2023-24 Track & Field Roster

Makayla Sumrall
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Roseville High School
- Hometown:
- Roseville, Mich.
PRIOR TO BALL STATE: Competed for four years at Wayne State University … named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete three times ... earned GLIAC All-Academic Team for the indoor and outdoor season all four years … Winter 2020: Selected at WSU’s Newcomer of the Year … finished fifth in the 60m dash at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships. 2020-21: Selected as Track Athlete of the Year for the indoor and outdoor season … was a CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee … finished fourth in the 60m dash and fifth in the 200m dash at the GLIAC Indoor Championships … finished third in the finals of the 100m dash and seventh in the 200m dash at GLIAC Outdoor Championships … ran the leadoff leg of the fourth-place 4x100m relay at GLIAC Outdoor Championships. 2021-22: WSU's Track Athlete of the Year … received the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award … earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors for the 60m dash … placed 15th at the NCAA Indoor Championships … won the GLIAC indoor title in the 60m dash … broke WSU’s record and finished fourth at GLIAC Indoor Championships in the 200m dash with a time of 24.87 … earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades with a ninth-place finish in the 100m dash at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … qualified for the finals with a school record time of 11.61 in the NCAA Outdoor prelims … earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors for having a top five 100m dash time in the Midwest Region … voted GLIAC Female Track Athlete of the Meet … won GLIAC titles in both the 100m dash and 200m dash … earned All-GLIAC honors running the second leg on the third place 4x100m relay at the Outdoor GLIAC Championships … named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team … selected GLIAC Track Athlete of the Week after breaking the school records in both the 100m dash and 200m dash at the Oakland Elaine Leigh Invite during the outdoor season. 2022-23: Received USTFCCCA All-Region accolades for the 60m dash … won the GLIAC title in the 60m dash during the indoor season … earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors for the 100m dash … won the 100m dash at the outdoor GLIAC Championships … ran the second leg on the second place 4x100m relay at the outdoor GLIAC Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner at Roseville High School … competed for head coach Thomas Snowden … earned First-Team All-Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior … was team captain for four years … named team MVP sophomore, junior, and senior year … named Macomb Athletic Conference MVP in 2018 and 2019.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Sherry Scott and Terrance Sumrall … graduate student studying Biology … enjoys shopping, trying new restaurants, and traveling … favorite athlete is Allyson Felix … volunteered at St. Christine's Food Pantry and has been a coach/mentor for student athletes … chose Ball State for the team chemistry and the family atmosphere.