Katie Van Horn Class: Senior Hometown: Glendora, N.J. High School: Triton Regional Last College: Richmond Height: 5-6

2008: Was injured and did not compete in any meets last season...Made the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the third time.

2007: Consistently filled a role as one of the team's leaders, finishing second on the team on four occasions and running first and third in her other two races...Has scored for Tennessee in 12 of 13 career races...Picked up the first All-SEC nod of her career and her second All-South Region award...For the second straight season, she was UT's top finisher at the NCAA South Regional, taking 11th in 21:06.48 over the 6K trail...Placed seventh at SECs and second on her team, running the 6K course in 21:09.20 for the best league result of her college career...Posted a 4K PR at the Belmont Opener, grabbing third-place honors in 14:24.32 as the Big Orange's No. 2 runner...Was 11th overall and second for UT at the 5K Bulldog Stampede in 18:31.33...In UT's two middle of the season 6K tests, she was her squad's No. 2 and No. 3 scorer, respectively, winding up 16th at the Brooks Paul Short Run in 21:03 and 17th at the Penn State National Invitational in 21:36...Collected the squad's Most Improved award at the team banquet...Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second consecutive season.

2006: Began the year as a candidate to fill the number four or five positions in the lineup and wound up among the team's leading runners in the final two meets of the season...Ascended to head of the UT pack at the NCAA South Regional, earning all-region accolades alongside three of her teammates for an eighth-place showing of 21:33.0...Was the squad's second scorer at the NCAA Championships, completing the course in 22:14.6 to finish 113th...Missed making All-SEC by only two spots, as she ran fourth on the team and 16th overall in a 6K career-best of 20:43.71 at the SEC Championships...Was Tennessee's third scorer, crossing the line 21st in 21:24 at the 6K Paul Short Run...Held down the four slot at the ISU Pre-National Invitational, finishing 86th overall in 21:36.2...Made her UT cross country debut in Nashville at the Belmont Opener, filling the fifth scoring position and winding up 29th overall in 15:08.48...At the Tennessee Invitational in week two, she was the Lady Vols' sixth finisher and grabbed 10th place overall in 18:51...Also excelled in the classroom, earning a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll and the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

SPRING 2006: Katie transferred to Tennessee in January 2006 from the University of Richmond and competed in three track & field meets indoors and four outdoors...Established career bests indoors in the mile and 3000 meters and outdoors from 800 to 5000 meters.

AT RICHMOND: FALL 2005: Katie was an All-Atlantic 10 selection in cross country during the fall and collected A-10 Rookie of the Week honors three times...Placed eighth individually at the A-10 meet with a time of 18:26.7 over 5,000 meters...Her effort helped the Spiders finish third as a team...Notched a 28th-place result at the NCAA Southeast Regional, just missing all-region accolades with a 21:14.7 readout for 6K...Was 44th out of 299 runners earlier in the year at the Arkansas-hosted Chile Pepper Festival, covering 6K in 22:07.2.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was an all-state performer in cross country and track & field at Triton Regional High School in Runnemede, N.J....Won the 2005 New Jersey Group IV title in the 3,200 meters with a career-best time of 10:40...Also claimed a 3,200m crown at the 2005 Meet of Champions with a readout of 10:44...Took second in the group meet in the 1,600m in a personal-record 4:59...Placed seventh in the 3,000 meters in the 2005 Penn Relays, covering the distance in 10:08...Her 3K time ranked her seventh nationally among prep seniors, while her 3,200m performance placed her ninth among high school seniors...Was 12th in 19:00 at the Cross Country Meet of Champions...Graduated in the top 10 percent of her class and was a member of National Honor Society, Key Club, Interact and Student Council.

PERSONAL: Katie is majoring in statistics with a collateral in finance...She enjoys playing with her dogs, going to the beach, watching college football, attending country music concerts, bicycling, hiking, playing soccer, traveling and skiing...Has two siblings: Alicia, 27, and Brett, 25...Catherine Janel Van Horn was born in Abington, Pa., on Nov. 21, 1986.