FAYETTEVILLE -- Lexi Jacobus and Tori Hoggard proved at the University of Arkansas they could compete at a high level in track and field as well as in the classroom.
The twin sisters from Cabot combined to win five NCAA titles and seven SEC titles in the pole vault, and earned 13 All-American honors from 2016-19. They also graduated with biochemistry degrees while maintaining 4.0 grade-point averages.
Now the twins are ready to again show they can excel academically while competing in the pole vault at a high level.
Both were accepted by the pharmacy school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, but they deferred enrollment for a year to focus on training for the 2020 U.