David Herren Class: Graduate Student Hometown: Rome, Ga. High School: Rome Height / Weight: 5-11 / 160 Event: Middle Distance Birthdate: 02/02/1985

In 2007-08: Clocked an outdoor personal-best time of 3:48.83 in the 1500-meter relay at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (3/28) ... Finished with a personal-best time of 1:54.03 in the outdoor 800-meters at the Wake Forest Open (3/21) ... Ran a leg of the All-ACC DMR team that clocked a time of 9:52.83 at the 2008 ACC Indoor Championships (3/1) for a third-place finish ... Finished the mile run with a indoor season-best time of 4:13.81 at the VT Elite meet (2/8) ... Clocked a team-best time of 8:21.92 in the 3000-meter run at the Rod McCravy Invitational (2/1) ... Named recipient of 2008 ACC postgraduate scholarship ... Named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District men's track & field/cross country second team.

In 2006-07: Ran a team-best time of 8:21.42 in the 3000 meter competition at the Meyo Invitational (2/2) ... Posted a season-best indoor time of 4:12.70 in the one mile run at the Tyson Invitational (2/9) ... Clocked a time of 4:22.65 in the one mile run at the ACC Indoor Championships, finishing ninth.

In 2005-06: Ran a personal-record time of 3:49.84 in the 1500 meters at the ACC Outdoor Championships, finishing in seventh place ... Tallied a third-place finish in the mile with a lifetime-best indoor time of 4:12.66 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Held Tech's top time for the indoor season in the mile and the top 1500 time for the outdoor season.

In 2004-05: Posted a season-best time of 1:55.34 in the prelims of the 800 meters at the Outdoor ACC Championships ... Finished seventh in the 800 at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 1:56.78 ... Ranked second on the Tech squad in the 800 for the outdoor season ... Redshirted during the indoor season ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

In 2003-04: Tallied a season-best time of 4:03.72 in the 1500 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Ran the 1500 in 4:05.64 at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Competed in the 800 and mile during the indoor season ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Was a three-year letterwinner in track and field at Rome High School under coach Andy Blackburn ... Won the 4A state championship in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters as a junior and senior ... Finished runner-up at the state championship in the 3,200 and third in the 1,600 as a sophomore ... Named Athlete of the Year for cross country and track ... Lettered for four seasons in cross country ... Was a 4A state champion as a senior and finished second as a junior ... Selected to the Footlocker All-South team in 2003 ... Recipient of the Athlete of the Year Scholarship Award given by Rome/Floyd Sports Hall of Fame ... Holds school records in the 1,600 (4:17), 3,200 meters (9:17) and 5K (15:26) ... National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Senior Class Representative and Freshman Mentor Program member ... Graduated with honors and in the top 10 percent of his class.

Personal: Born David Joseph Herren on Feb. 2, 1985, in Rome, Ga. ... Parents are Dr. Joseph and Gloria Herren ... Enjoys Bass fishing, water sports and golf ... Father played baseball at Columbus State University from 1969-72 ... Earned his Biology undergraduate degree in May, 2007 ... Finished his master's degree in health systems in May, 2008.