Jessica Fanning Class: r-Junior
High School: Western Albemarle
Hometown: Charlottesville, Va.
 
photo 2006: Was Tech's third finisher at the national championships, finishing 91st in team scoring and 121st overall in 22:19 ... Earned the second all-region honor of her career after placing 25th overall in at the NCAA Southeast Regional in 21:28 ... Also finished 25th at the ACC Championships in 22:16 ... Took 39th at the Chili Pepper Invite (21:35) and 10th at the William & Mary Inter-Regional (22:23) ... Recorded a ninth-place individual time at the 5k Wake Forest Relays (18:00) as a part of the second-place team with Natalie Sherbak.

2005: Finished third at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 15:23.00 ... Was second at the VT Alumni Meet with a time of 17:17.77 ... Was granted a medical redshirt.

2004: Earned All-Southeast Region honors for her 14th-place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships ... Became Tech's first All-ACC runner with her 13th-place finish at the conference championships with a time of 22:38.90 ... Notched her first collegiate 5k race win at the Lou Onesty Invitational in a time of 18:06.10 and closed the season as Tech's top finisher in five out of the six races in which she ran ... Was honored twice as Virginia Tech's Athlete of the Week for her accomplishments.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track at Western Albemarle High School ... Led her high school to six team state titles in cross country and track ... Two-time all-state member, team captain and MVP in cross country ... Named Jefferson District Runner of the Year in 2002 ... In 2001, named Dulles District Runner of the Year and honored with the coaches award ... Earned first-team Dulles District honors for cross country in 2000 and named most improved ... All-American at Indoor Nationals for the distance medley relay and finished 10th in the mile run at Indoor National Meet in 2004 ... In 2003, named to the all-state indoor track team for the 1,600 meters, 4x800m and the 4x400m relays, earned All-America honors at Indoor Nationals for the 4x800m relay and named team MVP ... Named most-improved for track in 2001 ... Four-time member of the all-state outdoor track team for the 1,600m as she finished second place all four years ... A two-time member of the all-state outdoor track team for the 4x800m and the 4x400m relays ... Named MVP for track and took 15th place in the mile at Outdoor Nationals in 2003 ... Holds high school records in the 1,600m, 400m, 4x800m and 4x400m relays.

Personal: Born March 20, 1986 in Seattle, Wash. ... Daughter of Elizabeth Fanning ... Sister, Tasmin, runs cross country for Virginia Tech ... Architecture major.