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Amber Zimmerman                  Class: Sophomore Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn. High School: Webb School Height: 5-5 Experience: 1L

CAREER BESTS

4K: 15:25.47 (2010)
5K: 18:12 (HS)
6K: 21:33.01 (2010)

CAREER HONORS: 2011 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

2011: Just missed her 6K PR at the SEC Championships, running second for UT and 26th overall in 21:34.13...Completed her initial race of 2011, running second for Tennessee and 172nd overall in 22:47 at the 6K Brooks Paul Short Run...Was third scoring runner and 27th overall at the 5K Crimson Classic, finishing in 18:22.68...Competed at the NCAA South Regional but was unable to finish due to injury.

2010: Led UT and was 42nd overall in a 6K career best of 22:15.91 at the SEC Championships...Placed 46th in a career-best 21:33.01 and led UT for the fifth time in six races at the NCAA South Regional...Debuted as UT's top finisher and grabbed 35th place at the 4K Belmont-VU Opener, covering the course in 15:25.47...Led team for second straight week, placing 17th overall in a time of 18:57.44 at the 5K Commodore Classic...Was No. 1 runner for Big Orange again at the 6K Brooks Paul Short Run, registering a career-best time of 22:36 and placing 152nd out of 367 runners...Just missed leading the squad at the Front Runner Invitational, matching Chanelle Price's time of 11:37 on the two-mile course but crossing the line just behind her teammate to place 11th...Named to the 2011 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Won TSSAA State Cross Country Division II A Championships in 2006 and 2009, and was the runner-up in 2007 and 2008...Career-best time on the course for 5K is 18:12.00 (25th, 2008 Foot Locker South Regional)...Was 30th at that meet in 2008...On the track, she won state titles in 2007 in the 1600m, 3200m and 4x800m relay...Was third in the 1600m and fifth in the 800m at the 2010 TSSAA Division II Championships...Named All-KIL (800m/1600m) and chosen to the Knoxville News-Sentinel's PrepXtra Second Team as a senior...Other best prep times include 10:20 (3000m), 11:18.43 (3200m) and 4:48 for 1500m.

PERSONAL: Majoring in exercise science...Siblings include Mike, David and Ariel Zimmerman, Sean Zimmerman-Wall and Sharon Gandy...Born Sept. 15, 1992, in Plano, Texas...Parents are Lesli Rowan and John Zimmerman.