Rebecca Coan Season 2018-19

IN THE PURDUE RECORD BOOKS

• Ranks No. 4 in school history in the indoor pentathlon with 4,023 points (Feb. 28, 2020)

 

2019-20

USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
Academic All-Big Ten
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Senior

• 2020 outdoor season canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic

Indoor Track & Field / As a Senior

• Competed in seven meets in the pentathlon and 600
• Earned a pentathlon score of 4,023, which is No. 4 in program history and the first total of 4,000 points or better since 1997, to place eighth overall at the Big Ten Championships on Feb. 28
• Ran a personal-best 600 time of 1:39.92 to finish ninth in the event at the Larry Wieczorek Invite on Jan. 17
• Won the pentathlon with 3,851 points at the Gene Edmonds Memorial on Jan. 10
• Earned a personal-best high jump mark of 1.71 meters to finish second overall along with a fourth-place shot put showing with a mark of 11.61 at the Fred Wilt Open on Dec. 7

 

2018-19

Academic All-Big Ten
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Junior

• Participated in five meets in the heptathlon
• Placed eighth in the heptathlon with 4,704 points at the Big Ten Championships on May 10
• Earned a personal-best heptathlon score of 4,870 at the Jim Click Shootout on April 6
• Placed fifth in the high jump (1.53) and javelin (25.07) at the UTSA Invite on March 15

Indoor Track & Field / As a Junior

• Competed in six meets in the pentathlon
• Scored 3,752 points in the pentathlon to finish sixth at the Big Ten Championships on Feb. 22
• Finished as the runner-up in the pentathlon with 3,593 points at the Fred Wilt Open on Feb. 1, with first-place finishes in the shot put (11.26) and 800 (2:30.49) pentathlon events

 

2017-18

Outdoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore

• Competed in three events in the 200, 100 hurdles, 4x400, high jump, shot put and javelin
• Finished sixth in the high jump (1.65) and eighth in the shot put (11.54) at the Battle on the Bayou on April 7
• Claimed a fourth-place high jump finish, with a mark of 1.60, and was fifth in the 4x400 in 4:10.67 at the UTSA Invite on March 16

Indoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore

• Participated in seven meets in the pentathlon and 4x400
• Earned 3,518 points at the Big Ten Championships to finish 13th on Feb. 23
• Was second in the pentathlon with 3,644 points at the Fred Wilt Invite on Jan. 26
• Notched a fourth-place high jump finish with a mark of 1.61 at the Gene Edmonds Invite on Jan. 13

 

2016-17

Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• Competed in five meets in the heptathlon
• Placed 11th at the Big Ten Championships in the heptathlon with 4,533 points on May 12
• Finished fourth in the javelin with a throw of 25.89 and was sixth in the 800 (2:31.58) and 100 hurdles (15.86) at the Rankin/Poehlein Invite on April 21
• Was sixth in the javelin with a mark of 21.60 and ninth in the shot put with a throw of 11.84 at the UTSA Invite on March 17

Indoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• Competed in eight meets in the pentathlon, 300 and 600
• Scored 3,413 points to place 10th in the pentathlon at the Big Ten Championships on Feb. 24
• Earned a personal-best shot put mark of 12.31 meters to finish fifth at the Alex Wilson Invite on Feb. 18
• Recorded a then-career-best long jump mark of 4.97 to finish fourth at the Fred Wilt Open on Jan. 28
• In her collegiate pentathlon debut, won the event with 3,235 points at the Gene Edmonds Open on Jan. 6

 

HIGH SCHOOL

• Named the MCCGSA City Scholar Athlete of the Year as a senior
• Earned the Trojan Pride award winner for track and volleyball as a senior
• Recognized with IATCCC Academic All-State honorable mention accolades
• Named ICGSA honorable mention
• Named an AVCA Team Academic All-America
• Won the Hoosier State 4x400m and 4x800m championships
• Secretary of the National Honors Society
• Top 10% academically
• Had personal-best marks of 5’4” in the high jump, 57.6 in the 400m and 2:16.1 in the 800m
• Also played volleyball and was a three-year letterwinner

 

PERSONAL

• Parents are Ellen and Larry
• Has two sisters, Emily and Elizabeth, and a brother, Lawrence
• Father, Larry, was on the track & field and cross country team at Ohio University
• Born in Indianapolis
• Majoring in health science preprofessional (pre-med)
• Hobbies include photography and hiking