Patience Coleman

Position:
Hurdles/High Jum
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Durham, NC

Coleman's PRs
• High Jump - 6-0
• 100-Hurdles - 14.34

Junior Year: Earned All-ACC honors as ACC Indoor runner-up in high jump with 5-10 3/4 • Tied for second at ACC Outdoor Championships with 5-11 1/4 to earn All-ACC honors again • Qualified for NCAA Regionals, finished 21st • Had team-high mark for indoor and outdoor season

Sophomore Year: Did not compete in the 2008-09 indoor season • Was the ACC Champion for the high jump with a height of five feet, 10 inches (1.78 meters) • Earned All-ACC honors • Competed in the high jump for the NCAA East Regional and moved onto the NCAA Outdoor Championships where she finished 14th.

Freshman Year: Earned All-America status with a ninth place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships • Claimed the ACC Outdoor high jump title • Earned All-ACC honors in the high jump at the ACC Indoor Championships with a third place finish • Picked up her first All-America honor with a seventh place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships • Made the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prep: All-America • Top-ranked high jumper in the US in 2006 • Member of the USA Today All-USA High School Track and Field Team as a junior and senior • Traveled to Beijing, China and Brazil to compete internationally, where she earned second place • Nine-time state champion • National Champion • Only female high schooler to clear 6-feet in the high jump in 2006 • Owns second-best mark in North Carolina high school history in the high jump • Played volleyball and basketball for four years • Honor roll entire career.

Personal: Majoring in English • Plans to be a professional athlete and an ER Doctor • Hobbies are track, basketball, volleyball, and singing • Frank Davis, high school and club coach, has had greatest influence on athletic career • Favorite book is "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" • Favorite foods are fried fish and junk food • Favorite movie is "Dream Girls" • Favorite TV show is "Grey's Anatomy" • Patience Aleene Coleman is the daughter of Vanessa and Major Coleman • Born February 18, 1989, in Durham, N.C.