Audrey Knoper

Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Western Boone
Hometown:
Thorntown, Ind.

2023: Clocked a time of 17:35.7 at the 5k Gamecock Classic to finish 15^th in her season debut…Ran a time of 22:47.60 at the 6k Paul Short Run…Finished 78^th at the 6k Crimson Classic with a time of 21:40.2…Ran a time of 23:35.1 at the 6k SEC Championships.

2022: Scored at her first collegiate meet, taking 96^th at the 5k North Alabama Invitational with an 18:26.86…Was Georgia’s fifth scorer at the 6k Crimson Classic thanks to a 22:12.2 for 70^th…Became an SEC scorer at the 6k SEC Championships after completing the course in 22:12.47 for 108^th…Wrapped up her first campaign as one of the first five Lady Bulldogs across the finish line at the 6k NCAA South Regional with a 21:59.00 for 108^th.

High School: Rewrote school record books with No. 1 marks in the 5k, 3200 meters, 1600m, 4x800m relay…Posted the highest individual finish in the Sectionals, Regionals, Semi-State and State in school history and highest team finish at Sectionals…Earned Indiana high school 2A All-State honors in cross and was First Team Cross Country and Track Academic All-State in her final year…Won cross conference championship with a record-breaking time…State qualifier in cross as a senior and All-State indoors in the 3200m (third place)…Cross country and track MVP in her final year with 4x800 and 1600m conference titles on the track…Cross country team won the conference title as a senior…Honored with Cross Country Team Star Award…Set a half dozen school records and was cross country All-State Honorable Mention on the course and in academics…Won the cross individual conference title and finished first in the 3200m at the conference meet…Helped lead team to cross country conference championship…Was cross MVP, Team Star Award winner and Semi State qualifier…Broke six school records and was 2A All-State honorable mention as a sophomore…Was a cross Semi State qualifier and named to First Team All-Conference in second season…Cross MVP as a sophomore and Cross Country Team Star Award winner…Set six school records as a freshman and was 2A All-State in cross country…Established fresh conference record en route to cross title in her first year…Captured the 3200m conference title on the track as a freshman and was a cross Semi State qualifier…Named cross country MVP in her first season while earning the Cross Country Team Star Award and qualifying for the Hoosier State Relays…Personal bests of 11:07 (3200m) and 18:36 (5k)…Also played basketball at Western Boone for two years and lettered as a sophomore…Valedictorian…Selected as one of 40 Indiana Academic All-Stars…Highest GPA ever at Western Boone…AP Scholar with Distinction (junior and senior) and earned Indiana Rising Star Awards…Top 10 in class as a sophomore and freshman…Named Calculus Student of the Year and AP Biology Student of the Year…Part of 4-H, Paynacres Holsteins (her own small herd of cattle), FFA, Milk & Meat for Boone County Campaign, AMP Mentors, FCA, Key Club, National Honor Society, Hoosier Girls State, Ecology Club and Kiwanis.

Personal: Born Dec. 2, 2003…Daughter of Michele Payn (mother), Bryan Knoper (father) and Erik Johnson (stepfather)…Majoring in Regenerative Bioscience and Biological Science.