Kylen Hughes

Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
High School:
Kenston
Hometown:
Chagrin Falls, Ohio

2010
Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team member ... Had a 5K PR at the A-Sun championships in a time of 20:10.15, good for 66th place overall ... In her first collegiate race, was the team’s top finisher at the Georgia State Invitational in a time of 23:22.30 (24th place overall) ... As a frosh, ran in five events during the season.

High School
A graduate of Kenston (2009) ... Was coached by Jeanette DiBernardo ... A four-year letterwinner ... Was “Rookie of the Year” (2005), “Gold Shoe” award winner (2007) and team captain (2008) ... Was also team’s MVP ... A Chagrin Valley Conference Scholar Athlete and a first team All-CVC finisher ... Cross country team qualified for regionals both her junior and senior campaigns ... Also participate in track and was a diver for the swim team ... In track, earned team’s “Coach’s Award” twice (freshman and senior), while also serving as a captain as a senior ... Was swim team’s “Most Improved” as a freshman ... Earned a Wendy’s High School Heisman award ... Earned numerous academic awards as a prep and a graduated among the top 15 grade point averages in her class ... A National Honor Society member.

Personal
Daughter of Pam Hughes and the late Dan Hughes ... Has a younger brother ... One of her reasons for attending Mercer was its rating as a Top-10 Best Value School in the country ... Likes to eat peanut butter toast prior to races ... Favorite foods are sushi and ice cream (...but not together!) ... A biology major.