Sterling Scott

Year (Indoor/Outdoor):
Jr. / Jr.
Position:
Jumps
Hometown:
Starkville, Miss.
High school:
Starkville
Prev. School:
Missouri
Major:
Exercise Science

TFRRS Bio

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2023 Pan-Am U20 Gold Medalist (Triple Jump)
• 2x U.S. U20 Medalist
• 1x First-Team All-American
• 2x Second-Team All-American
• 1 NCAA Point
• 4x NCAA Qualifier
• 2x NCAA West Region Qualifier
• 1x SEC Medalist
• 1x Third Team All-SEC
• 5x SEC Scorer
• 15 SEC Points
• 2x USTFCCCA All-Academic

2026 Indoor (Junior) - At Ole Miss
NCAA Qualifier (Triple Jump)
SEC Scorer (Triple Jump, 6th Place)
3 SEC Points
First Rebel to qualify for the indoor national meet in the triple jump since 2015 (Phillip Young) ... Scored in sixth place at the SEC Indoor Championships after tying career-best 16.28m/53-5 (No. 2 Ole Miss history) ... Jumped at least 52 feet in three of four meets, first Rebel to jump that far since 2015.

2025 Outdoor (Sophomore) - At Missouri
NCAA West Region Qualifier (Triple Jump)
SEC Scorer (Triple Jump, 8th Place)
1 SEC Point
USTFCCCA All-Academic
Fell two spots shy of the outdoor national meet, finishing 14th at the NCAA West Regional at wind-legal season-best 15.84m/51-11.75 (+2.5) ... Scored in eighth place at the SEC Outdoor Championships at 15.65m/51-04.25 (-0.5) ... Wind-aided season-best 15.98m/52-05.25 (+3.0) at the Texas A&M Alumni Muster Invitational ... Named USTFCCCA All-Academic.

2025 Indoor (Sophomore) - At Missouri
First-Team All-American (Triple Jump, 8th Place)
1 NCAA Point
NCAA Qualifier (Triple Jump)
SEC Scorer (Triple Jump, 8th Place)
1 SEC Point
Scored first career NCAA point with eighth place finish in the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships (16.04m/52-07.50) ... Scored one SEC point in eighth place at the SEC Indoor Championships at 15.71m/51-06.50 ... Opened season with career-best 16.28m/53-5 at the Alexis Jarrett Invitational, No. 2 in Missouri history.

2024 Outdoor (Sophomore) - At Missouri
World U20 Finalist (Triple Jump, 5th Place)
U.S. U20 Medalist (Triple Jump, 2nd Place)
Second-Team All-American (Triple Jump, 14th Place)
NCAA Qualifier (Triple Jump)
NCAA West Region Qualifier (Triple Jump)
SEC Scorer (Triple Jump, 5th Place)
4 SEC Points
USTFCCCA All-Academic
Finished fifth in the final of the World U20 Championships in 2024 ... U.S. U20 runner-up in the triple jump, earning silver for his second such medal in his career ... Second-Team All-American in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, finishing 14th at outdoor PR 15.80m/51-10 (+0.2) in his first outdoor national meet ... Qualified after finishing 11th at the NCAA West Regional (15.77m/51-9/+1.7) ... Long jump season-best 7.00m/22-11.75 (+1.1) in outdoor debut at Florida Relays ... Named USTFCCCA All-Academic.

2024 Indoor (Sophomore) - At Missouri
Second-Team All-American (Triple Jump, 11th Place)
NCAA Qualifier (Triple Jump)
SEC Medalist (Triple Jump, Bronze)
Third-Team All-SEC
SEC Scorer
6 SEC Points
Second-Team All-American in the triple jump, finishing 11th in his first NCAA Championship meet at 15.50m/50-10.25 ... Won triple jump bronze at the SEC Indoor Championships at career-best 16.14m/52-11.50 ... Season-best long jump of 7.24m/23-9 in his collegiate debut at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

High School
Won gold for Team USA at 2023 Pan-American U20 Championships the summer before enrolling at Missouri ... High school national champion in the triple jump, fifth place in the long jump ... Three-time Mississippi state champion at Starkville High School ... Was a standout soccer player for Starkville in addition to track & field.

Personal
Born July 12, 2005 in Carbondale, Illinois ... Son of Ole Miss jumps coach Andre Scott and Colleen Scott ... Father, Andre, was a seven-time All-American and three-time SEC Champion at Auburn ... Mother, Colleen, was a professional jumper for native Jamaica ... Majoring in exercise science.