Rebekah Ricksecker

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Mid-distance
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Laurel, Del.
Prev School:
Sussex Technical HS

2009 (Sr.): Finished cross country career with her best season … earned all-region honors after placing 11th at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships … her 21:24.6 clocking for 6K at the regional meet puts her No. 2 on Liberty's all-time performance list … Big South runner-up finisher … teamed up with Ashley Osborne for first place at the season-opening Virginia Tech Cross Country Relay … three-time Big South Runner of the Week (Sept. 10, Oct. 8, Oct. 22) … redshirted during the indoor and outdoor track & field seasons … Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year for cross country … first team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honoree … USTFCCCA All-Academic team honoree … Big South Presidential Honor Roll member.
2008 (Jr.): Repeated as Big South 1,500-meter champion, one of her four all-conference honors on the year … also finished second in the Big South outdoor 800, third in the indoor mile and seventh in the Big South cross country meet … earned a pair of sixth-place ECAC finishes, while recording personal bests in the indoor mile (4:53.40) and outdoor 1,500 (4:25.47) … tied for 15th place in the 1,500 at the NCAA East Regional Championship … named Big South Cross Country Runner of the Week on Sept. 12 and Big South Track Athlete of the Week on May 21 … second team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District … USTFCCCA All-Academic team selection … Big South All-Academic team member for both indoor and outdoor track … Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
2007 (So.): Big South 1,500-meter champion outdoors and placed third in the 800 … at the indoor conference meet, claimed runner-up honors in the mile and was fourth at 800 meters … tabbed Big South Women's Track Athlete of the Week on May 9 … nabbed seventh place at the Big South cross country meet … member of the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
2006 (Fr.): Earned fourth-place finishes at 800 meters at both the Big South Indoor and Outdoor Championships … included on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
Prep: Attended Sussex Technical H.S. … won the Delaware state title at 800 meters.
Personal: Daughter of Robert and Ruth Ricksecker … brother David is a member of the Liberty men's track & field team … has completed her bachelor's degree in elementary education and is working toward a master's degree in English … birthday is Nov. 25.