Kipp Runs with College Athlete of Year Award
Runner Shalaya Kipp became the third ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ winner in the last five years — and sixth overall — of the College Female Athlete of the Year award presented by the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Sports Hall of Fame. The ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ senior will be among those honored at the CSHOF’s annual banquet April 18 at the Denver Marriott City Center.
Kipp became the first ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ athlete to win an individual Pac-12 title when she claimed the 3,000-meter steeplechase championship last year. She then won the NCAA title in the event and went undefeated in the steeplechase during the college season.
Kipp continued in the off-season, finishing third in the steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Trials and running in the London Games, along with ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ teammate Emma Coburn. They were just the third and fourth Buff athletes to compete in the Olympics while still having college eligibility remaining.
Last fall Kipp earned All-American status in cross country for the third straight year. She placed 18th in the NCAA Championships.
Previous ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ winners of the CSHOF College Female Athlete of the Year award are basketball player Shelley Sheetz (Soc’95) in 1993 and ’95; runner Kara Grgas-Wheeler Goucher (Psych’01) in 2000; and Jenny Barringer Simpson (±Ê´Ç±ô³§³¦¾±â€™09) in 2008 and ’09.
Photo courtesy ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Athletics