Hall of Fame
Jamie King O'Shea was a four-year letterwinner in track and cross country for coach Rick Erdmann's EKU team from 1994-99. In her stellar career, she was the Ohio Valley Conference Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year in 1997 and 1998, and duplicated that honor both seasons as OVC Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year. She was also OVC Female Cross Country Athlete of the Year in 1997 and was a four-time NCAA Track All-American.
King O'Shea was a four-time conference champion in the indoor mile run and also won the OVC indoor 800 meters and the indoor 3,000 meters at the OVC meet in 1998. She was also the OVC outdoor champion in the 800 meters and a four-time champion in the OVC outdoor 1,500-meter run and twice took the outdoor 3,000 meter run. She proved time after time during her career that she could excel at any distance from the 400 meter dash to the 5,000 meter run. She ran the second fastest indoor 800 meter run as a freshman and also had the fourth best indoor mile run in 1995. In 1996, she missed the outdoor season with an injury but came back strong to set a school record in the 800-meter outdoor run with a time of 2:10.97 the next season.
As a junior, she finished eighth in the 1998 NCAA Outdoor championship in the 1,500 meters and had the fastest time from the heats that year. In 1997, she broke the school record in the outdoor 800 meters with a time of 2:06.19 in finishing fifth at the prestigious Drake Relays Special Invitational. She finished 10th at the 1997 NCAA meet in the 1,500 meters, giving her All-American status. King O'Shea also received NCAA Division I All-American recognition in 1997 in the 800-meter run. She was also a member of Eastern's record-setting sprint medley and distance medley relay teams. She holds EKU records in the indoor 800-meter run with a time of 2:08.21 set in 1998 and the indoor mile run also set that same season with a time of 4:42.90.
