Demaria King

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Charlestown
Hometown:
Charlestown, Ind.

Demaria King TFRRS Profile

CAREER HONORS
• All-ACC Indoor Academic Team (2024, 2025)
• All-ACC Outdoor Academic Team (2024, 2025)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)

2024-25
Indoor:
• Competed in the weight throw at six meets
• Set a new personal-best mark of 17.86m (58-7.25) to place eighth in the event at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational
• Recorded a mark of 17.12m (56-2) to place 19th at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Picked up the first event victory of her career at the Bellarmine Open with a toss of 16.49m (54-1.25)

Outdoor:
• Competed in the hammer throw at five meets
• Posted a personal-best mark of 54.74m (179-7) to place third at the Jim Click Shootout & Multis
• Rounded out the top five at the Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Invitational with a toss of 54.02m (177-2)
• Closed her season at the ACC Outdoor Championships, where she recorded a mark of 50.50m (165-8)

2023-24
Indoor:
• Competed at six meets in the weight throw
• Set a personal-best mark of 15.81m (51-10.5) in the event at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational
• Finished ninth at the Bellarmine Open with a heave of 15.50m (50-10.25)

Outdoor:
• Competed in the hammer throw at four meets
• Placed third in the event at the Jim Vargo Invitational with a season-best heave of 50.14m (164-6)

2022-23
Indoor
• Did not compete in any indoor events

Outdoor:
• Did not compete in any outdoor events

Prep/High School Honors:
• 2022 Indiana state qualifier in the shot put
• Won both the 2021 sectional championship and conference championship in the shot put
• Two-time regional qualifier in the shot put (2021, 2022)

Personal:
• Full name is Demaria King
• Birthdate is November 14, 2003
• Major is exercise science
• Mother is Claudine Buckner
• Also played basketball in high school
• Plans to become a physical therapist after college
• Proudest moment of her life was graduating high school
• Chose UofL because it is her dream school and is close to home
• Favorite thing about UofL is the atmosphere on campus and at sporting events