Kate Donovan
Kate Donovan
Year: Senior
Hometown: Kemp, Texas
High School: Kemp H.S.

2010 (Cross Country): Top finisher for the Lions and 70th at the NCAA South Central Regional meet...second among her teammates in the other five meets...43rd at the LSC Championships...41st at the UTA Season Opener...71st at the Cowboy Jamboree.

2010 (Track and Field): Fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 15th in the 1,500-meter run at the LSC Championships...second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational...third in the 5,000-meter run at the Oliver Jackson Classic and at the Lion Invitational...eighth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Michael Johnson Classic...eighth in the 3,000-meter run at the North Texas Spring Classic...11th in the 1,500-meter run at the Trinity Relays.

2009 (Cross Country):
84th at the NCAA South Central Regional and 41st at the LSC Championships...10th at the West Texas Buffalo Stampede...94th at the Brooks Memphis Twilight.

2009 (Track & Field): Third at the LSC Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and ninth in the 1,500-meter run...third in the 5,000-meter run at the Lion Quadrangular...fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational...fourth in the 1,500-meter run at the McMurry Relays...eighth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Michael Johnson Invitational.

2008 (Cross Country): 62nd at the NCAA South Central Regional and 23rd at the LSC Championships...set a career-best 5k time at the Cowboy Jamboree with a 78th-place finish...finished 12th at the UIW Cardinal Invitational...114th at the Brooks Memphis Twilight...top finisher for A&M-Commerce in all five meets.

2008 (Track & Field): Sixth in the 3,000-meter run at the David Noble Relays and at the LSC Championships...set a season-best in the 1,500-meter run at the Bobby Lane Invitational...fifth at the Tarleton State Relays in the 1,500-meter run.

2007 (Cross Country): Selected as the Most Outstanding Female at season-ending banquet...top finisher for A&M-Commerce at four meets...108th at the NCAA South Central Regional meet and 50th at the LSC Championships...62nd at the Texas A&M-Invitational and 170th at the Brooks Memphis Twilight.

Prior to A&M-Commerce: A four-year member of the track and field and cross country team at Kemp High School...holds the school record in the 3,200-meter run...eighth as a senior in the 3,200-meter run...also qualified for the state cross country meet, as a senior, placing 32nd...second in the region and first in the district in the 3,200-meter run during her senior year...she was a national finalist for Young Women in the AAU Cross Country meet...in cross country, as a junior, she was fourth in the district and 13th in the region after a seventh-place finish on the district level and 24th in the regional meet as a junior.

Personal:
Born May 29, 1989...daughter of Curtis and Janet Donovan...a speech communication and secondary education major.