Elissa Mason Class: Sophomore Hometown: Greenwood, IN High School: Roncalli Birthdate: 09/13/1989

2008
Elissa Mason made an immediate impact for the women's cross country team, as the freshman was named the team's Rookie of the Year at the end of season awards banquet. She finished in the top seven in seven of eight races for UD, and was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on Oct. 13. Mason ran a personal best time of 18:45 at the National Catholic Invitational to place 20th and helped the Flyers to a second place team finish. She also stepped up in a big way at the Atlantic 10 Championships, where the freshman ran in fourth position for the Flyers (27th overall) to help the team to its best finish ever at the conference meet.

High School
Mason was a four sport athlete at her high school where she competed in cross country, track, swimming, and diving...She is the school record holder in the 5k, 3200 meter, and the 4x800 meter...Among her many athletic accolades, in cross country she was named All-State and All-Semi-State in her junior and senior seasons, while garnering All-Regional, All-Sectional and All-Marion County honors during her sophomore through senior years...In track, she was a regional qualifer in the 4x800 meter relay and the 1600 meter and in her junior season was the 3200 meter sectional champion...She was also an honor roll student at Roncalli.

Personal
Daughter of Bill and Theresa Mason...Born on September 13, 1989...Major: Physical Therapy.