Height: 5-5
Class: SO
Hometown: Lindenhurst, IL
Previous School: Lakes HS
Awards
NAIA National Qualifier (2008)
NCCAA National Qualifier (2008)
All-CCAC (2008)
Top 10 Finishes
Aurora University - 1st (9/12/08)
Cedarville University - 3rd (9/20/08)
Indiana Wesleyan - 1st (10/4/08)
Benedictine University - 9th (10/10/08)
Illinois College - 2nd (10/18/08)
Graceland University - 7th (10/25/08)
CCAC Championships - 9th (11/1/08)
2008
NAIA and NCCAA National qualifier…was only second Judson female to run at NAIA National meet… ran second best time of the year (18:42 - 5k) at NAIA National Meet for 61st place…ran a 19:43 (5k) at the NCCAA National Meet to finish in 30th place…finished in top 10 in all regular season meets…had four top five finishes… in first collegiate meet at Aurora University (23:05 - 6k) was medalist…claimed second medalist award of the year at Indiana Wesleyan with fast 5k time of the season (18:39)…finished ninth at CCAC Championship Meet (19:59 - 5k) to earn All-CCAC honors.
High School
Graduated from Lakes High School in 2008…four-year letterman for coach Kellie Doyle…All-State in senior season…team captain…first athlete to be named All-State at school…given Eagle Pride award and the Most Outstanding Female Athlete…two-time team MVP in freshman and senior seasons…in track, helped team to conference championship…captain of the track team…participated in Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Snowball, and prom committee…named to honor roll and given Academic Achievement award.
Club
Ran for the Lake County Lighting under Kevin Devitt…was a USA Track and Field national qualifier.
Personal
Daughter of Bryan and Beth Dean…born on February 9, 1990…will major in pre-nursing…enjoys running…loves to eat pasta…favorite book to read is the Bible…lists favorite movie as "Remember the Titans"…likes to vacation in Wisconsin.