Aubrey Waggoner
Aubrey Waggoner

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
West Hartford, Conn.

High School:
Conard

Event:
Distance

04/20/2013

Wake Forest Wraps up ACC Championships

Kyle Graves finished fifth in the 1500m finals on Saturday

04/20/2013

Wake Forest Wraps up ACC Championships

Kyle Graves finished fifth in the 1500m finals on Saturday

04/18/2013

Merckle Wins ACC Championship in Javelin

The freshman becomes the first Wake Forest female javelin champion

04/18/2013

Merckle Wins ACC Championship in Javelin

The freshman becomes the first Wake Forest female javelin champion

04/17/2013

Deacs Prepped for ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Several Wake Forest athletes look to contend for conference titles

2012 Indoor and Outdoor
Did not compete during the indoor and outdoor seasons due to injury.

Background
Earned a total of ten varsity letters at Conard High, including four in indoor track, three in outdoor track, two in cross country, and one in field hockey ... An All-Conference and All-State Cross Country selection in 2009 and 2010 ... Received All-Conference Indoor Track honors from 2009-11 ... Named to the Indoor Track All-State team in 2009 ... An All-New England Indoor Track Selection from 2009-11 ... Named to the All-Conference Outdoor track team from 2009-11 ... A 2009 All-New England Outdoor Track selection ... 2009 Outdoor State Champion in the 800m ... Captain of cross country, indoor, and outdoor track teams during her senior season ... Personal-best 5k cross country time was 18:32 ... Recorded a personal-best 2:15.61 in the 800m and 2:57.56 in the 1000m during high school ... Also broke the five-minute mile mark, turning in a top time of 4:58.75 ... Personal-best time in the 1500m stands at 4:36.80 ... Ran an 11:18 in the 3200m run ... A 2011 Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete ... Member of both the National Honor Society and the French National Honor Society ... Achieved Maximum Honors.

Personal
Daughter of Michael and Kim Waggoner ... Born July 9, 1993, in Hartford, Connecticut ... Has one sister, Alana (age 15) ... Former high school teammates now running collegiately include Sophia Harrington (Columbia), Luke Perron (Providence College), and Daniel Francoeur (UConn) ... Currently undecided on a major.

Up Close with Aubrey

My favorite professional sports team is...The New England Patriots.

One food I absolutely will not eat is...Tofu.

My role model is...Maya Moore.

If I could appear on the cover of any magazine, it would be...Sports Illustrated.

My favorite restaurant is...John's Pizzeria in New York City.

My favorite television shows are...Pretty Little Liars and Friday Night Lights.

One fact that most people don't know about me is...I could live on peanut butter and pita chips.

My dream job is to be...A nutritionist.

If I was not running at Wake Forest, I would play...Lacrosse.

My favorite professional athlete is...Kemba Walker.

One word I would use to describe myself is...Determined.

If I could vacation to anywhere in the world, I would choose...Australia.

My favorite book is...Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.

Something I cannot live without is...My friends.

If I could invite three people, dead or alive, to dinner, I would choose...Oprah, my grandmother, and Jane Austen.

 

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