JACKSON, Mich. - First-year Mady Axsom jumped her way to an NAIA B standard over the weekend, which was followed by a league honor on Monday afternoon. She was named the Crossroads League Women's Outdoor Track & Field Field Athlete of the Week for April 10-16.

Axsom is in a group of 17 women that have qualified in the high jump at the NAIA level this season. Only three of the 17 are first-year students. She cleared 1.65 meters (five feet, five inches) on her second attempt at the Don Kleinow Memorial Invitational on Friday and is one inch away from tying the school record set in 1988 by Becky Yoder.

During the indoor season at the league meet, Axsom cleared 1.67 meters on her first try - a height of five feet and 5.75 inches. She competed at nationals in March and finished 12th in the NAIA.

The Maple Leafs compete in the Indiana Little State Championships at Indiana Wesleyan on Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22.

Way to go, Mady!

Sports Information Directors from the league institutions nominate student-athletes for the awards and vote on each week's winners.