2006-07: Finished fourth with an indoor best throw of 40-7.5 in the shot put at the Carthage College D1 Invitational...Placed sixth with a distance of 48-6 in the weight throw at the Carthage College D1 Invitational...Won the weight throw with a 42-10.5 at the Tad Metzger Invitational... Finished second with an outdoor best distance of 44-1.25 in the shot put at the Oshkosh Open...finished 14th at the Big East Championships with a throw of 40-8.25... Earned third with an outdoor best distance of 142-8 in the Discus at the Dr. Keeler Invitational... Finished ninth throwing 131-10 in the hammer throw at the Illinois Invitational, an outdoor best...

High School: A three-sport letterwinner, Thiel won the Indiana State title in the shot put in 2006... She also won the Lake Athletic Conference discus and shot put championship consecutive years in 2005 and 2006 ... Thiel earned three straight first team all-conference honors for her performance in the shot put and two first team honors for her performance in the discus.

Personal: Thiel was born on December 17, 1987 and is the daughter of Rick and Betsy Thiel ... She has three siblings, Garrett, Nicki and Carissa ... Thiel majors in biology.