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The Freshman Class
Athlete Profiles
ALYSSA EVERING
• FRESHMAN
• SPRINTS
• BEL AIR, MD.
High School: Maryland state champion in the 100 and 200-meter
dashes ... earned two letters in track and fi eld and one in cheerleading at Fallston High
School ... earned fi rst team All-Metro honors for outdoor track in 2004 and 2005 and second
team All-Metro honors for indoor track in 2005 ... named Harford County Female Performer
of the Year in 2004 and 2005 ... Regis Female Athlete of the Year award recipient in 2004
...cheerleading squad were national champions in 2003 and 2004 .... National Honor Society
member ... earned the President’s Education Award in 2005 ... listed as a Who’s Who Among
American High School Students in 2004 and 2005.
Personal: Alyssa Kathleen Evering ... an exploratory major … born Aug. 21, 1987.
KEELAN KING
• FRESHMAN
• MIDDLE DISTANCE
• SCOTIA, N.Y.
High School: All-American for the 4xmile relay in the 2004 and 2005
indoor seasons ... earned 12 varsity letters in track and fi eld at Scotia-Glenville High School ...
holds school records for the 400-meter, the 800, the 4x100, the 4x200, the 4x400, the 4x800,
the distance medley relay, sprints medley relay, and the 4xmile ... also lettered in soccer and
cross country ... named third team All-State in 2004 for soccer.
Personal: Keelan Farell King ... an exploratory major … born Nov. 14, 1986.
RACHEL PORTER
• FRESHMAN
• HIGH JUMP
• WATERTOWN, CONN.
High School: State open champion in 2005 for the high jump ... holds
the school record for the high jump ... earned four varsity letters in track as well as soccer at
Watertown High School ... voted team MVP 2003-05 ... league champion in the 400-meter
dash in 2002 and 2003, in the high jump in 2004 and for the 200 in 2005 ... served as senior
co-captain of both the track and soccer teams ... National Honor Society Member.
Personal: Rachel Elizabeth Porter ... an exploratory major … born Jan. 14, 1987.
MONIQUE HODGES
• FRESHMAN
• SPRINTS
• WETHERSFIELD, CONN.
High School: Connecticut state champion in the 100 and 200-meter
dashes ... also a New England Champion in the 100 ... four-time
All-Conference, four-time All-Academic, three-time All-State, two-time All-New England at
Wethersfi eld High School ... state qualifi er in the 55 and the 4x200 for indoor track and in
the 100, 200 and the 4x100 relay for outdoor ... also qualifi ed for New Englands in the 55
and 100 ... holds the school record in the 100 with a time of 11.8 seconds, in the 200 (25.3)
and the 4x100 relay (49.7).
Personal: Monique Rebecca Hodges ... a business major … born Feb. 12, 1987.
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