Class: SO
Position: Jumps/Sprints
Height: 5-7
Previous School: Widefield HS [Southern Miss]
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo.
2007-08
Redshirted after transferring from Southern Miss.
Indoor: Did not participate.
Outdoor: Competed unattached in one meet, placing 16th with mark of 17-8.75 in long jump and fouling on her three attempts in triple jump at Vanderbilt Invitational.
Before Middle Tennessee: Spent one season at Southern Miss.
High School: Four-year track letterwinner for coach Fred Marjerrson at Widefield HS in Colorado Springs, Colo. ... Won state championship in triple jump as sophomore and state titles in long jump and triple jump as senior ... Earned All-State honors in 400-meters as sophomore and junior ... Region and CSML champion as junior and senior ... 2006 Gatorade Athlete of the Year for Colorado ... Top times includes 11:54 in 100-meters, 23.67 in 200-meters, 54.23 in 400, 20-10.5 in long jump and 42-8.75 in triple jump.
Personal: Nyeisha Olivia Wright ... Daughter of Dons Wright and Corey Wright ... Born September 6, 1988.
