Player Bio
Laura Rolf
Hometown/High School : Rochester, Mich./Lutheran Northwest
Women's Cross Country - 2006
Named team’s Most Valuable Runner ... earned All-Region honors for the second straight season ... also received First Team All Mid-Con honors for the second consecutive year ... captured first career victory in season opener at the Crusader Invitational, besting teammate Danielle Nunnelly by seven seconds ... first of four top-three finishes on the season ... placed third out of a field of 211 runners at the Indiana Intercollegiates ... posted career-best 5K time of 17:18 at the Notre Dame Invitational, second-best in Crusader history ... broke her own 6K record by over a minute at the NCAA Pre-Nationals ... lowered record by five more seconds, running 20:45.35 at the Mid-Con Championships to place third ... earned a trip to the NCAA Championship meet by finishing third at the Great Lakes Regional ... came home 41st at Nationals, less than 16 seconds away from earning All-America accolades ... earned Mid-Con Athlete of the Week honors on two occasions (9/12, 11/14) ... a Mid-Con All-Academic team member ... named to the Mid-Con Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence ... received Academic All-American accolades from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Women's Track & Field - 2007
Earned All-American honors with tenth-place finish at NCAA Indoor Championships in the mile ... received All Mid-Con honors indoors after smashing championship record in 3,000m run ... set school record in 3,000m run with time of 9:22.44 at Meyo Invitational ... named Mid-Con Women’s Track and Field Athlete of the Week three times during indoor season ... did not run during outdoor campaign ... a member of the Mid-Con All-Academic team ... named to the Fall 2007 Horizon League Academic Honor Roll ... earned ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District V Second Team honors.
Women's Cross Country - 2005
Named Mid-Continent Conference Newcomer of the Year ... earned First Team All-Conference honors, the first Crusader to do so since 2000 ... also named to All-Region team, one of only two Valpo runners to ever earn the distinction ... finished no worse than 25th in any race ... began collegiate career with second place finish at Crusader Invitational ... also finished second at Evansville Invitational, completing 5K course in 17:52.3 ... finished fourth at Mid-Con Championships, covering Sunset Hills Farm 6K in 22:08.5, a school record ... lowered that school record in next race, finishing 25th at NCAA Great Lakes Regional running 22:04.3.
Women's Cross Country - Prep
A four-year letterwinner for the Crusaders ... won two Michigan State Championships ... earned three straight First Team All-State awards from 2001-03 ... a three-time All-Metro Conference honoree ... named team’s Most Valuable Runner four times ... picked up team’s Leadership Award as a senior ... also lettered in track, earning All-State honors four times.
Personal
Laura is the daughter of Jim and Cheryl Rolf ... major is new media - journalism, with an art minor ... born August 27, 1986.
