Hall of Fame
One of the most decorated student-athletes in University of Toledo and Mid-American Conference history, Briana Shook was a three-time All-American in both cross country and track & field. Over the course of her career, Shook won 11 MAC titles and added three runner-up finishes, as well. She helped to lead the Rockets to back-to-back MAC Cross Country Championships in 2001 and 2002, winning the individual race both seasons. In 2002 she was named the NCAA Great Lakes Region Cross Country Runner of the Year. In 2004, Shook was named the MAC Outdoor Championship Meet "Most Valuable Performer" award and was named NCAA Mideast Track and Field Athlete of the Year. She won the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:59.22) and the 5,000 meters (16:22.46) at the 2004 MAC Meet, setting league marks that still stand today, and finished second at the NCAA Championship Meet in the steeplechase. Shook earned "Most Valuable Performance" honors at the 2003 MAC Indoor Championship Meet for her first-place finishes in the 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs. Shook was a three-time MAC champion in the indoor 3,000, and twice in the indoor 5,000. At the 2002 MAC Outdoor Meet, Shook earned the "Most Valuable Performance" award for her victory in the steeplechase and 5,000 meters. She went on to finish in fifth place at the NCAAs. During the summer of 2004, Shook made history by regaining her American record in the 3000-meter steeplechase with her 9:29.32 clocking in Belgium, a time that was fourth-best in the world that year and still ranks in the top-20. Shook graduated from UT in 2004 with a degree in communications and photography, earning Academic All-MAC honors as a senior. She went to join the UT coaching staff, serving as an assistant under head coach Kevin Hadsell from 2004-08. Shook was instrumental in helping to guide the women's cross country program to a MAC runner-up finish in 2005 and an eighth-place finish at the 2006 NCAA Regional Championships, the highest of any MAC program. She also helped to guide Ebba Stenback to an eighth-place finish and All-American status at the 2006 NCAA Championships in the 3000-meter steeplechase. Under Shook's guidance, Stenback was also the NCAA Mideast Regional Champion and No. 2 all-time steeplechaser in MAC history behind Shook.Â
