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Marissa Jensen

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Stanberry HS
  • Hometown Stanberry, Mo.

Biography

Career and Season Results


2x NCAA West Preliminaries Qualifier
2024 High Jump (16th; 1.76m/5'9.25")
2023 High Jump (14th; 1.77m/5'9.75")


All-Conference
2023 Outdoor High Jump (3rd; 1.79m/5'10.5")


Academic Honors
4x American Conference All-Academic Team - 2022, '23, '24, '25
9x AD Honor Roll - Spring/Fall 2021, Spring/Fall '22, Spring/Fall '23, Spring/Fall '24, Spring '25
SEC First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll - 2020 (at Missouri)


2024-25 (Senior): Indoor – High jumped in six meets, recording four top-five finishes…Took second at the Coach Wilson Invitational…Cleared a season-best 1.67m/5’5.75” to take fifth at the Steve Miller Invitational…Placed 10th at the AAC Indoor Championships with a jump of 1.65m/5’5”. Outdoor – High Jumped in nine meets, claiming one win and six top-five finishes…Won the high jump in the season opener at the ESU Relays with a clearance of 1.65m/5’5”…Was the runner up in three-straight meets…Cleared 1.65m/5’5” to place sixth at the AAC Outdoor Championships, scoring three points for the team.

2023-24 (Junior): Indoor – Did not compete in a Shocker uniform but competed unattached in four meets, claiming three high jump wins at the Friends First Chance meet, the Prairie Wolf Invitational and the Wilson Invitational…Cleared a season-best 1.72m/5’7.75” at the Wilson Invitational. Outdoor – High jumped in eight meets, claiming one win and six top-five placements…Won the Ward Haylett Invitational with a clearance of 1.75m/5’8.75”…Took second in both the KT Woodman Classic and the Shocker Open…Placed sixth at the AAC Championships, scoring three points for the team with a jump of 1.72m/5’7.75”…Qualified to the NCAA West Preliminaries where she placed 16th with a season-best clearance of 1.76m/5’9.25”.

2022-23 (Sophomore): Indoor – Competed in the high jump in six meets…Finished in the top five in every meet and in the top two in four meets…Won the USD Alumni Meet with a jump of 1.73m/5’8”…Cleared a season-best 1.76m/5’9.25” at the Lindeman Invitational to move up to sixth all-time in Shocker history…Scored four points at the AAC Indoor Championships, placing fifth with a clearance of 1.74m/5’8.5”. Outdoor – Competed in nine meets, winning five high jump competitions…steadily raised the bar throughout the season, clearing a season-best 1.79m/5’10.5” at the AAC Outdoor Championships to place third, earn all-conference recognition, and move up to fourth all-time in program history...Cleared 1.77m/5'9.75" at the NCAA West Preliminaries to place 14th.

2021-22 (Redshirt-Freshman II): Indoor – Competed in the high jump in five meets…Placed second in both the All-Kansas Invite and the Herm Wilson Invitational…Recorded a season-best 1.67m/5’5.75” at the Herm Wilson Invitational…Placed 12th at the AAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor – Competed unattached in two meets…Won the high jump at the Shocker Open with a jump of 1.60m/5’3”.

2020-21 (Redshirt-Freshman): Indoor – Competed in the high jump four times … Won the Shocker Invitational’s high jump with a season-best mark of 1.63m/5-4.25 … Matched her season best at the Herm Wilson Invitational … Took fourth at the Division I Challenge … Did not make height at the Championship at The Peak. Outdoor – Competed in the high jump at the seven meets … Took 17th at the conference meet … Had five top-five finishes … Cleared a season-best height of 1.65m/5-5 at the Wichita State Open.

2019-20 (at Missouri) (Freshman): Indoor - Earned a second-place finish in the high jump at the Mizzou Open with a mark of 1.72m (5'7.75"). Outdoor - Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic


High School: All-Conference 2016-19 in high jump...All-Conference 2017-18 in 4x400m...All-State 2018 in high jump...Principal Honor Roll 2015-19...Personal Bests: High Jump: 5'7" (December 2017)

Personal:  Daughter of Phillip and Diane Jensen...Plans to major in psychology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Sophomore

    High Jump
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    High Jump
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    High Jump
  • 2023-24Junior

    High Jump
  • 2024-25Senior

    High Jump