Missouri State

Collegiate XC PR | 5k: 18:48.08 (9/29/23), 6k: 22:20.5 (11/1/24)

Honors
MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024

2024
Competed in all six meets for the Bears ... Set a personal record in the 6k with a time of 22:20.5 at the MVC Championship (11/1) ... Finished in scoring position for the Bradley Pink Classic Red race (10/18) where she was the fifth Bear across the line and 161st overall.

2023
Competed in all six meets for the Bears ... Set a personal record in the 5k with a 18:48.08 finish at the Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival (9/29) ... Scored in two meets including the NCAA Midwest Regional ... Finished the MVC Championship (10/27) 6k with a personal record finish of 22:36.5.

Heartland CC
Finished 10th at the NJCAA Outdoor Championships in 2023 in the 5000m (19:02.57) ... Was also a cross country national qualifier her freshman (18th) and sophomore (45th) seasons with 5k times of 19:52.1 and 20:51.3, respectively ... Heartland finished 2nd nationally in 2021 and 3rd in 2022 at NJCAA XC Nationals ... Finished 3rd at the Region 24 XC meet as a sophomore (20:20.7) ... Turned in a 5k PR (18:48.08) on 4/28/23 at EIU ... Also had PR efforts in 1500m (5:25.41) on 3/24/23 and in 3000m (11:46.08) on 2/17/23 ... Earned leading sophomore honors in 2022-23 from the AD.

High School
Was a standout distance specialist at Charleston (Ill.) High for coach Chris Hawk ... Earned PR marks in the mile (5:32) and 2-mile (11:56) as a senior (2020-21) ... Earned All-Apollo Conference honors as a junior in 2019 and was an individual state qualifier in cross country.

Personal
Grace Rose Spoonhour was born 4/27/03 in Las Vegas, Nevada ... Daughter of Jay and Nicole Spoonhour of St. Louis, Mo. ... Has two brothers, Charlie and Sam ... Father is the current assistant athletics development director for the Bears. served as an assistant coach on the Missouri State men's basketball staff for the 2023-24 season and was head coach at Eastern Illinois (2012-21) ... Mother was a soccer standout at Meramac CC (1991-93) and Mobile (1993-95) ... Grandfather Charlie Spoonhour was head basketball coach at MoState (1983-92), Saint Louis (1995-99) and UNLV (2001-04) ... Majoring in General Business.