2004: Redshirted.

High School: Voted most valuable runner two consecutive years in cross country... Captain of the cross country team as a senior... Voted most valuable distance runner in track two years in a row... State track qualifier her senior year... Cross country all-conference all four years... Member of student council and Mayor's Youth Commission.

Personal: Daughter of Bob and Connie Houlihan... Born 2/26/85... Majoring in business... Father attended Iowa and mother went to school at Kansas... Chose UNI because of the excellent business program.