Eastern Washington University Athletics

Career Bests:
Outdoor: Javelin, 158-3

2020-21 Track & Field: Outdoor: Named to the Big Sky All-Academic team. Advanced to the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round and recorded a javelin throw of 146-10 after finishing in sixth place at the Big Sky Conference Championships with a throw of 156-0. Set a personal best (158-3) earlier in the season at the OSU High Performance Meet, the seventh-best mark in school history.

University of Washington: A regional qualifier and two-time participant at the Pac-12 Conference Championships, Engle competed three seasons at UW in 2017, 2018 and 2019. She moved up to No. 8 in UW history in the javelin with a new personal record of 150-4 in 2019. Also that year, she placed third at the Stanford Invitational collegiate section with a toss of 145-1. In 2018, she placed 11th at the Pac-12 Championships and with a best of 141-9 and earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention. As a freshman in 2017, she advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Championships where she was 36th with a throw of 137-6. Prior to that, she was 16th at the Pac-12 Championships with a mark of 135-0. During the 2017 season she had a season-best throw of 146-3 to rank ninth in school history at the time. She also had a best of 138-1 in the discus as a collegian. Was on the Dean’s List from 2017-20 at Washington, where she received the communication department’s 2020 Faculty Award for Outstanding Research for the thesis she wrote for the school’s Honors Program. She received her bachelor’s degree in communications from UW in spring of 2020.

High School: Graduated in 2016 from Okanogan High School. She has a long association with EWU’s Roos Field, having competed at the WIAA State Track and Field Championships all four years in high school at that venue and winning a pair of javelin titles. She won the title as a senior in 2016 with a personal-best throw of 154-6, which equaled the meet record she held for one year before it was broken. The mark ranked second in Washington across all classifications and was the best by a senior, and also ranked 21st in the nation. Engle also won the javelin in 2015 with a throw of 130-7. Okanogan was a 1A school in her first two years, and she placed fourth at State as a sophomore in 2014 (122-8) and 12th as a freshman (104-6). In addition, she advanced to State in the discus (seventh, 113-11) and the 100-meter hurdles (18.31 in the preliminaries) as a senior. As a junior she placed third in the discus (122-9). She also participated on five relays which advanced to the State Championships, including a third-place finish in the 4x400 as a senior. She was coached in high school by Zach Spaet. Following her junior season, she also competed at the 2015 Washington State Multi-Events Championships, taking fifth in the heptathlon with 3,795 points. Engle was also a four-year letterwinner in soccer, earning All-State and first team All-Caribou League honors. She helped her squad win the title at the 2015 WIAA State 1B/2B Championships where she also earned a sportsmanship award. She lettered one year in wrestling and in 2016 was the first female in school history to earn a berth to the WIAA Wrestling Championships for girls. She played basketball two previous seasons. Academically, she had a 3.9 grade point average and was a member of ASB leadership, Key Club and National Honor Society. She was a 2015 and 2016 Word-Processing Regional Champion, and earned the school’s 2016 Courtesy Pride and Respect Award.
 
Personal: Having already received her degree in communications at the University of Washington, Engle is pursuing her master’s degree in communication studies at EWU. Currently has a 4.0 GPA. She hopes to work with student-athletes as an academic advisor or academic specialist. Born 1/18/98 in Okanogan, Wash. Her full first name is Emmanuella but she goes by Emmy. Her parents are Ernest Engle and Pamela Brigham. She is a first generation member of her family to attend college.