VANESSA LEE
SR • Distance • Cleveland, Mo.

Enters her fourth year in the Pittsburg State program... one of the premier middle distance runners in the USA... the two-time defending NCAA-II indoor national champion and the defending NCAA-II outdoor national champion in the 800 meters... captured the 2007 Jim Bush Southern California Championships with a PR time of 2:06.42 to qualify for the USA Track Championships... a 16-time All-MIAA performer and a 10-time MIAA champion... has captured the last three 800m outdoor titles... won MIAA titles in the 800m, the mile run and on the distance medley relay at the 2007 MIAA Indoors... won MIAA titles in the 800m, 1,500m and the 1,600m relay at the 2007 MIAA Outdoors... swept MIAA titles in the 800m in 2006... also the MIAA champion in the 1,500m in 2006... helped the distance medley relay to an MIAA title as well... captured the 2005 MIAA outdoor title in the 800m and finished as the indoor runner-up in the event... placed third in the 1,500m that year, while earning a trip to the NCAA-II national championships in the event... holds the PSU record in the 800m (2:06.42) as well as the Prentice Gudgen Track record in the event (2:14.40)... also a four-year member of the PSU cross country team... red-shirted in 2007... placed 14th at the NCAA-II South Central Regional to lead PSU to a berth in the NCAA-II National Championships in 2006... earned All-MIAA honors with a seventh-place showing at the 2005 MIAA Championships... In High School: A standout distance runner at Cass-Midway High School... the Missouri Class 1A state champion in the 800m and 1600m as a senior... also the state runner-up in the 100m hurdles and the 400m... as a junior was the state champion in the 1600m and the 100m hurdles... finished second in the 800m and the 5,000m in 2003... Personal: Born March 27, 1986... daughter of Daniel and Brenda Lee... the 2006-07 runner-up for the Ken B. Jones Award as the MIAA Female Student-Athlete of the Year... a multiple-year member of the MIAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll and the MIAA All-Academic Team... also a second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America selection in 2007... has a 3.876 GPA as a dual biology and Spanish major.