2010: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team
... helped lead WSU to a first-place showing at the Detroit Titan Invite (9/11) with a 5th place finish (19:06) ... ran to a time of 23:47 to finish 96th at the Michigan State Spartan Invite (9/17) ... posted her second top-10 of the year at the Carnegie Mellon Invite (10/9), placing 10th (19:27.10) ... was 122nd (18:34.20) at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival (10/16) ... had her best finish of the year (5th-23:20.2) at the Mercyhurst-Gannon Invite (10/23) ... earned All-GLIAC honors for the fourth consecutive year, running to a 14th place finish (22:26.9) at the GLIAC Championships (11/6) ... ended career with a 23rd place time (22:28.32) at the NCAA Midwest Regional to help the Warriors to a fourth-place finish ... voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team ... 2010-11 recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award.
2009: Received 2009 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic honors ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic team ... ran in nine races with four top-10 finishes and one win ... earned Second Team All-GLIAC honors ... served as a team captain ... earned GLIAC Runner of the Week honors on Sept. 15 ... got her first-career win at the Winona Duel with a time of 14:36 ... followed that up by having the top time of all non-DI runners at the Flyer 5k Challenge where she was first in her division and 12th overall with a time of 18:53 ... continued her career-year at WSU with a 4th place finish at the Detroit Titan Invitational ... helped pace WSU with an eighth place finish in a time of 23:02.8 ... ran the Slippery Rock Invite in a time of 23:38.8 to finish fifth ... placed 44th at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (22:46) ... concluded the regular season by placing 11th at the Lucian Rosa Invite ... was WSU's second finisher at the GLIAC Championships (22:27.3--14th) ... ended the season by placing 37th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship with a time of 23:53.6.
2008: Received All-Regional honors by placing 13th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Big Rapids, Mich. ... earned Second Team All-GLIAC honors by placing 11th at the league championship meet in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. ... serving as a team co-captain ... named to GLIAC All-Academic Team ... competed in all nine races recording two top-five finishes ... received 2008 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic honors.
2007: Earned Second Team All-GLIAC honors after placing 14th at the conference meet ... was WSU's second runner at the GLIAC Championship helping the Warriors to a second-place finish ... was WSU's second runner at the NCAA Regional helping the Warriors to a second-place finish ... was WSU's second runner at the NCAA Championship meet helping the team to a 14th-place finish ... finished in the top 14 in three races.
High School: A 2007 graduate of Ionia High School ... earned three varsity letters in cross country for the Bulldogs and coaches Chris Young and Brian Powell ... was a three-time team MVP as well as a a three-time Academic All-State selection in both cross country and track ... placed 51st at the 2004 state meet, 42nd as a junior and 40th in 2006 ... named to the
Lansing State Journal Division 2 All-Area team in 2006 ... earned a cross country league championship in 2005 ... selected to the All-Ionia County First Team her last three years ... also earned four letters in track and one in basketball (2003) ... set school records for the 5K (18:58) in 2005 and the two-mile (11:20) in 2006 ... served as a team captain in both cross country and track ... is a member of the National Honor Society ... named CAAC Scholar Athlete.
Personal: Full name--Lauren M. Kessler ... born November 20, 1988, in Ludington ... daughter of Ted and Sue Kessler ... has an older brother, Justin, who ran at Wayne State, and two sisters, Kara and Julia ... Kara was a senior on the 2007 WSU cross country squad ... is majoring in psychology ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2007, Winter 2008 (4.00), Fall 2008, Winter 2009, Fall 2009, Winter 2010 (4.00), Fall 2010 (4.00) and Winter 2011 (4.00) ... serves on the student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC).
| Lauren Kessler's Career Statistics |
| 2007 |
| Meet |
Time |
Place |
| Kansas Invitational |
DNR |
| Detroit Titan Invitational |
19:25 |
5th |
| Wis.-Parkside |
19:06 |
30th |
| Louisville Classic |
18:50.36 |
59th |
| Michigan Intercollegiate |
24:10.4 |
11th |
| GLIAC Championship |
23:23.19 |
14th |
| NCAA Midwest Regional Championships |
22:47.85 |
22nd |
| NCAA Division II Championships |
22:52.9 |
96th |
| 2008 |
| Meet |
Time |
Place |
| UP Collegiate Opener/MTU |
20:11.8 |
2nd |
| Detroit Titan Invitational |
18:55 |
17th |
| Mel Brodt/BGSU |
19:12.19 |
4th |
| Iona |
23:49 |
71st |
| Slippery Rock Invite |
23:14 |
20th |
| Michigan Intercollegiate |
19:21 |
12th |
| GLIAC Championship |
22:35.7 |
11th |
| NCAA Midwest Regional Championships |
22:45.6 |
13th |
| NCAA Division II Championships |
23:26 |
77th |
| 2009 |
| Meet |
Time |
Place |
| Winona Duel |
14:36 |
1st |
| Flyer 5K Challenge |
18:53 |
12th |
| Detroit Titan Invitational |
18:42 |
4th |
| Cardinal Invitational |
23:02.8 |
8th |
| Lehigh Paul Short Run |
22:46 |
44th |
| Slippery Rock Invite |
23:38.8 |
5th |
| Lucian Rosa Invite |
18:40.0 |
11th |
| GLIAC Championship |
22:27.3 |
14th |
| NCAA Midwest Regional Championships |
23:53.6 |
37th |
| NCAA Division II Championships |
DNQ |
| 2010 |
| Meet |
Time |
Place |
| Detroit Titan Invitational |
19:06 |
5th |
| Michigan State Invitational |
23:47 |
96th |
| Carnegie Mellon Invitational |
19:27.1 |
10th |
| Chile Pepper CC Festival |
18:34.2 |
122nd |
| Mercyhurst-Gannon Invitational |
23:30.2 |
5th |
| GLIAC Championships |
22:26.9 |
14th |
| NCAA Midwest Regional Championships |
22:28.3 |
23rd |
| NCAA Division II Championships |
DNQ |
DNQ |
