Emily Koenig

Emily Koenig

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Temple, Texas

High School:
Academy

Height:
5-4

Position:
Distance

Birthdate:
01/21/1992

Experience:
1L

2011 Track & Field
INDOOR: Did not finish any race.

2010 Cross Country
Became the first athlete in Southland Conference history to win Female Athlete of the Year and Female Freshman of the Year in the same season...Placed 21st in the NCAA South Central Regional Meet (10k) with a time of 21:18.60...Became the first UT Arlington woman to win an individual cross country title since Frida Rosenberg did so in 1995...Won the 8k SLC Championship meet with a time of 21:30.30...Is the third UT Arlington runner to win an individual SLC championship...Placed 23rd by clocking a 17:28.39 in the 10k at the Chili Pepper Invitational, marking the best finish a UT Arlington athlete has ever recorded...Won the McNeese State Cowboy Stampede by clocking a 17:40.62 in the 5k...Led UT Arlington to win the McNeese State Cowboy Stampede...Won the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islander Splash by finishing in 17:45 on the 3-mile track...Team finished second at the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islander Splash behind her first-place showing...Finished fifth by running the 2-mile track in 11:28.93 at the UTA Season Opener, helping the team finish third...In her first collegiate meet, won the Midwestern State Invitational by clocking a 14:31.88...Guided the Mavericks to a third-place finish at the Midwestern State Invitational.

High School
Named Texas 1A-3A Track Athlete of the Year...Four-time all-state performer in track and cross country...Won back-to-back 2A state championships in the 3200m...Finished runner-up in the 2A cross country state meet in 2009...Also finished runner-up in the 1600m final as a senior... Placed fifth in the state meet in the 800m after winning the region meet as a junior...Set school record in 3200m (11:02) and 1600m (5:07).

Personal
Born Jan. 21, 1992, in Temple, Texas...Is the daughter of Melvin and Connie Koenig...Cousin, Kristi Koenig-Babb, ran at UT Arlington from 1996-2000...Majoring in nursing.