The 5-foot-7 senior won the 100-meter dash, the 200 dash and the long jump at the Class AAA state meet this past season, leading the Golden Eagles to an eighth-place finish as a team. Campbell's title-winning leap of 20 feet, 3.5 inches in the long jump ranked as the nation's No. 6 performance among prep competitors this spring at the time of her selection. She also set a state record in the 200 with a time of 23.71 seconds at the Class AAA Section 2 Sub-Sectionals meet.
Campbell has maintained a 3.98 GPA in the classroom and represents one of the state's top academic candidates in meeting the Gatorade award's broad criteria. She has signed a national letter of intent to compete on an athletic scholarship at Duke University beginning this fall.
An American Legion Auxiliary Girls State representative in 2016, Campbell has volunteered locally in association with her school's Key Club and as a peer tutor. "Kethlin was phenomenal all season long," said Mario Braston, head coach of Franklin County High. "I've never seen an athlete come back from a season-ending injury and run as fast as she did."
