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Elizabeth Tiller                  Class: Senior Hometown: Tuscaloosa, Ala. High School: American Christian Academy Height: 5-7 Experience: 3L

CAREER BESTS

4K: 15:37.09 (2010)
5K: 19:42.54 (2010)
6K: 22:59.39 (2010)

CAREER HONORS: 2011 Capital One Academic All-District IV Track & Field/Cross Country First Team...2011 SEC Track & Field Community Service Team...2011 VOLSCARS/UT Athletics Helen B. Watson Female Scholar-Athlete...2011, 2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll...2009 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

2011: Checked in 18th overall and ninth on the team at the 5K Tennessee Invitational, covering the course in 20:47.51...Placed 58th overall and seventh for UT with a time of 16:38.45 at the Belmont-VU Opener...Was 101st at SEC meet in 25:22.77.

2010: Scored in third position and placed 124th overall in a PR time of 22:59.39 at the 6K NCAA South Regional...Ran fifth for the team at the SEC Championships, crossing the line 89th in 23:49.14...Began her junior year by running a career-best second on the team and placing 44th overall in a personal-record 15:37.09 at the 4K Belmont-VU Opener...Was squad's third finisher, placing 38th overall in a career-best 19:42.54 at the 5K Commodore Classic...Was UT's third finisher, taking 286th place in 23.46 at the 6K Brooks Paul Short Run...Filled team's No. 5 spot, charting a 26th-place result of 12:12 at the two-mile Front Runner Invitational....Named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-District IV Track & Field/Cross Country First Team and 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll...Member of the 2011 SEC Track & Field Community Service Team and chosen as the VOLSCARS/UT Athletics Helen B. Watson Female Scholar-Athlete.

2009: Participated in all six team races for Tennessee as a sophomore...Had personal bests in four of those and counted toward scoring in first two meets...Fourth for UT and 42nd overall in Belmont-VU Opener in personal record of 15:59.86...Scored fifth and placed 46th at the Crimson Classic in a 5K best of 19:43.20...Top 6K effort was a 23:13.99 readout at the NCAA South Regional, where she crossed the line seventh for the Big Orange and 104th overall...Placed 78th at SEC Championships in 24:20.56..Named to 2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2008: Competed in five meets during her first season as a Lady Volunteer...Made the travel squad for the SEC meet, running eighth on the team and 93rd overall in 25:20.72...Was 21st overall at the 5K Tennessee Invitational in 21:32...Named to the 2009 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year member of the cross country and track & field teams at American Christian Academy...Earned all-state acclaim in cross country in her final three seasons there...Finished fifth at the 1A-2A state meet in 2007...On the oval, she was a six-time 2A all-state honoree, earning recognition her final three years with the 4x800-meter relay team, her sophomore and junior years in the 3,200m and as a sophomore in the 1,600m...The 4x8 won state titles in 2007 and 2008 and was runner-up in 2006, as was she in 2006 and 2007 in the 3,200m...Finished third in the 1,600m in 2006...Earned all-section team status in the 1,600m, 3,200m and 4x800m relay her final three seasons and in cross country in 2005 and 2007...Had a 20:09 5K cross country prep PR...Named Miss ACA, the highest award given by the school, was a member of National Honor Society and graduated with honors from that institution.

PERSONAL: Majoring in public administration and Spanish...Came to UT in the inaugural 15-member class of Haslam Scholars, a premier honors program aimed at attracting the nation's top students...Also the recipient of the 2008 Peyton Manning Scholarship...Has one brother, Eric...Elizabeth Joyce Tiller was born in Northport, Ala., on April 7, 1990...Her parents are Charles and Debbie Tiller.