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Lisa Malloy ran cross country and track at Eastern from 1987-91 for Hall of Fame coach Rick Erdmann. After helping the Colonels to another Ohio Valley Conference cross country title in 1987 by finishing second, she culminated her freshman year by winning the OVC outdoor 1,500 meters and 3,000 meters as a part of a Colonel team that won the 1988 conference outdoor track title. Malloy’s career began to blossom her sophomore year as she won the OVC individual cross country championship, the indoor mile run, the indoor 3,000 meters and the outdoor 5,000-meter run. She was also named OVC Female Athlete of the Year for the 1988-89 year. Malloy followed up her outstanding sophomore year with a stellar junior season, capturing her second straight OVC individual cross country title and winning the OVC indoor 3,000-meter run as a member of Eastern’s 1990 OVC outdoor championship team. A two-time OVC Cross Country Runner of the Year, she also was a first-team COSIDA Academic All-American®, winning the honor in 1989 and 1990. At the time of her induction, she was still listed among the top three all-time runners at EKU in the 3,000-meter run. While a student at Eastern, Malloy served as secretary of EKU’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Following graduation, she became a teacher in Virginia and was named Virginia Teacher of the Year. At the time of her induction, she served as Principal of Weber Elementary School in Arvada, Colorado.
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