2006-07: CoSIDA Academic All-District second team, named to the U.S. Track Coaches Association NCAA Division II All-Academic team for cross country, Academic All-GLVC, a recipient of Lewis[apos] Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes and a Deans[apos] List student both semesters ... competed in four meets and was Flyers top finisher in three ... was 21st among 294 at the Border War ... was 39th among 164 at the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional Championship ... finished 40th among 379 in Maroon Division at Loyola Chicago[apos]s Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational ... was second on team and 20th among 96 at the GLVC Championship.
2005-06: Academic All-GLVC, recipient of Lewis[apos] Delahanty Award for academic excellence and a
Deans[apos] List student both semesters ... GLVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women[apos]s cross country ... All-GLVC, finishing sixth among 67 runners at the GLVC Championship ... led the Flyers at every meet ... placed 55th among 150 at the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional Championship ... 35th of 277 overall and fourth among 170 non-Division I runners at the National Catholic Invitational ... 14th among 216 at the Border War Invitational ... 29th among 209 at the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational ... eighth among 75 at North Central[apos]s Chuck Carroll Invitational.
2004-05: Academic All-GLVC, Delahanty Award recipient and a
Deans[apos] List student both semesters ... did not compete in the first two meets because of injury ... led the team at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship (23rd among 71) and at the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional Championship (59th among 148) ... finished 83rd among 254 at the Border War Invitational.
High School/Other: Earned four varsity letters in cross country ... helped team qualify for the state championship meet all four years ... as a senior, was all-state, all-conference and the team[apos]s Most Valuable Runner ... all-state, state runner-up, all-conference, team[apos]s Most Valuable Runner and a TV 9/Hardee[apos]s Athlete of the Week as a junior ... set school record of 15:01 for 2.5 miles ... as a sophomore, was all-state, all-conference and team[apos]s Most Valuable Runner ... all-conference and team[apos]s Most Valuable Runner as a freshman, when she set the school record for fastest state championship two-mile time (12:01) ... also lettered four years in track and field ... was a member of Williamsburg[apos]s 4x800-meter relay team that won four consecutive state titles, improving the school[apos]s state record for successive 4x800 crowns to eight, and anchored the team her junior and senior seasons ... the 4x800 squad ran a state-record 4:29 her junior year ... as a senior, was all-state, elite all-state, state runner-up in 1500 meters and distance medley relay, and team MVP ... distance medley team set school record of 4:12 that year ... as a junior, was all-state, elite all-state and team MVP ... ran a school-record 4:50 in the 1500 meters that season ... all-state, elite all-state and team[apos]s distance MVP as a sophomore ... set school record of 10:44 in 3000 meters that year ... all-state, elite all-state and team[apos]s distance MVP as a freshman ... high honor roll student ... National Honor Society president ... student council vice president.
Personal: Daughter of Terry and Peg Wertz ... finance major.
