Sam Kearney
	Class: Junior Hometown: El Monte, Calif. High School: Arroyo HS '08 Height: 5-8 Major: Excercise Biology

ARROYO HS '08: Lettered in cross country, track & field and soccer... Earned first-team All-Hayward Area Athletic League cross country honors as a junior and senior.... Finished 3rd at both HAAL and North Coast Section meets as a senior, qualifying for CIF state meet... Placed 2nd in 3,200 at NCS Bayshore Area meet in track season, earning trip to NCS Meet of Champions... Earned first-team All-HAAL honors as a soccer midfielder in 2006... Attended Moreau Catholic HS as a freshman before switching to Arroyo.

PERSONAL: Born in Redwood City, Calif.... Majoring in exercise biology... Parents are Lisa Benson and Richard Kearney... Youngest of four siblings... Oldest sibling, Michael, is 20 years her elder... Lists her mother as her non-sports hero and Michael Jordan as her sports hero... Participated in ballet and gymnastics as a child... Career highlights were qualifying for CIF cross country championships and finishing 2nd in the 3,200 at the NCS Bayshore meet.