Female Scholar Athlete of the Week: March 6th – March 13th
Eastern Michigan's Jordann McDermitt (Track and Field, Junior, 4.00, Exercise Science)
Junior Jordann McDermitt had a fantastic performance at the NCAA Indoor T&F Championships this past week, becoming the eighth First Team All-American honoree in program history. McDermitt, who took part in the 5000m, finished sixth in the race to earn first team honors for the first time in her career. The Davison, Mich. native clocked in with a time of 15:43.95, crushing her previous career-best time of 15:50.16 to cement herself as the top EMU 5000m runner in the record books by nearly 29 seconds.