Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU: Three-year returning letterwinner....TeamMVP for 2012, 2011, and 2010 seasons....Has led FMU in 19 of 21races during her career....Two Top-5 finishes as a junior (2nd atboth the FMU Invitational and the CIU Invitational on back-to-backweekends)....Finished 38th at the 2012 PBC Championship Meet and69th at the 2012 NCAA II Southeast Regional Championships....TwoTop-10 finishes as a sophomore....Placed 6th at the 2011 GamecockInvitational....Career-best 5,000-meter time of 20:20 at 2011Charlotte Invitational....Finished 32nd at the 2011 PBCChampionship Meet and 82nd at the 2011 NCAA II Southeast RegionalChampionships....Placed 5th at USCA's 2010 Bridgestone PacerInvitational.....Her 5K 20:27 effort at the Mount Olive CollegeInvitational (10-22-10) tied the ninth best time in programhistory. In the past 10 years, only two freshmen have ever runfaster times.....As a freshman, led FMU with a 69th-place finish atthe NCAA II Southeast Regional Championships....Suffered injury at2010 Peach Belt Conference Championship Meet.....Peach BeltConference Presidential Honor Roll 2014....FMU Swamp FoxAthletic-Academic Honor Roll 2012 (spring), 2013 (spring).....2012FMU Team MVP for track and field.

PERSONAL: Born Whitney Joy Wagner in Wayne,Neb....Graduated from Smoky Mountain High School, where she ran forcoaches Pam Dehdashty and Adam Phillips.....Earned All-Conference,All-Region, and All-State honors for cross country twice afterpicking up the sport as a junior.....Placed 18th at the state meet,and owns a personal-best 5,000-meter time of 21:08....2-timeAll-Conference and All-State in softball....Jackson County Hall ofFame's Athlete of the Year.....Her father is a former head footballcoach at Western Carolina University, and currently an assistanthead coach/offensive line coach at Liberty University....Nicknameis Whit.

PERSONAL FAVORITES:  As a child what youwanted to be when you grew up: Veterinarian....Favorite Athlete:Sam Bradford....Favorite Sports Team: Oklahoma SoonersFootball....Favorite Movie: Fast and FuriousSix....Favorite TV Show: Pretty Little Liars....Favorite Food:Shrimp and Steak....Favorite Sport Other Than Your Sport:Softball....Favorite Website: entertainmentnews.com....FavoriteSocial Media Site: Facebook....What Music Is In Your Ipod: A littlebit of everything....Favorite Thing About FMU:  I love thecampus and proximity to the beach....Favorite Off Field Activity:Going shopping and to movies with my family and friends....Goalsfor the Upcoming Season: To run a PR in every race....Hobbies:Shopping, hanging out with friends, playing sports....InterestingNotes:  All-State in softball ; Jackson County Female Athleteof the Year ; FMU three-time Cross Country MVP ; FMU Track MVPfreshman year....Brush With Greatness:  I have met BernardBerrian (WR) Minnesota Vikings, Davis Carr (QB) New York Giants,Ndamukon Suh (DT) Detroit Lions, Logan Mankins (G) New EnglandPatriots, Lydon Murtha (T) Miami Dolphins, Carl Nix (G) Tampa BayBuccaneers, Matt Slauson (G) New York Jets, Shelly Stokes (OlympicGold Medalist-Softball), Laura Berg (Olympic GoldMedalist-Softball), Bonnie Blair (Olympic Gold Medalist-SpeedSkater).  Her former babysitter Shelly Stokes is a formerFresno State University All-American/Olympic gold medalist insoftball (catcher).