Julissa Rodriguez
Julissa Rodriguez
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Year:
    JR
  • Hometown:
    Deer Park, Texas
  • High School:
    Deer Park
  • Events:
    Throws
  • Major:
    Dramatic Media & Business Social Entrepreneurship (Double Major)

Bio

Career

  • 2024 USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor Weight Throw; 14.00m/45' 11.25")
  • 2024 USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor Shot Put; 12.31m/40' 4.75")
  • 2023 USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor Shot Put; 12.84m)
  • 2022 USTFCCCA All-Region Honoree (Indoor & Outdoor)
  • 2022 SCAC Field Athlete of the Year
  • 2022 SCAC Championships Co-Female Athlete of the Meet
  • 2x SCAC Women's Field Athlete of the Week (3/9/22; 3/8/23)

Record Book

  • Indoor Shot Put Record Holder (12.84m (42’ 2 1/4”); 2023)

Sophomore (2023)

Earned SCAC Field Athlete of the Week for her performance at the Trinity Invitational...Won the shot put at the Trinity Last Chance meet (11.58m)...finished second in the discus at the 2023 SCAC Championships (36.93m)...finished second in the shot put (11.55m) and fifth in the discus (34.57m) and hammer throw (39.50m) at the 2023 HSU Invitational.

Freshman (2022)

2022 USTFCCCA All-Region Honoree (Indoor & Outdoor)...2022 SCAC Field Athlete of the Year...2022 SCAC Championships Co-Female Athlete of the Meet... produced 26 points in the 2022 SCAC Championship meet with a win in the shot put, a runner-up finish in the discus with a mark of 36.96m, a third-place finish in the hammer and a fifth-place finish in the javelin.

Prior to TLU

Transferred from San Jacinto Junior College...threw for Deer Park High School under head coach Ashley Winn.

Personal

Her parents are Jessica Cortez & Juan Rodriguez...she has three sisters, Jessica, Jamilyn, and Jaylina Rodriguez...Member of Spanish National Honors Society.