Biography
2021-22: CROSS COUNTRY: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in five meets … placed third at the Warrior Challenge 6K (9/10) with a time of 22:58.5 … recorded a 23:46.89 at the Saginaw Valley State Invite (6K) on Oct. 2 … crossed the finish line in 23:33.8 at the Lewis Crossover 6K (10/9) … collected a time of 24:40.0 at the GLIAC Championships (6K) on Oct. 23 … ran a season-best 6K time of 22:53.3 at the NCAA Midwest Regional 6K (11/6).
2020-21: Was a CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee. CROSS COUNTRY: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... season canceled due to COVID-19. INDOOR: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in all four regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... ran the leadoff leg on the fifth-place DMR at GLIACs (2/27-28) ... placed 18th in the mile (5:33.39) at the conference meet ... ran a season-best time for 800m (2:23.97) at the SVSU Tune-Up (2/19) ... posted a season-best time of 5:28.35 for the mile at the SVSU Jet's Pizza Invite (1/30) ... clocked in a season-best time of 10:53.67 for 3000m at the SVSU Triangular Meet (2/5). OUTDOOR: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in four regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... placed fifth in the steeplechase at GLIACs in a WSU season-best time of 11:30.73 ... finished 15th at GLIACs in the 5000m race (19:20.13) ... ran a season-best 18:50.13 for 5000m at the GVSU Al Owens Classic (4/17) ... posted a season-best time of 5:10.91 for 1500m at the Oakland Mini Meet (4/30) ... 2020-21 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.
2019-20: 2019-20 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... recipient of the squad's Warrior Award, which is given to an athlete who embodies the Warrior spirit in more ways than just performing on the track; having a positive attitude, showing perseverance and overcoming obstacles when facing life’s challenges. CROSS COUNTRY: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... did not compete in any meets. INDOOR: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... participated in four regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... finished 17th in the 3000m race (10:57.74) at GLIACs ... posted a season-best time of 10:50.23 for the 3K at the GVSU Big Meet Saturday (2/15) ... ran a season-best time of 5:28.02 for the mile at the SVSU Doug Hansen Open (1/17) ... also competed in the 4x400m and 4x800m relays. OUTDOOR: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... canceled due to COVID-19.
2018-19: Was a CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee. CROSS COUNTRY: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... awarded USTFCCCA All-Academic honors ... competed in all seven meets ... placed eighth (19:53.7) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn's Wolverine Twilight Invitational (8/31) ... crossed the finish line at the Calvin Knight Invitational (9/8) in 20:01.4 ... earned a new 5K personal-best 18:44.8 at the GRCC Raider Invite (9/22) ... completed the Lewis Conference Crossover Invite (10/6) in 23:41.4 ... finished the Inaugural Warrior Challenge (10/20) in sixth place with a time of 23:27.2 ... competed in the GLIAC Championships (11/3), earning a new 6K personal-best time of 23:26.0 ... crossed the finish line in 23:44.9 at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/17). INDOOR: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in five of the eight regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... finished 14th at the GLIAC meet in the 5,000m (19:12.12) and 15th in the mile (5:28.92) ... ran a season-best time of 10:45.62 for 3,000m at the Jet's Pizza Invite (1/26) ... clocked in a season-best time of 2:29.15 for 800m at the Doug Hansen Open (1/18) ... turned in a season-best for 5,000m (18:47.50) at the SVSU Holiday Open (12/8). OUTDOOR: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in two meets ... ran a career-best time of 13:06.30 for the 3,000m steeplechase at Cincinnati's Nikoloff Invite (4/6) ... also competed at the Oakland Golden Grizzlies Invite in the 5,000m race ... 2018-19 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.
2017-18: CROSS COUNTRY: Selected as the squad's Newcomer of the Year ... competed in all six meets as a true freshman ... placed ninth at the Detroit Titan Invitational (9/9) with a time of 19:46.5 ... crossed the finish line in 24:15.6 at the MSU Spartan Invite (9/15) ... finished in 19:49.2 at the Greater Louisville Classic (9/30) ... earned a 5K season-best at the Lansing C.C. Invite (10/6), placing seventh with a time of 19:13.6 ... finished 41st at the GLIAC Championships with a time of 24:28.7 ... earned a 6K season-best at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/4), crossing the finish line in 24:11.9. INDOOR: Competed in seven of the eight meets, including the GLIAC Championships ... placed 14th at the GLIAC Championship in the 5,000m race (19:10.21) ... ran a season-best time of 5:27.99 for a mile at the GVSU Saturday Big Meet (2/10) ... compiled a season-best time of 11:09.45 for 3,000m at the UF Meet for Everyone (2/16). OUTDOOR: Competed in five meets, including the GLIAC Championships ... finished 11th at the league meet (5/3) in the 10K with a season-best time of 41:30.51 ... garnered two season-best times at the GVSU Al Owens Classic (4/21) - 800m (2:36.09) and 1500m (5:05.61) ... recorded a season-best time of 19:21.86 for 5,000m at the Oakland Grizzly Invite (4/13).
High School: A 2017 graduate of Holgate High School ... was a four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track under coaches Jeff McMahon and Brad Hurst ... also earned two letters in basketball ... was a two-time cross country team captain and one-time track team captain ... three-time Green Meadows Conference Runner of the Year and four time All-Conference First Team selection in cross country ... earned All-Ohio honors in cross country in 2015 and 2016, and in track in 2017 for a sixth-place finish in the 4x800m relay (school record 9:34), and seventh in the 1600m (5:06) ... helped lead team to a conference championship in 2016 and three second place finishes ... selected as conference's Performer of the Year in 2016 by winning the 4x800, 3200, 1600 and 800 events at the league meet, and also again in 2017 ... helped set two school records in the 4x400 (4:11) and the 4x8 (9:52) ... earned a personal best 18:48 in the 5K, 11:44 in the 3200, 5:06 in the mile, and 2:18 in the 800 ... graduated with a 4.0 and earned Academic All-Ohio in cross country as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Academic All-Ohio each of her last three seasons at HHS.
Personal: Full name--Emma M. Willett ... born on December 24, 1998, in Toledo, Ohio ... daughter of Mike Willett and Rene Maurer ... has three sisters, Gabbi, Raena and Elisabeth ... Gabbi is also running cross country and track & field at Wayne State ... is majoring in Secondary Education ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2017, Winter 2018 (4.00), Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Fall 2019 (4.00), Winter 2020 (4.00), Fall 2020 (4.00) and Winter 2020 (4.00) ... is a member of the WSU Student-Athlete Leadership Council.
