Veronica Fraley

Student-Athlete Highlights 
• Two-time qualifier for the World Championships (2022, ’23) 
• Selected to compete in the 2023 Pan American Games
• Qualifier for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (Jun. 19, 2021)
• Qualifier for the Pan American U20 Championships (2019)
• Two-time second-team All-American (2021, ’23)
• 2023 Each Region discus and shot put champion
• 2023 SEC discus champion
• SEC bronze medalist (indoor shot put)
• One school record at Vanderbilt 
• Three program all-time top 10 marks at Vanderbilt  

Academic Honors 
• 2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic
• 2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll

In the Record Books 
• Holds school record in the discus (206′ 2/62.84m) 
• Second in Vanderbilt history in the outdoor shot put (58′ 6.5/17.84m) 
• Second in Vanderbilt history in the indoor shot put (56′ 7.25/17.25m)
• Fourth in Vanderbilt history in the hammer throw (160′ 11/49.06m)
• Holds Bernie Moore Track Stadium facility record in the discus (206′ 2/62.84m) 
• Holds the Ole Miss Track Stadium facility record in the discus (194′ 11/59.42m)

As a Graduate Student (2024)
• First in the discus (59.42m) and third in the shot put (16.60m) at the Joe Walker Invitational
• Second in the discus (60.07m, invite) and shot put (17.02m, invite) at Florida Relays
• Seventh in the shot put (16.59m) at the SEC Indoor Championships
• Third overall, top collegiate finisher in the shot put (16.68m, invite) at the Vanderbilt Invitational
• Second overall, top collegiate finisher in the shot put (17.21m, invite) at the Commodore Challenge

As a Graduate Student (2023) 
• Undefeated in the discus through seven meets
• 15th overall in the qualifying round of the discus (59.20m) at the World Athletics Championships
• Fourth in the discus (57.90m) at the USATF Outdoor Championships
• Ninth in the shot put (17.84m) and 17th in the discus at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
• East Region champion in the shot put (17.77m) and discus (56.51m)
• SEC champion in the discus (62.84m), third place in the indoor shot put (17.25m), fourth place in the outdoor shot put (17.23m)
• Set the Bernie Moore Track Stadium facility record in the discus at the SEC Championships

The Fraley File
Veronica Fraley competed for Clemson from 2019 to 2021. She qualified for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, where she finished 10th overall (56.73m). In 2021, she advanced to the NCAA Championships in the shot put and discus, earning second-team All-America honors in the discus. At the 2021 ACC Indoor Championships, Fraley placed fourth in the shot put (16.00m), and she was sixth in the same event (15.72m) at the 2020 ACC Indoor Championships. At the 2022 outdoor conference championships, she was third in the shot put (16.46m) and fifth in the discus (54.95m). As a freshman in 2019, Fraley competed at the Pan American U20 Championships, representing Team USA on the international stage for the first time in her career. At the Pan American event, she finished first among Americans and fifth overall. That year, she also advanced to the NCAA East Regional in the discus.