore and senior, with second-team all-state honors in cross country as a junior … placed 19th at the state cross country meet as a sophomore and 10th as a senior … posted personal bests of 16:55 for three miles on a road course and 17:11 for three miles on a grass course … earned first-team all-conference honors as a sophomore, junior and senior, and second-team honors as a freshman … placed third in the 3,200 and fourth in the 1,600 as a senior … helped lead her team to state championships as a freshman, sophomore and junior, and a state runner-up finish as a senior … also part of sectional, regional and conference championship teams all four years.
Personal: Daughter of Julie and Bill Decker … has three siblings, brothers Nolan and Jon and sister Kylie … sister ran cross country and track and field at Eastern Illinois University … taught Sunday School to sixth graders during her senior year of high school … earned honor roll all four years … lists her sister as one of her favorite athletes.
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