East Texas A&M University Athletics

Competed in 31 meets in her A&M-Commerce pole vaulting career... Had 11 top-five finishes, including two first place finishes... Was a 2017 All-Region and All-Conference selection and a 2019 Academic All-Conference honoree.

2019 (Outdoor): Academic All-LSC... Competed in five meets in the pole vault... Placed third at the East Texas Quad (3/22)... Placed 11th with a season-best height at the ASU David Noble Relays (4/6)... Placed first at the East Texas Invitational (4/12)... Placed third at the Oliver Jackson Twilight (4/25).

2019 (Indoor): Competed in six meets in the pole vault... Finished 10th with a season-best height at the Indoor Gorilla Classic (2/9)... Placed sixth at the LSC Indoor Championships (2/17).

2018 (Outdoor): Did not compete in a meet.

2018 (Indoor): Competed in the Crimson & Gold Invitational (12/9) in the pole vault.

2017 (Outdoor): Competed in five meets in the pole vault... Placed 12th at the Bobby Lane Invitational (3/24)... Finished seventh at the ASU David Noble Relays (4/8)... Finished third with a season-best vault of 3.22m at the East Texas Invitational (4/15)... Placed seventh at the LSC Outdoor Championships (5/6).

2017 (Indoor): Named to the 2017 Division II All-Region Team... Third Team All-LSC Selection in the pole vault... Competed in five meets in the pole vault... Finished in fourth place at the Pittsburg State Invitational (1/28)... Placed third with a season-best vault of 3.46m at the LSC Indoor Championships (2/18), setting a new school record.

2016 (Outdoor): Competed in six meets in the pole vault… Placed fifth at the ASU David Noble Relays (4/9)… Placed third at the East Texas Invitational (4/16)… Finished in first place with a season best 3.50m vault at the ACU Oliver Jackson Twilight Meet (4/27)… Finished in second at the Lone Star Conference Championships (5/5) with a vault of 3.36m.
 
2016 (Indoor): Competed in all four meets in the pole vault… Placed eighth at the Gorilla Classic (2/12)… Set a season best vault of 3.35m at the Lone Star Conference Championships (2/20), finishing in fourth place.
 
Prior to A&M-Commerce: Four-year letter winner in track and field and twice as a cheerleader at St. Aloysius… Was a three-time State Champion in the pole vault from 7th to 9th grade and was a State Champion as a senior… Set an All-A Mississippi women’s state record in 9th grade for vaulting… Named Most Valuable Pole Vaulter as a senior and had a personal best vault of 12’1”… Set high school records in the pole vault and the 4x100 meter relay.
 
Personal: Born August 27, 1996… Daughter of Kearney and Stacey Waites.
 
Waites’ A&M-Commerce Career Bests
Indoor
Pole Vault: 3.46m – LSC Championships (2/18/2017)

Outdoor
Pole Vault: 3.50m – ACU Oliver Jackson Twilight Meet (4/27/2016)