Ramzee Fondren Class: Sophomore Hometown: Detroit, Mich. High School: Detroit Renaissance Height: 5-7 Event: Middle Distance

UT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: SEC Indoor champion and first-team All-SEC honoree with distance medley relay (2009).

2009: Won an SEC title and earned first-team all-conference acclaim as a rookie after running the 800m leg on UT's victorious distance medley relay unit at the league indoor meet...That group covered the distance in 11:23.43 and kept UT in contention for the team title it eventually clinched...Ran the 800m at the SEC Indoor and Outdoor meets, finishing 12th indoors in a personal-record 2:12.08 and 15th outdoors in a season-best 2:11.72...Qualified for the USA Junior Championships and ran a 2:12.83 in the prelims.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ran track and cross country at Detroit Renaissance all four years of her prep career...Three-time 800m Michigan Division 2 state champion and a 2007 winner at 1600 meters after finishing second in 2006...Set state meet record in 800m as a sophomore and junior, improving the mark to 2:11.08...Won 1600m her junior year in 4:58.23...Did not run either event as a senior while recovering from a leg injury...Three-time Nike Indoor All-American from 2004-05 to 2006-07, finishing third in the 800m in 2007 and taking sixth in 2005 and 10th in 2006...USATF Outdoor All-American in 2007...Helped Renaissance win state track & field titles in 2006 and 2007 and ran on 2004 city and regional cross country title squad...Also competed for the Cheetah and Motor City Track Clubs...Career bests include 2:06.8 for 800m, 4:58.23 for 1600m, 55.0 for 400m, 4:38 for 1500m and 18:36 for 5K in cross country...Ran her top half-mile clocking in the prelims of the 2007 USA Junior Championships before logging a 2:08.64 readout to wind up seventh...Won four straight city cross country titles...Was active in choir at DRHS.

PERSONAL: Ramzee is enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Tennessee...She is interested in pursuing a degree in Spanish...Is considering a career as a translator...Chose UT because she was impressed with the surroundings, the coaching staff, the team and the academic counselors when she made her visit to Knoxville...Credits her father, a track & field coach, with exposing her to the sport...Has three siblings: August, 23; Shareef (a.k.a. Zeus), 20; and Malcolm, 10...Ramzee Victoria Lyn Fondren was born in Detroit, Mich., on March 24, 1990...Her parents are Ben and Jaki Fondren.