University of South Alabama Athletics

2020: Outdoor – Broke the program record in the hammer throw (62.70m) and won shot put (16.00m) at the Jaguar Opener … Indoor – Earned all-conference honors, won shot put (15.34m) and placed third in the weight throw with a personal-best 18.83m at the Sun Belt Championships … Finished third in weight throw (17.69m) at the Samford Bulldog Invitational … Claimed fourth in weight throw (17.50m) and shot put posting a season-best 15.47m at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational …  Recorded two top-five finishes placing second in the weight throw (17.86m) and third in the shot put (15.28m) at the Samford January Invite … Was voted Sun Belt Conference Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week during the season.

2019: Outdoor— Was voted Sun Belt Women’s Most Outstanding Field Performer after winning the conference shot put championship (14.67m) and taking the runner-up spot in the hammer throw (58.36m) … Named Sun Belt Field Athlete of the Week three times during the season … Qualified for the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round in two events, finishing 20th in the shot put (15.86m) and 45th in the hammer throw (53.49m) … Set the Jaguar shot put record twice as a junior with a first-place, 16.12m mark at the Jaguar Opener and again with a 16.22m effort which tied for second at the Triton Invitational … Picked up victories in the Florida Relays hammer throw (60.56m, third in the USA record books), South Alabama Invitational shot put (15.84m) and Southern Miss Open shot put (15.22m) and hammer throw (58.25m) … Finished third overall and first among collegians in the LSU Alumni Gold hammer throw with a 59.48m mark and took second in the shot put (15.68m) … Earned top-three hammer throw measurements at the South Alabama Invitational (55.76m) and Jaguar Opener (57.31m). Indoor— Won the Sun Belt Championships shot put and claimed first-team all-conference honors with a 15.27m mark … Broke her own school record with a 15.44m shot put effort at the Vanderbilt Invitational and had a 15.32m throw to finish fourth at the UAB Blazer Invitational … Earned top-three finishes in the Samford Bulldog Invite shot put (15.15m) and weight throw (18.50m, the third-longest in Jaguar program history) … Took first place in the Jaguar Invitational shot put (15.33m) and sixth in the weight throw (17.51m) … Was voted Sun Belt Women’s Field Athlete of the Week twice during the season.
 
2018: Outdoor— Finished 33rd in the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round shot put with a 15.11m mark … Earned second-team all-conference honors and second place in the USA record books with a 15.38m shot put effort at the Sun Belt Championships … Placed third in the shot put at the Southern Miss Open (14.40m), fifth at the Tiger Track Classic (14.17m) and second at Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge (14.66m) … Landed at fifth in the all-time Jaguar hammer throw standings with a 56.93m mark at the Florida Relays … Finished second in the shot put (14.70m) and third in the hammer throw (50.53m) at the Jaguar Classic … Won the Jaguar Opener shot put and hammer events with marks of 14.10m and 52.61m, respectively. Indoor— Set a new South Alabama shot put record with a first-place, 15.05m mark at the Samford Invite … Placed second in the Jaguar Invitational shot put with a 14.11m effort; took sixth place in the Jaguar records with a 17.28m weight throw at the same meet … Finished second in the shot put at the Samford January Invitational (14.24m) and third at the Commodore Invitational (13.87m).  
 
2017: Outdoor— At the Sun Belt Championships, placed fifth in the shot put (14.86m) and eighth in the hammer throw (53.47m) … At the Jaguar Opener, placed seventh in the hammer throw (48.50m), fifth in the shot put (13.10m) and ninth in the 100m dash with a 12.70-second time. Indoor— Placed eighth in the Sun Belt Conference Championships shot put with a 14.17m throw ... At the Samford Invite, placed in the top 10 in two events: shot put (13.88m) and weight throw (16.41m) ... Placed seventh in the shot put with a personal-record 14.69m mark at the South Alabama Invitational ... Placed seventh in the shot put (13.44m) at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... In her collegiate debut, placed fifth in the shot put (13.88m) at the UAB Blazer Invitational.

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in track at Bessemer City High School in Bessemer, Ala. ... Set the state 6A and school records in the shot put, winning the state title in the event in 2013, 2014, and 2015... Also earned two letters in soccer while competing for the Tigers.

Personal: Full name is Autavia Jamise Fluker … Born June 6, 1997 in Birmingham, Ala. … Daughter of Marilynn Cook ... Favorite movie is Tyler Perry's “A Madea Christmas" ... Favorite athlete is Sanya Richards-Ross ... Favorite musical artist is Lil' Boosie ... Favorite subject is math ... Likes skating and bowling … Would like to become an athletic trainer.

Major: Exercise Science