Porscha Dobson

Position:
Sprints/Hurdles
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Roselle, N.J.
High School:
Kent Place

Senior Year: Scored at the ACC Indoor Championships with a third place finish in the 60-meter hurdles • Also competed in the 55-meter hurdles, 60 and 200 • Did not compete during the outdoor season.

Junior Year: Placed sixth in the 60-meter hurdles to score points at the ACC Indoor Championships • Also competed in the 60 meters and the 200 meters during the indoor season and the 100 meters and the 100- and 400-meter hurdles during the outdoor season.

Sophomore Year: Placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the ACC Indoor Championships • Placed ninth in the 100-meter hurdles at the ACC Outdoor Championships • Member of 400 and 1,600-meter relay teams that scored in the ACC Championships

Freshman Year: All-ACC performer in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing third at the ACC Indoor Championships • Clocked the fourth-best 60-hurdles time in Carolina history - 8.41 • Ranked the fifth-best collegiate freshman hurdler during the indoor season • Member of the 4x100 relay team that scored at the 2004 ACC Outdoor Championships • Member of the shuttle hurdles relay team that finished fourth at the 2004 Penn Relays.

Prep: Two-time All-America • Ranked third in the country in the 55-meter hurdles in 2003 • Also ranked second in the 100-meter hurdles and 17th in the world in the 60-meter hurdles in 2003 • Selected to USA Today's All-American team • Two-time Nike Co-Athlete of the Week • All-state team member • Prep record holder in indoor 100-meter hurdles, 55-meter hurdles, 55-meter dash, 200 and outdoor 200 • Recipient of the Blue Ribbon community service award • Team captain for junior and senior years.

Personal: Majoring in communications with a concentration in media studies • Admires athletes Marion Jones and Jackie Joyner-Kersee • Lists the Jaguars, her summer track team, and her high school coach Robert Abdullah, as the people who have had the greatest influence on her athletic career • Porscha Annerah Dobson is the daughter of Kim Dobson • Born July 12, 1985, in Elizabeth, N.J.