2020: Awarded a red shirt season due to NCAA Novel Coronavirus Shutdown ... member SIAC Cross Country All-Academic Team ... member SIAC Commissioner's All-Academic Team ... member CoSIDA Academic All-District V team for NCAA Division II in Women's Cross Country/Track & Field.
2019: Earned a second athletic letter in her sophomore season by scoring in all seven Badger events of season ... member SIAC Women's Cross Country All-Academic Team ... member SIAC Commissioner's All-Academic Team ... best performance of year came a Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic in New Orleans with a 5k time of 20:56.4.
2018: Earned an athletic letter in her true freshman year ... top Badger finisher in every event run in 2018 ... finished 3
rd individually at SIAC Championships ... member SIAC All-Conference Team ... member SIAC Women's Cross Country All-Academic Team ... member SIAC Commissioner's All-Academic Team.
Track & Field Bio
High School: Prepped at Jacksonville (Ala.) High School under head coach Jill Green ... set personal best in XC at Alabama State Championship in 2017 with a time of 20:38 ... competed in the 4x800m, 800m, 1600m and 3200m ... specialized in the 1600m and 3200m ... personal best in 800m 2:41 ... personal best in 1600m 5:43 ... personal best in 3200m 12:41.
Personal: Majoring in Biology/Pre-Health ... favorite food is chicken and rice ... favorite movie is
The Little Mermaid ... favorite TV show is
The Golden Girls ... favorite musician is Taylor Swift ... enjoys singing, reading, hiking and biking ... favorite professional athlete is Shalane Flanagan ...
Nutella and pretzels "and pretty much anything sweet" are guilty pleasures ... "I love meeting people and making memories" ... plans a career as a pediatrician, but dreams of being a mathematician ... sister to Robert, Matthew, Joseph, Mary Alice, Sally, Clif, Thomas and Andrew ... daughter of Thomas Shelton and Miriam & Daniel Benik.
