Whitney Wagner
| Height: | 5-8 |
| Year: | So. |
| Hometown: | Cullowhee, NC |
| High School: | Smoky Mountain HS |
| Major: | Education |
FMU: Returning letterwinner....Team MVP for 2010 season....Led a young Patriot squad in six of seven races in 2010....Placed 5th at USCA's Bridgestone Pacer Invitational.....Her 20:27 effort (5,000-meters) at the Mount Olive College Invitational (10-22-10) tied the ninth best time in program history. In the past 10 years, only two freshmen have ever run faster times.....As a freshman, led FMU with a 69th-place finish at the NCAA II Southeast Regional Championships....Suffered injury at 2010 Peach Belt Conference Championship Meet.
PERSONAL: Born Whitney Joy Wagner in Wayne, Neb....Graduated from Smoky Mountain High School, where she ran for coaches Pam Dehdashty and Adam Phillips.....Earned All-Conference, All-Region, and All-State honors for cross country twice after picking up the sport as a junior.....Placed 18th at the state meet, and owns a personal-best 5,000-meter time of 21:08....Also played softball....Jackson County Hall of Fame's Athlete of the Year.....Her father is the head football coach at Western Carolina University....Nickname is Whit.
PERSONAL FAVORITES: As a child what you
wanted to be when you grew up: Veterinarian.....Favorite
Athlete: Sam Bradford.....Favorite Sports Team:
Oklahoma Sooners Football.....Favorite Movie:
Transformers: Dark of the Moon.....Favorite TV
Show: Pretty Little Liars.....Favorite Food:
Spaghetti.....Favorite Website: Facebook.....Favorite On-Line
Activity: Playing Solitaire.....What’s in Your CD
Player/iPOD: Country Music and Hip-Hop.....Favorite Thing
About FMU: I love the campus and the fact that it is close to
the beach......Hobbies: Shopping, hanging out with friends
and playing sports.....Interesting Notes: 2 time all conference and
all-state in softball and cross country-2010-2011 FMU MVP for track
and field & cross country-freshman year.....Any Brush With
Greatness?:Bernard Berrian – (WR) Minnesota
Vikings,David Carr – (QB) San Francisco 49ers,Logan Mankins
– (G) New England Patriots,Lydon Murtha – (T)
Miami Dolphins,Carl Nix – (G) New Orlean Saints,Matt Slauson
– (G) New York Jets,Ndamukong Suh – (DT) Detroit
Lions
Shelly Stokes- (my babysitter) former Fresno State University
All-American/Olympic gold medalist in softball- catcher,Laura Berg-
(personal hitting instructor) former Fresno
State University All-American/2 time Olympic gold medalist in
softball- center fielder,Bonnie Blair -(family acquaintance) six
time Olympic medalist in speed skating.
| Best 5K Time | 20:19 at 2011 Charlotte Invitational
Meet |
| Best 6K Time | 25:03 at 2010 NCAA SE Regional Meet |
