Bio

Honors & Awards

• Two-time A-R-C All-Academic Team (2022-23)
• Two-time letterwinner (2022-23)

2023 | junior

• Competed in one race, the A-R-C Championship, clocking a time of 26:09.7

2022 | sophomore

• Saw action in three races for the Storm
• One of four Storm runners named to the A-R-C All-Academic Team

High School

• A 2021 graduate of GMG High School
• Academic All-State and All-District in basketball (2021)
• Class valedictorian
• Iowa Governor's Scholarship recipient

Personal

• Parents are Tammy and Bill Backoff and Mike and Hazel Schewe
• Has one sibling, Grace
• Double majoring in english and educational studies with a minor in honors
• Also a member of the Storm track and field team