Alexis Love (2019) - Hall of Fame - Murray State University Athletics

Alexis Love

Induction:
2019
Class:
2013

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Alexis Love was one of the best sprinters in the history of Murray State women's track & field from 2009-13.
In 2012, she was named the OVC Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year and the Athlete of the OVC Championship
In 2012, she earned status as a three-time All-America.
In the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships in 2012, she accounted for 23.5 points when she won the 100m and 200m dashes (set the 200m OVC Championship record) and she anchored the 4x100m relay winner as well as the fifth place team in the 4x400m relay.
Set the OVC record in the 200m event at the NCAA Regional and also advanced to the finals in the 100m event where she placed sixth.
In 2012, the big take-away was that her 100m time of 11.28 and in the 200m of 23:33 surpassed the Olympic A-Standard, which opened her up to an entirely different opportunity.
She was headed to the USA Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, where she was one of only five athletes in the semifinals that were still in school against 13 runners that were professionals.
Love made it to the semifinals in each event before bowing out.
She was close as anyone in MSU history to becoming the first Racer to qualify for the Olympics for Team USA Track & Field.
Love graduated from Murray State in 2013 with a degree in criminal justice.
Retired in 2018, she has carved out a career as one of the top professional sprinters in the country even though she was void of a sponsorship contract and was a full-time self-funded professional athlete that stayed relevant in the national sprint scene for several years after her MSU career ended.
In 2016, Love was back at the USA Olympic Trials for a second time, but fell short of making the USA Olympic Team.