SPU: Four-year letterwinner. … SPU Athlete of the Year (all sports) for four straight years (2007-10). … Finished her Falcon career with 12 NCAA championships: three in cross country (2007-09), four in the indoor track mile (2007-10), one in the indoor track 5,000 meters (2009), one as part of the indoor track distance medley relay (2010), and three in the outdoor track 1,500 meters (2007, 09, 10). … Four-time cross country All-American, All-West Region and All-GNAC selection (2006-09). … GNAC Runner of the Year 2007-09. ... GNAC Freshman of the Year in 2006. … USTFCCCA Division II Scholar Athlete of the Year and Athlete of the Year in 2009, 2008 and 2007. … Academic All-American and GNAC All-Academic in 2009, 2008 and 2007. … CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine College Division (NCAA D-2, D-3 and NAIA) Academic All-America of the Year for 2009-10 school year. ... Academic All-District in 2009 and 2008. … Honda Award nominee for 2010, 2009 and 2008. … Falcons MVP four straight years (2006-09). ... Came to SPU originally to play soccer. Focused on that sport in 2006, but ran cross country on the side. Switched to cross country full-time in 2007.
Senior (2009): Ran in seven meets. ... Won her fourth straight GNAC and NCAA West Regional championships, both in course-record time, then won her third straight NCAA Division II championship, also in course-record time. Her performance at NCAAs in Evansville, Ind., helped the Falcons finish fourth, thus claiming their third consecutive team trophy. ... Placed 3rd at the Sundodger Invitational behind University of Washington stars Kendra Schaaf and Marie Lawrence. ... Placed 2nd at Stanford Invitational. ... Teamed with Jane Larson for a 1-2 finish at the Pre-Regional/San Francisco State Invite.
Junior (2008): Won second straight NCAA Division II championship, breaking the course record at Cooper’s Lake Campground in Slippery Rock, Pa., with a time of 20:59., helping SPU take the fourth-place team trophy… Won third straight NCAA West Region championship, finishing in 20:57.1 at UC San Diego to break her own course record of 21:12.3 that she had established just three weeks earlier in winning the Triton Cross Country Classic. … Won her third straight GNAC championship, going 21:12 at Apple Ridge to set that course record.
Sophomore (2007): Won NCAA Division II title in Joplin, Mo., in 20 minutes, 29 seconds, leading Falcons to a second-place finish. … Won West Regional title for the second year in a row, teaming with Jane Larson for a 1-2 finish in Eagle, Idaho, to help Falcons win the team title. … Went 1-2 with Larson at the GNAC Championships as SPU won its third consecutive conference crown. … Captured three invitationals: the Emerald City at Lower Woodland Park, the Bob Firman in Boise, and the WWU at Lake Padden in Bellingham.
Freshman (2006): Ran five cross country meets that didn't conflict with soccer games. ... Won her first two college races, taking the Emerald City Invitational, and a week later winning the Open Division at Sundodger. ... Won the GNAC championship and the NCAA West Regional title. ... Placed 10th at NCAAs in Pensacola, Fla., leading the Falcons to a sixth-place finish.
Eastlake High School: Didn’t turn out for cross country until her senior year in 2005, having played soccer the previously. Ran second in the Class 4A Washington state meet as a senior. … Won the 4A state track title in the 800 meters as a senior in 2006.
Personal: Jessica Elise Pixler. … Born on April 8, 1988. ... Business major.
Fun facts: Both of Pixler's parents ran for the University of Colorado. ... She originally started running to stay in shape for soccer. ... One sport she would like to try is synchronized diving. ... Book she just couldn't put down was "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. ... Loves Slurpees.
