Honors & Awards
- Charles Orsborn Award co-winner
- All-MVC Outdoor Track & Field (2008 & 2010)
- Two-Time ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District V (2008 & 2010)
- Cross Country First Team MVC Scholar-Athlete (2007)
- Track & Field First Team MVC Scholar-Athlete (2007, 2008 & 2010)
- Missouri Valley Conference Athlete of the Week: 9/15/09
- MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (9/16/09)
- 11-time BU Scholar-Athlete of the Week
- Named to the Bradley AD Honor Roll all 10 semesters
Career Bests
4K: 15:51 at the 2006 Washington University Early Bird Meet
5K: 18:03 at the 2009 Bradley Open
6K: 21:56 at the 2007 NCAA Midwest Regional
(2009 Senior)
Co-winner of the Charles Orsborn Award ... Earned MVC Athlete of the Week after winning the Bradley Open ... Voted to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District V Cross Country/Track & Field Team ... Earned All-MVC Outdoor Track & Field honors ... Finished second in the 800 meters at the 2010 MVC Outdoor Track & Field Championship ... MVC Track & Field Scholar-Athlete performer ... Won the Bradley Open with a 5K personal best time of 18:03 ...
Meet Distance Time
Western Illinois Early Bird 6K DNR
Bradley Open 5K 18:03
Missouri State Classic 5K 18:12
Notre Dame Invitational 5K 18:14
SIU Edwardsville Border War 5K DNR
Bradley Classic 6K 22:08
MVC Championship 5K DNF
NCAA Regional 6K 23:09.2
(2008 Redshirt)
Redshirted during the 2008 season
(2007-08 Junior)
Ran a 5K personal best and finished 19th at the 2007 MVC Championships with a time of 18:16 ... Set a 6K career best (21:56) at the 2007 NCAA Midwest Regional ... Earned First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete honors in cross country and track and field ... Voted to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District V Cross Country/Track & Field Team ... Earned All-MVC Outdoor Track & Field honors.
Meet Distance Time
Illini Challenge 4K DNR
Bradley Open 5K DNR
Roy Griak Invitational 6K 23:33
Bradley Classic 6K 22:20
MVC Championships 5K 18:16
NCAA Midwest Regional 6K 21:56
(2006-07 Sophomore)
Opened the 2006 season with a 4K personal best (15:51) and a seventh place finish at the Washington University Early Bird Meet ... Finished 16th at the 2006 Bradley Open ... Was a MVC Scholar-Athlete performer in Track & Field
Meet Distance Time
Washington Early Bird Meet 4K 15:51
Bradley Open 5K 19:17
Roy Griak Invitational 6K 24:42
Bradley Classic 6K 23:41
MVC Championships 5K 19:40
NCAA Regional 6K DNR
(2005-06 Freshman)
Nowak earned three top 50 finishes as a freshman in 2005. ... Runs middle distance events for the Bradley track and field team.
Meet Distance Time
Bradley Open 5K DNR
Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invite 6K DNR
Notre Dame Invite 5K 19:04
Bradley Classic 6K 23:20
MVC Championships 5K 18:38
NCAA Regional 6K 23:39
Prep Overview
Nowak was a three-sport athlete at Avon Lake (Ohio) High School ... Earned three cross country letters, four swimming and diving letters and four track and field letters ... Helped the track team win their conference meet four consecutive years ... Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
The daughter of Tim and Deanne Nowak, Katie was born April 17, 1987 ... Majored in mechanical engineering.
