Shey Taiwo

Photo by: Reed Jones/Ole Miss Athletics

Year (Indoor/Outdoor):
-- / R-Sr.
Position:
Throws
Hometown:
South Holland, Ill.
High school:
Thornwood
Major:
Political Science

TFRRS Bio

2021 Outdoor (Senior*)
U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifier (Hammer, 14th)
NCAA Runner-Up (Hammer)
First-Team All-American (Hammer, 2nd)
NCAA Qualifier (Hammer)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (Hammer)
SEC Scorer (Hammer, 7th)
Finished 14th in the hammer at the U.S. Olympic Trials, falling less than two feet shy of making the final ... Finished as the NCAA runner-up in the hammer at a 16-foot PR of 71.27m/233-10 ... No. 9 performer in NCAA history, No. 6 performer in NCAA meet history ... That mark would have won every NCAA final from 1996-2014; lost out to Cal's Camryn Rogers, who broke the NCAA record twice and won at 75.52m/247-09 ... First Rebel women's NCAA Outdoor runner-up since Olympian Brittney Reese in 2007 ... First-Team All-American ... NCAA East Region qualifier in the hammer, where she qualified for the national meet following a fourth-place finish ... Scored at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the hammer in seventh place (64.28m/210-11) ... Won the hammer twice in the regular season at the Ole Miss Classic (64.33m/211-01) and Florida's Tom Jones Invitational (66.35m/217-08).

2021 Indoor (Senior*)
First-Team All-American (Weight Throw, 3rd)
NCAA Qualifier (Weight Throw)
SEC Runner-Up (Weight Throw)
Second-Team All-SEC (Weight Throw, 2nd)
SEC Women's Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 16)
Earned First-Team All-American honors after a third-place finish in the weight throw at the NCAA Indoor Championships at 22.94m/75-03.25 ... Part of Rebel duo that combined for 11 points and finished third and fourth (Jasmine Mitchell) at the national meet ... Finished SEC runner-up to Mitchell at a personal best 23.04m/75-07.25, making them the first duo in NCAA history to eclipse 23 meters in the same season (let alone the same meet) ... Held NCAA lead after a then-PR 22.79m/74-09.25 at the Music City Challenge on Feb. 12 ... Named SEC Women's Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 16) ... Won five individual meet titles in the weight throw ... Never finished lower than third place.

2020 Outdoor (Junior)
Season was canceled due to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.

2020 Indoor (Junior)
All-American (Weight Throw)
NCAA Qualifier (Weight Throw, 4th)
SEC Champion (Weight Throw)
First-Team All-SEC (Weight Throw, 1st)
SEC Women's Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 28)
Named All-American following the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Indoor Championships due to the breakout of the global COVID-19 pandemic ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the weight throw with the fourth best mark in the NCAA ... Won the SEC Championship in the weight throw with a PR of 22.72m (74-06.50) that ranked fourth in the NCAA and second in school history (third women's weight throw title for Ole Miss in four years) ... Won the weight throw at the Texas Tech Shootout (22.57m, 74-00.75) ... Placed third in the weight throw at the Indiana Relays (22.70m, 74-05.75) ... Came in third in the weight throw at the Rod McCravy Memorial (22.46m, 73-08.25) that briefly led the NCAA, and earned SEC Women's Field Athlete of the Week honors as a result on Jan. 28 ... Won the weight throw at the Vanderbilt Invitational (21.24m, 69-08.25) ... Began the season by placing fourth in the weight throw (19.84m, 65-01.25) and 16th in the shot put (13.09m, 42-11.50) at the Blazer Invite.

2019 Outdoor (Sophomore)
NCAA Regional Qualifier (Discus, 20th)
SEC Scorer (Hammer, 5th Place)
Qualified for the NCAA East Region Championships, placing 20th in the discus (51.05m, 167-6) ... Scored SEC points with a fifth-place finish in the hammer (60.74m, 199-3) ... Also competed at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the shot put, placing 15th with a throw of 14.34m (47-0.75) ... Competed in three events at the LSU Invitational, placing second in the discus, fourth in the hammer, and sixth in the shot put ... Set a PR in the hammer at the War Eagle Invite at 63.87m (209-6), the No. 2 mark in school history ... Placed second in the discus at the Joe Walker Classic ... Set personal bests in the shot put (14.70m, 48-2.75) and discus (50.61m, 166-0) at the War Eagle Invite ... Finished sixth in the hammer, ninth in the shot put, and 14th in the discus at the Ole Miss Classic ... Opened the season by finishing third in the hammer, seventh in the shot put, and ninth in the discus at the Miami Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge.

2019 Indoor (Sophomore)
Second-Team All-American (Weight Throw, 10th)
SEC Scorer (Weight Throw, 5th)
Earned Second-Team All-American status with a 10th place finish in the weight throw at the NCAA Indoor Championships (20.79m, 68-2.5) … Scored SEC points with a fifth-place finish in the weight throw (19.86m, 65-2), while also placing 13th in the shot put (15.05m, 49-4.5) at the SEC Indoor Championships … Competed in five other meets during the regular season … Set a PR in the weight throw (21.51m, 70-7), the No. 3 throw in school history at the Music City Challenge … Placed third in the weight throw (20.54m, 67-4.75) and sixth in the shot put (14.39m, 47-2.5) at the Don DeNoon Invite … Finished second in the weight at the Indiana Relays (20.91m, 68-7.25) … Came in third in the weight throw (21.47m, 70-5.25) and 13th in the shot put (14.18m, 46-6.25) at Vanderbilt Invite … Opened the season with a third-place finish in the weight throw (20.83m, 68-4.25) and a 19th place finish in the shot put (13.62m, 44-8.25) at the Blazer Invite.

2018 Outdoor (Freshman)
SEC Scorer (Discus, 8th)
Scored SEC points with an eighth-place finish in the discus (48.72m, 159-10) at the SEC Outdoor Championships, a PR that is the fifth-best throw in school history … Also finished 14th in the shot put at the SEC Championships (13.36m, 43-10) … Competed in six meets during the regular season in the shot put, hammer throw, and discus … Placed fourth in the discus (45.20m, 148-3), sixth in the shot put (14.46m, 47-5.25), and sixth in the hammer (55.22m, 181-2) at the LSU Invite … Finished ninth in the hammer (56.24m, 184-6) and 19th in the shot put (12.95m, 42-6) at the War Eagle Invite … Set a PR in the hammer (56.38m, 185) at the Joe Walker Invite, while also finishing sixth in the discus (46.19m, 151-6) and shot put (13.69m, 44-11) … Came in seventh in shot put (13.74m, 45-1) and the hammer (54.31m, 178-2) while finishing 12th in the discus (38.24m, 125-5) at the Spec Towns Invite … Finished eighth in the shot put (12.70m, 41-8), 10th in the discus (39.87m, 130-10), and 12th in the hammer (50.03m, 164-2) at the Ole Miss Classic … Opened her outdoor career by finishing fifth in the hammer (53.84, 176-8), seventh in the shot put (14.04m, 46-0.75), and ninth in the discus (38.73, 127-1) at the USC Power 5 Challenge.

2018 Indoor (Freshman)
SEC Scorer (Weight Throw, 5th)
Scored SEC points with a fifth-place finish in the weight throw at the SEC Indoor Championships (19.77m, 64-10.50) … Also placed 10th in the shot put at the SEC Indoor Championships (14.23m, 46-8.25) … Competed in five meets during the regular season, all in the weight throw and shot put … Set a personal-best in the shot put (13.53m, 44-4.75) in a 10th place finish, while coming in fifth in the weight throw (19.77m, 64-10.5) at the Music City Challenge … Placed third in the weight throw (20.38m, 66-10.50) and 13th in the shot put (12.89m, 42-3.5) at the Don DeNoon Invite … Set a PR in the weight throw (20.82m, 68-3.75) with a third-place finish at the Razorback Invite, which was the No. 3 mark in school history … Placed 13th in the weight (17.79m, 58-4.50) and 25th in the shot put (13.06m, 42-10.25) at the Vanderbilt Invite … Opened her collegiate career by placing fifth in the weight throw (18.28m, 59-11.75) and 14th in the shot put (13.22m, 43-4.5) at the Blazer Invite.

High School
Lettered in both track and volleyball … Set PRs during her senior year in the shot put (44) and discus (119).

Personal
Born Nov. 10, 1999 to Latashie Bell and Olubunmi Taiwo ... Majoring in political science.