CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Chattanooga distance runner, Lanni Marchant, was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV First Team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDa) announced Thursday. As a First-Team member, she is automatically nominated for All-America honors.
The London, Ontario native was named the 2007 Southern Conference Female Athlete of the Year on May 30 at the SoCon's annual awards dinner in Hilton Head. She graduated from UTC in May with a 3.89 grade point average in Economics/Pre-Law and was accepted to the University of Ottawa where she plans to attend Law School.
She was honored at UTC’s annual Hall of Fame dinner with the 2007 A.C. "Scrappy" Moore award given to the student-athlete who demonstrates success with integrity through academic achievement and community service. Last year, she was the recipient of the Dayle Maye award given to the senior with the highest cumulative GPA.
Marchant was named the 2006 Southern Conference women's cross country Runner of the Year winning the top spot at the league championships. She led the Lady Mocs to a one-point win over Appalachian State as Chattanooga claimed its fourth title in school history. She was runner-up at the NCAA South Region Championships and qualified for the Cross Country National Championships where she placed 76th out of 253 runners.
Marchant earned an NCAA Indoor Track provisional qualification in the 5000 meter run at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational and won the event at the league championships. She was a five-time Runner of the Week in 2006-07 and a three-time SoCon TIAA-Cref Student-Athlete of the Week. Marchant was named to the conference's Fall and Winter All-Academic Teams this year and is one of 80 student-athletes named to UTC’s Dean’s List with a perfect 4.0 in the spring semester.
The senior distance runner claimed titles in both the 5000 and 10,000 meters at the SoCon outdoor championships in Boone, N.C. She broke a 17-year-old SoCon record in the 10,000 meter run by more than one minute at 35:06.53, forty-eight seconds behind her NCAA provisional qualifying time (34:18.67) in the event at Stanford. She earned an automatic qualification to the NCAA Mideast Regional in the 5000 meters as league champ, and was awarded an at-large bid in the 10,000 meters, where she ranks 22nd out of 27 runners.
Last season at the NCAA championships, Marchant earned an at-large bid in the 10,000 meters and placed 14th in the finals. She will compete tonight in Sacramento, Calif., at 11:40 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
The London, Ontario native was named the 2007 Southern Conference Female Athlete of the Year on May 30 at the SoCon's annual awards dinner in Hilton Head. She graduated from UTC in May with a 3.89 grade point average in Economics/Pre-Law and was accepted to the University of Ottawa where she plans to attend Law School.
She was honored at UTC’s annual Hall of Fame dinner with the 2007 A.C. "Scrappy" Moore award given to the student-athlete who demonstrates success with integrity through academic achievement and community service. Last year, she was the recipient of the Dayle Maye award given to the senior with the highest cumulative GPA.
Marchant was named the 2006 Southern Conference women's cross country Runner of the Year winning the top spot at the league championships. She led the Lady Mocs to a one-point win over Appalachian State as Chattanooga claimed its fourth title in school history. She was runner-up at the NCAA South Region Championships and qualified for the Cross Country National Championships where she placed 76th out of 253 runners.
Marchant earned an NCAA Indoor Track provisional qualification in the 5000 meter run at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational and won the event at the league championships. She was a five-time Runner of the Week in 2006-07 and a three-time SoCon TIAA-Cref Student-Athlete of the Week. Marchant was named to the conference's Fall and Winter All-Academic Teams this year and is one of 80 student-athletes named to UTC’s Dean’s List with a perfect 4.0 in the spring semester.
The senior distance runner claimed titles in both the 5000 and 10,000 meters at the SoCon outdoor championships in Boone, N.C. She broke a 17-year-old SoCon record in the 10,000 meter run by more than one minute at 35:06.53, forty-eight seconds behind her NCAA provisional qualifying time (34:18.67) in the event at Stanford. She earned an automatic qualification to the NCAA Mideast Regional in the 5000 meters as league champ, and was awarded an at-large bid in the 10,000 meters, where she ranks 22nd out of 27 runners.
Last season at the NCAA championships, Marchant earned an at-large bid in the 10,000 meters and placed 14th in the finals. She will compete tonight in Sacramento, Calif., at 11:40 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.