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Phoebe Wright                  Class: Senior Hometown: Signal Mountain, Tenn. High School: Red Bank Height: 5-7

2008: As a junior, she saw action in six races, charting personal records at all three distances and counting in the team's scoring five at every meet...Ran third on the squad and was 23rd overall at the SEC Championships in a 6K best of 21:39.26...Placed 42nd and ran fifth on the team at the NCAA South Regional in a time of 22:25.16...Charted 4K and 5K bests and finished second for UT at the Belmont Opener and Tennessee Invitational...Covered the distance in 15:10.78 to place 12th at Belmont and was third at the home meet in 18:33...Selected as a first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American in 2008-09 and an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV selection for the second time...Also named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the third time in her career.

2007: Competed in all six meets as a sophomore, scoring in three of them and recording career bests at 4K, 5K and 6K...Was Tennessee's fifth scorer at the NCAA South Regional meet, placing 87th in 23:57.91...Recorded PRs in the first two meets...Ran 4K best at the Belmont Opener, winding up fifth on the team and 28th overall in 15:31.71...Came back two weeks later to chart a 5K topper at the Bulldog Stampede, covering the acreage in 19:51.69 to wind up fifth on the squad and 29th overall...Notched her 6K career best at the Brooks Paul Short Run, where she finished 137th overall and sixth on the squad in 22:55...Was sixth for UT and 120th overall at the Penn State National Invitational in 23:23...In SEC action, she was seventh on the team and 60th overall in 23:04.17...Her work in the classroom was recognized, as she was a second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV selection and a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second time...Recipient of team's Scholar-Athlete Award.

2006: Joined the team as a walk-on...Participated in five cross country meets for the Lady Vols as a rookie...Her debut came at the Belmont Opener in Nashville, where she logged a 44th-place finish as Tennessee's seventh runner in 15:37.65...Career best for 6K came at the Paul Short Run in Bethlehem, Pa., where she finished 39th out of 401 runners in the "Open" race with a readout of 23:03...Her 5K best of 20:13 came at the Tennessee Invitational, where she was 35th overall and ninth on the team...Competed in the SEC Championships, finishing 10th on the squad and 93rd overall in 23:57.33...Earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll for her efforts in the classroom.

HIGH SCHOOL: Phoebe was a four-year letterwinner and three-time team captain for both the cross country and track & field teams at Red Bank...Made three appearances at the state championships with each of those squads and helped RBHS win a region track title in 2006...Carded a 12th-place finish at the 2005 TSSAA Cross Country Championships to garner all-state honors...Competed at the 2005 Foot Locker Cross Country South Regional, placing 98th...On the oval, she finished sixth, fourth and fifth in the 800 meters, respectively, at the state meet in her final three years of high school...Likewise helped the Lions finish eighth, seventh and sixth, respectively, in the 4x400m relay at state...Had a fourth-place state outcome in the 1,600 meters as a junior...Won the 800m and 1,600m at the 2005 Volunteer Track Classic at UT's Tom Black Track, earning the Best Distance Female Award...Holds Optimist Meet 800m record with a 2:17 and Best of Preps record with a 5:15 1,600m...Personal bests include 2:15.95 in the 800m and 5:15 in the 1,600m...Graduated fifth in her class at RBHS...Received the Athlete Scholar Award and the Mrs. Hysinger Math Award...Was a member of the BETA Club and National Honor Society and served as features editor for her school newspaper...In addition to her athletic pursuits, Phoebe planned the Red Bank Fun Run to raise money for the cross country and track & field teams.

PERSONAL: Phoebe is majoring in ecology and evolutionary biology...Enjoys hiking, swimming and camping...Her mother graduated from law school at UT...Has a younger sister, Chloe, 10...Phoebe Elizabeth Wright was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Aug. 30, 1988...Her parents are David and Lucy Wright.