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Naadiya Faison
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Monroe
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- Major:
- Communication
Bio
Naadiya Faison TFRRS Page
2023-24: Indoor - Competed at five meets… Won the shot put at the Camel City Invitational… Finished third in the shot at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational… Earned All-Conference honors, finishing third in the shot put at the American Indoor Championships, also scoring in fourth place in the weight throw. Outdoor – Competed at seven meets… Won the shot put at the Bill Carson Invitational… Was top five three other times in the regular season… Scored in fourth place in the shot put at the American Outdoor Championships, also took ninth in the hammer… Qualified for the NCAA East First Round in the shot put.
2022-23: Indoor - Competed three times... Earned All-AAC honors, finishing second in the shot put... Threw a PR in the weight throw at the Hokie Invite. Outdoor - Competed in six meets... Won four-straight shot put competitions... No. 2 shot put in ECU history outdoors and second woman over 16 meters... Qualified for the NCAA East Prelim in the shot put... Scored a point in the shot put at the AAC Championships, finishing eighth.
2021-22: Competed 10 times across indoor and outdoor... Finished fourth in the shot put at both the American Indoor and Outdoor Championships... Won the shot put at The adidas Trojan Challenge, the ECU Bill Carson Invitational and The Trojan Relays.
2020-21: Competed four times outdoors... Finished 12 at the American Outdoor Championships in the shot put.
2019-20: Did not compete in any events.
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2018-19: Did not compete in any events.
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High School: 2016 2A Midwest Region champion in the shot put … Won the conference and regional titles in the shot put in 2017.
Personal: Daughter of Josette Goings and Ernest Faison III... Has five siblings: Hudson, Laila, Ernest, Dashawn, Quinshawn.
2023-24: Indoor - Competed at five meets… Won the shot put at the Camel City Invitational… Finished third in the shot at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational… Earned All-Conference honors, finishing third in the shot put at the American Indoor Championships, also scoring in fourth place in the weight throw. Outdoor – Competed at seven meets… Won the shot put at the Bill Carson Invitational… Was top five three other times in the regular season… Scored in fourth place in the shot put at the American Outdoor Championships, also took ninth in the hammer… Qualified for the NCAA East First Round in the shot put.
2022-23: Indoor - Competed three times... Earned All-AAC honors, finishing second in the shot put... Threw a PR in the weight throw at the Hokie Invite. Outdoor - Competed in six meets... Won four-straight shot put competitions... No. 2 shot put in ECU history outdoors and second woman over 16 meters... Qualified for the NCAA East Prelim in the shot put... Scored a point in the shot put at the AAC Championships, finishing eighth.
2021-22: Competed 10 times across indoor and outdoor... Finished fourth in the shot put at both the American Indoor and Outdoor Championships... Won the shot put at The adidas Trojan Challenge, the ECU Bill Carson Invitational and The Trojan Relays.
2020-21: Competed four times outdoors... Finished 12 at the American Outdoor Championships in the shot put.
2019-20: Did not compete in any events.
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2018-19: Did not compete in any events.
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High School: 2016 2A Midwest Region champion in the shot put … Won the conference and regional titles in the shot put in 2017.
Personal: Daughter of Josette Goings and Ernest Faison III... Has five siblings: Hudson, Laila, Ernest, Dashawn, Quinshawn.
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