Jennifer Kearney Class: Senior Hometown: Dallas, TX High School: Highland Park Height: 5-10 Event: Jumps Birthdate: 06/16/1982

AS A JUNIOR: Combined with teammates Emily Loomis and Stacey Cowan to provide the Irish with three talented performers in the high jump ... finished no lower than sixth in six indoor high jump competitions ... took third place at the Meyo Invitational with a season-best 5-5 3/4 (1.67m) clearance ... that mark matched her career-best effort as well ... qualified for the BIG EAST indoor meet and scored points toward the team effort with a sixth-place finish (5-5, 1.65m) ... posted her first victory of the year during the outdoor season at the Indy Relays, clearing 5-6 (1.68m) ... finished second at the Boilermaker Open (5-5, 1.65m) ... finished in the top eight at the BIG EAST outdoor meet, finishing eighth (5-4 1/2, 1.64m).

AS A SOPHOMORE: Began the indoor season with a fourth-place effort in the high jump (5-3 3/4) during the Tri Meet against Western Michigan and Ball State ... won the high jump (along with teammate Kim Utterson) against Michigan State one week later, clearing 5-3 3/4 again ... increased her height once again at the Windsor Team Challenge, finishing fifth with a 5-5 1/2 jump ... just missed all-BIG EAST honors at the conference indoor meet, finishing fourth (5-4 1/2) ... won the Alex Wilson high jump competition by clearing 5-5 1/2 ... moved up to second by clearing 5-3 at the Spring Opener ... wrapped up the 2002 season by finishing fifth at the BIG EAST outdoor meet (5-4 1/2).

AS A FRESHMAN: One of the top field event performers in her first season on the Irish roster ... burst on the scene with a high jump victory (5-3 3/4) in her first indoor collegiate meet vs. Ball State and Western Michigan ... captured her second consecutive event title vs. Michigan State the next weekend, clearing 5-5 ... took third place in the high jump at the Meyo Invitational ... competed in her first conference meet - the 2001 BIG EAST Indoor Championships in Syracuse, N.Y., and finished sixth (5-4 1/4) ... wrapped up the indoor campaign with a season-best 5-5 3/4 effort to finish second in the Alex Wilson Invitational ... began the outdoor season with a victory in the high jump (5-7) at the Spring Opener ... took third place in the high jump at the Tom Botts Invitational ... earned her second outdoor meet event victory by clearing 5-5 at the Woodland Mortgage Relays ... competed in the 2001 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, taking seventh in the high jump.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Three-year letterwinner in track and field at Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas ... one of the top high jump specialists to come out of Texas in 1999-2000 ... member of the Texas All-State track and field team in the high jump ... set the Highland Park high jump record (5-8) ... won the district championship in her junior and senior year in the high jump ... an all-around athlete who competed in the hurdles and ran cross country during her high school career ... father, Jack, was a member of the track and field and cross country teams at SUNY-Oneonta ... member of the National Honor Society ... served as the president of the Highlander Band ... born June 16, 1982 in Atlanta, Ga. ... member of the 2002-03 BIG EAST Academic All-Star team ... majoring in chemical engineering in the College of Science.