Nickesha Anderson

Class: Senior Hometown: Hanover, Jamaica High School: Herbert Morrison Technical

Last College: Missouri Baptist University Height: 5-4 Event: Sprints Experience: JR/JR

2008 OUTDOOR: Earned two All-America honors in a record-setting season in which she set personal bests and school records in both the 100 meters and 200 meters ... Won the 100 meters at the Kansas Relays with a personal best and school-record time of 11.23 ... Placed third at the Big 12 Championships in the 200 meters after running a school record and personal-best time of 22.57 ... Finished fourth in the 100 meters at the NCAA Championships, earning All-America honors with a time of 11.37 ... Earned All-America honors in the 200 meters at the NCAA Championships with a time of 22.91, finishing in third place ... Won all-region honors in both the 100 meters and 200 meters after placing third (11.41) and second (22.68), respectively, at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships ... Finished in sixth place in the 100 meters at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 11.35 ... Won the 100 meters at the Drake Relays with a wind-aided time of 11.18 ... Posted a first-place finish in the 200 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational with a wind-aided time of 23.07.

2008 INDOOR: Earned seven first place finishes between the 60 meters and 200 meters ... Set the Kansas school record in the 60 meters at the Big 12 Championships ... Her time of 7.22 was good enough to make her the Big 12 Champion, the first in school history ... Earned Big 12 Athlete of the Week on Feb. 19 ... Ran an Anschutz Pavilion record in the 60 meters (7.38) and the 200 meters (23.85) at the Jayhawk Classic ... Became KU's first All-American in the 60 meters and 200 meters ... At the NCAA Championships, placed sixth in the 60 meters (7.28) and second in the 200 meters (22.62) ... The 200 meter time is a Kansas school record.

AT MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: Dominated the sprinting events in her two years at Missouri Baptist University of the NAIA ... Twelve-time individual champion ... Captured the indoor 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash ... Also took home the title in the outdoor 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dash ... Defending champion in the 100-meter dash at the Kansas Relays after posting a 2007 season-best time of 11.29.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Kenute Anderson and Wanda Riggan-Vidal ... Born in Hanover, Jamaica ... 2008 Olympian (Jamaica, 4x100-meter relay) ... Majoring in early childhood education.