2008-09: Kimi Shank is one of Missouri Southern's most decorated student-athletes where she was named 2008 South Central Region Women's Runner of the Year ... she claimed her first MIAA Title with a time of 21:54.14 helping the Lions to their third team title ... also placing second at the South Central Regional Championships helped the Lions defend their Regional Title ... during the week of October 6 Shank was named MIAA Runner of the Week where she was the top Division II runner at the Oklahoma State Jamboree with a time of 21:38 ... Shank also improved finishing Seventh at the NCAA DII National Championship with a time of 21:57 ... her best time came at the Southern Stampede where she ran a time of 17:26.7

2007-08: Shank quickly became Southern's top runner as a sophomore earning two First Place finishes at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational and Missouri-Illinois Border War ... including these finishes she also had six top ten finishes where she earned All-MIAA Honors with a second place finish at the MIAA Cross Country Championships with a time of 22:42.63 ... also at the South Central Regional Championship Shank finished Fourth with a time of 21:28.8 ... at the NCAA DII Cross Country National Championships she finished 22nd and a time of 21:24.9 ...during indoor season held top times in 3000m and 5000m runs ... competing at NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 5000m where she finished with time of 17:31.21 ... her best time came at Tyson Invite with a time of 17:05.51 ... also competed in the 1mile run during the MSSU Open ... during outdoor season she held top times in 1500m- 3000m- 5000m- 10000m- runs ... held a time of 4:44.74 in 1500m at MIAA Outdoor Championships ... competed in the NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 5000m finishing with a time of 17:21.53 ... also ran at NCAA Indoor Championships in 10000m run where she had a time of 35:48.64 ...

2006-07:  Was a top runner for Southern's cross country team ... had a team's best finish at MIAA Championships finishing 7th and helping team to first place finish ... she also finished in the top 20 of every meet including a 13th place finish at the NCAA-II Regionals ... indoor season, finished with teams top two marks in 5000m run with a best time at MIAA Championships of 18:29.18 ... also was a top runner in the mile and 3000m run ... did not compete during outdoor season as a freshmen

In high school: Was three time all-state runner for coach Don Knapp ... led team to school's first district championship as a senior ... was two time district athlete of the year as junior and senior ... helped pace team to three conference championships and one second place finish ...was four time state qulifier in track and field ... finished 7th as a junior earning all-state honors ... set a school record in 5k with at time of 18:12.00

Personal: Born February 3, 1988 in Baltimore, Maryland ... daughter of William and Lynn Shank ... Is a health promotion and wellness  major.