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  Katie Shaw

Katie Shaw

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Cleburne, Texas

High School:
Cleburne

Height:
5-4

Event:
Distances

Birthdate:
04/13/1988

2008 Track: Finished 12th overall in the 10,000 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a time of 38:02.15...Season-fastest time in the event of 37:10.01 came at the Drake Relays...Finished fourth in the 1,500 meters at the ACU Triangular...Season-best time of 4:42.48 in the 1,500 meters came in a fifth-place finish at the Michael Johnson Classic...Took fifth at the Dr Pepper Invitational in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:03.71...During the indoor season, won the 3,000 meters at the Razorback Invitational with a time of 10:06.31...Season-best time of 17:27.98 in the 5,000 meters came at the Husker Invitational in a third-place finish...Named to the Academic All-Big 12 first-team...Named to the fall Big 12 Commissioners Honor Roll.

2007 Cross Country: Competed in five event for the Lady Bears, scoring points at one meet...Fastest time over 6,000 meters of 22:54.7 came at the NCAA Championships...Claimed her first collegiate individual title at the North Texas Invitational...Finished 23rd overall at the Baylor Twilight Invitational...Finished 65th at the Big 12 Championships and took 144th at the Notre Dame Invitational...Finished in 227th place at the NCAA Championships...Named to the Academic All-Big 12 first-team.

2007 Track: Did not compete in track as a freshman.

2006 Cross Country: Redshirted her first year at Baylor...Retains freshman eligibility...Named to the fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in both track and field and cross country at Cleburne High School in Cleburne, Texas, for coaches Richard Naylor and Coby Bird...Three-time all-state cross country selection for the Yellow Jackets...Four-time regional qualifier and two-time regional bronze medalist...District champion as a junior and senior and district runner-up as a freshman and sophomore...On the track, earned all-state honors in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters and was a two-time state qualifier in both events...Was a four-time regional qualifier, with three runner-up finishes and one bronze medal...Claimed the district titles as a junior and senior...Clocked personal bests of 11:03.18 in the 3,200 meters and 5:01.29 in the 1,600 meters...Earned Senior Hall of Fame honors and the All A's in High School and four-year academic excellence awards...Member of the UIL academic poetry and prose and UIL one act play teams...Also active in Habitat for Humanity, Special Olympics, Whistle Stop Christmas, Christmas in April and many other community service activities.

Personal: Full name is Sarah Katherine Shaw...Born April 13, 1988, in Cleburne, Texas...Daughter of Ricky and Vicki Shaw...Majoring in psychology.