Melissa Budelier Class: Junior Hometown: Stevens Point, Wis. High School: Stevens Point Area

2010 Performance List

2010: Finished 60th overall at the Wisconsin Badger Classic with a 4K time of 16:10.1...Ran in the National Catholic and the Carthage College Invitationals.

2009: Began the 2009 cross country season with a 41st place finish (16:39.62) at the DePaul Invitational and helped MU take first overall...Competed at the Midwest Collegiate Open and ran a 5K time of 21:08.9 and finished 44th overall.

High School: Budelier earned three letters in both cross country and track and field as a prep at Stevens Point Area High School...Named captain of both the cross country and track squads as a senior...Won numerous team awards in both cross country and track and field in addition to many academic awards, including the WIAA Scholar-Athlete Award...Helped cross country team win a conference title as a senior and qualify for the state meet as a junior...In track and field, helped team to an indoor conference and sectional title as a senior and an indoor title as a junior...Outside, helped the track team to a conference, regional and sectional title as a junior...Captured state titles in the indoor 200-meter hurdles as a junior and in the indoor 4x800-meter relay as a senior...Also earned a letter in basketball as a senior...Had the basketball team's hustle award renamed the Budelier Hustle Award in honor of her.

Personal: Budelier was born March 20, 1991 to Cheryl Thompson and Jeffery Budelier in Stevens Point, Wis....Has three older brothers and one younger sister...Plans to major in biochemistry and molecular biology.