2016 Women's Cross Country Roster

Jenna Hooks

  • Height 5-1
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Houston
  • Hometown Sidney, Ohio

Biography

2015 (Junior): Hooks competed in all six races for the 2015 season, and led her team with the fastest time in four of those six competitions...She also landed herself another Top-10 fastest 6k time at the All-Ohio Championship race, coming in at 25:30.58...Hooks ran a 27:52.9 which led her squad at the MEC Chamionship race in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Her efforts helped the team to a sixth place finish, the highest ranked team position in program history.

2014 (Sophomore): Named SAAC's November Scholar Athlete of the Month...Hooks led the Blue Knights in four of the six races she competed...She paced Urbana in each of her first 10 collegiate races...Added three more times to the program's Top-10 fastest 5K's and Top-10 fastest 6K's...She owns four of the five fastest 5K's at Urbana and five of the seven fastest 6K's...Hooks' 5K time at Walsh was the third fastest 5K in school history (20:48.47), just 47 seconds off her school record pace...She ran the fourth-fastest 6K in program history (25:59.88) to earn 24th place in the MEC Championships...Her fastest 6k run was at the All-Ohio Championships when she ran at a 25:45.20 clip.

2013 (Freshman): Led the Urbana women for the sixth consecutive race at the MEC Championship run...Ran her second fastest 6K of the season in a time of 26:04.75 (averaged 6:59 a mile and placed 14th in the field of 76 runners), earning second team All-MEC honors..Hooks became the first Urbana runner, male or female, to earn a conference runner of the week award on October 22, when she was named MEC Runner of the Week after running her second fastest time of the season and the second fastest 5k in school history at the Wilmington College #JennaStrong Classic...She crossed the line in 20:50.39 to lead the Blue Knights...Hooks had a 20:35 5k average this season...Her best 5k run came at the Ohio University Invite with a time of 20:01...Hooks averaged a time of 26:01 for 6k's...Her fastest run came at the Cedarville Friendship Invite with a time of 25:10...She also hold the top three fastest times on the record book for 5k's and 6k's...Named to the A.D.'s Fall Honor Roll.

Previous Experience: A Second Team All-County Cross Country Runner in 2012-2013 for Coach Joni Dunham at Houston High School...Recipient of the team's Most Improved Runner Award, the Wildcat Award for Cross Country in 2010-11...Also ran track and was a member of the cheerleading squad...Scored the most overall points on the 2013 track team...Recipient of the Wildcat Award for Cheerleading in 2010-11 and 2012-13...HOBY Alumni and Class of 2013 Salutatorian at Houston.

Personal: Daughter of Scott and Tina Hooks...Born August 7, 1995...Education major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Junior

    5'1"
  • 2016Senior

    5'1"