Veronica Fraley Season 2022-23

Student-Athlete Highlights 
• Qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympics
• Bronze medalist in the discus (62.54m) at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials
• 2024 NCAA discus champion
• 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)
• Three-time NCAA qualifier
• First-team All-American (2024)
• Three-time second-team All-American (2021, ’23, ’24)
• 2024 SEC Field Athlete of the Year
• 2024 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2024 Outdoor Track & Field Commissioner’s Trophy recipient
• Two-time SEC champion
• Two-time East Region champion
• Two-time SEC medalist
• SEC Field Athlete of the Week (April 25, 2023 & April 23, 2024)
• Two school records at Vanderbilt 
• Two program all-time top 10 marks at Vanderbilt  

Academic Honors 
• 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-America first team
• 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• 2023-24 USTFCCCA All-Academic
• 2023-24 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll

In the Record Books 
• Holds school record in the discus (208′ 10/63.66m) 
• Holds school record in the outdoor shot put (60′ 0.25/18.29m) 
• Second in Vanderbilt history in the indoor shot put (56′ 7.25/17.25m)
• Third in Vanderbilt history in the hammer throw (169′ 9/51.74m)
• Holds Vanderbilt Outdoor Track facility record in the discus (201′ 3/61.34m)
• 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)
• Qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympics
• Bronze medalist in the discus (62.54m) at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials
• NCAA champion in the discus (63.66m), 16th in the shot put (16.44m)
• Third in the discus (58.32m), fourth in the shot put (17.42m) at the NCAA East First Round
• First in the shot put (18.29m), second in the discus (61.62m) at the SEC Outdoor Championships
• First in the discus (61.34m), second in the shot put (17.42m, invite) at the Music City Challenge
• First in the discus (61.37m), second in the shot put (16.73m) and ninth in the hammer throw (51.74m) at the LSU Alumni Gold
• 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
• 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.