AJ Andrassy Class: Senior Hometown: Bay Village, OH High School: St. Ignatius Last College: John Carroll Height: 5-10 Birthdate: 09/13/1983

AS A SENIOR: Showed his trademark improvement during the cross country season that earned him a regular spot among the team's top seven ... after a sixth-place finish at the Valparaiso Invitational, won his first collegiate cross country race with a 26:00 run in the National Catholic Championship JV race ... returned to the Notre Dame home course two weeks later and ran 40 seconds faster to finish 23rd in the Notre Dame Invitational Gold race ... had a strong finish at the BIG EAST Championship for the second-straight year, taking 24th in a time of 24:43 ... one of the top seven finishers for the BIG EAST Champions ... made his 10,000-meter debut at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, helping the team advance to the NCAA Championship with a 59th-place finish in a time of 31:45 ... had a tough race in the sloppy conditions at the national meet as Notre Dame took 11th in team competition ... ran one race during the 2005 track season ... won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Indy Relays with a time of 9:26.09.

AS A JUNIOR: Improved over the course of the cross country season to become one of Notre Dame's top 10 runners ... ran extremely well at the BIG EAST Championship, taking 24th overall with a personal-best 8,000-meter time of 25:40 ... was the sixth finisher for the Notre Dame team that finished second at the meet behind Georgetown ... only competed in one race during the 2004 track and field season, running 4:13.60 in the mile at the Blue and Gold Invitational.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Did not compete during the 2002-03 season.

AS A FRESHMAN (at John Carroll University): Began his career at NCAA Division III entity John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio ... competed on the cross country and track and field squads during his freshman year ... top cross country performance was a 26:44 effort over 8,000 meters at Bowling Green ... also finished 16th at the Wilmington Fall Classic in 27:10 ... broke (and still holds) the John Carroll school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at 9:44.03 ... recognized as the top freshman in the Ohio Athletic Conference.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Four-year letter winner in cross country and three-year letter winner in track and field during his career at Saint Ignatius ... ranked among the top runners in his district in cross country while serving as team captain during his senior season ... member of Saint Ignatius' state championship winning track and field team in 2001 ... personal best of 4:30.1 in the 1,600 meters ... also a letter-winning member of the Ohio state champion basketball team as the manager ... member of National Honor Society, Student Community Involvement Program, and his class treasurer ... has two older siblings ... his brother Bryan kicked for the Ohio Wesleyan football team and sister Jennifer ran cross country and track at Xavier ... born Sept. 13, 1983 in Fairview, Ohio ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters with a double major in history and English ... serving as president of Notre Dame's Student-Athlete Advisory Council during 2005-06 academic year.