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• 2008 NCAA Qualifier (Long Jump) • 2008 All-Midwest Region (Long Jump) • 2007 All-Midwest Region (4x100-Meter Relay)

2008: NCAA Championships qualifier in the long jump after finishing third at the NCAA Midwest Regional...Entered the regional meet ranked 19th in the region, but registered a career-best mark of 6.29m (20-07 3/4)...The jump ties her for fifth all-time in Baylor history...Finished eighth in the Midwest Region in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.24...Season-fastest time of 13.63 in the hurdles came in the regional meet preliminaries...Time ranks as the third-fastest in school history...During the indoor season, finished 11th in the long jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championships...Season-best jump of 5.90m (19-04 1/4) came at the Razorback Invitational...Clocked a season-best time of 8.49 in the 60-meter hurdles to win the Sooner Open...Time ranks as the third-fastest in Baylor history.

2007: NCAA Championships participant in the women's 4x100-meter relay, running the third leg...Had a season-best long jump of 6.04 meters (19-09.75) at the Dr Pepper Invitational to take first place...Jumped 5.58 meters (18-03.75) at the Big 12 Championships, finishing 17th overall...Ran the third leg on Baylor's 4x100-meter relay that finished seventh at the Midwest Reigonal...Recorded a jump of 5.68 meters (18-07.75) at the Midwest Regional...Season-best time of 12.33 in the 100 meters at the Michael Johnson Classic...Ran the lead-off leg on the 4x100-meter relay the first two races of the season, clocking 45.17 at the Dr Pepper Invitational and 45.16 at the Stanford Invitational...During indoor, recorded a season-best jump of 5.98 meters (19-07.50) in Albuquerque, N.M...Jumped 5.75 meters (18-10.50) at the Big 12 Championships to finish in 12th place...Season-fastest time of 25.03 in the 200 meters at the Husky Invitational to win her preliminary heat...Recorded season-best 8.62 in the 60 meters in Seattle, Wash., to place second in the preliminaries.

High School: Four-year letterwinner for coaches Terry Kennedy, Shannon Fisher and Neil Nelson...Helped lead the Bruins to the 2006 state title and two straight California Interscholastic Federation southern section titles...Ran on the nation-leading 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relays...Posted personal bests of 13.7 in the 100-meter hurdles, 11.75 in the 100 meters, 24.46 in the 200 meters and 19-09 in the long jump...Volunteered for Feed the Families.

Personal: Full name is DeAna Rae Carson...Born June 5, 1988, in Los Angeles, Calif...Daughter of the late Donald Carson and the late Pamela Smith...Has three sisters: Doneisha, Donta and Donielle Carson...Majoring in family and consumer sciences.