2017 Women's Cross Country Roster

Nicole Kotval

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Exp. 2L
  • Major Nursing
  • Hometown Baton Rouge, La.
  • Highschool St. Joseph's Academy

Biography

Career: Member 2016 SIAC Commissioner's Academic Team as a junior .... has run and scored in 17 events in three seasons holds two athletic letters in XC and two in track ... top Badger finisher in 15 events ... set personal career-best with third best Badger time of all time as a junior on October 22, 2016, at Sand Shark Invitational in Hardeeville, S.C. with a 5k time of 18:42.73 ... holds seven spots on the Badger All-Time Top 30 5k times list.

2016: Member SIAC Commissioner's Academic Team .... earned a second athletic letter as the top Badger finisher in all six events of her junior season ... cracked SHC Top 30 5k times list on four occasions ... set personal career-best with third best Badger time of all time on October 22 at Sand Shark Invitational in Hardeeville, S.C. with a 5k time of 18:42.73

2015: Earned an athletic letter as the top Badger finisher in five events of her sophomore season ... missed one team event ... set season-best time of 18:53.04 over 5k at Foothills Invitational in Oxford, Ala., on Oct. 3 for 6th best SHC time in history ... also set 5th best SHC time over 6k at Falcon Classic in Montevallo, Ala., on Sept. 19.

2014: Ran and scored in all six Badger events of her true freshman year ... top Badger finisher in final four events of the season ... best showing came at NCAA Division II Challenge in Clinton, Miss., on Oct. 25 when she ran 5k in 20:17.70 for 23 points.

High School: Prepped at St. Joseph's Academy in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, under coaches Mark LaHaye and Charlie Daigle ... varsity member of Cross Country and Track & Field teams ... 50+ hours of service in all four years.

Personal: Majoring in Nursing ... favorite food is spaghetti ... favorite musician is Hunter Hayes ... likes gymnastics ... plans to become a Pediatric Nurse and then return to obtain a Master's degree in a specialty ... ice cream is her guilty pleasure ... sister to Isabella ... daughter of Michael and Irene Kotval.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    5'2"
  • 2015Sophomore

    5'2"
  • 2016Junior

    5'2"
  • 2017Senior

    5'2"