Samantha Hatcher

• Academic All-Big First Team • Dr. Gerald Large Academic Achievement Award • Made her season debut at the Panther Classic, notching a first-place finish after crossing the line with a season best time of 17:58.1 • Competed at the Big 12 Championship, placing 10th in a time of 21:25.4 • Finished 45th overall at the FSU Winter

XC Classic in a time of 21:24.2 • Represented WVU at the NCAA Championships finishing 150th in a time of 21:51.7

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Competed in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, posting a season-best 6k time of 21:14.5 to finish in 47th place • Represented WVU in the Big 12 Championship and finished 25th with a 6k time of 21:36.3 • Finished in 35th place at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin

Invitational, posting a 6k time of 22:00.6 • Placed 36th at Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival (5k) after crossing the finish line in 17:32.1 • Made her Mountaineer debut at the Lock Haven

Invitational, notching a top-10 finish after crossing the line in 21:21.3, good for seventh place

• Redshirted

• Ran at Ballarat Clarendon College • Won state championship in 5k and 3,000-meter steeplechase in 2017 • Placed third at Australian National Championship in 2017 (3,000-meter steeplechase) • Enrolled at WVU in January 2018

• Daughter of Alastair and Carlene Dowie • Has one sister • Birthday is April 3 • Majoring in exercise physiology • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll