Natalie Sherbak Class: Senior
High School: Kellam
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va.
 
photo 2006: Scored for the Hokies at the national championships, running a 22:23 to take 101st among team competitors and 133rd overall ... Earned all-region honors at the NCAA Southeast Regional with 20th-place finish in 21:21 ... Led Tech at the ACC Championships in 16th place, crossing the line in 21:55 ... Was second for the Hokies at the Chili Pepper Invite in 21:08 to finish 26th ... Claimed second of 102 runners at the William & Mary Inter-Regional in 21:46 ... Recorded a fifth-place individual time at the 5k Wake Forest Relays (17:28) as a part of the second-place team with Jessica Fanning ... Was named to both the All-ACC Academic Team and the USTFCCCA NCAA Division I All-Academic Team.

2005: Garnered a 29th-place finish at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships, recording a time of 21:16.4 ... Finished fourth at the Virginia Tech Invitational in 15:31.65 ... Was third at the VT Alumni Meet with a time of 17:3.43 ... Had a fifth-place finish at the 5k Mountaineer Open, recording a time of 19:04.96 ... Finished 80th at the Penn State Invitational with a time of 22:47 ... Tied for 48th at the ACC Championships with a time of 20:59.1.

2004: Was Tech's second finisher in the regional and conference meets ... Placed 37th with a 6k time of 21:24.2 at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships ... Finished 30th at the ACC Championships in a time of 23:13.00 ... Took 24th at the Chile Pepper Invitational ... Finished sixth at Virginia's Lou Onesty Invitational with a time of 18:39.60.

High School: Three-year letterwinner in cross country and a four-year letterman in track for Coach William Bernard at Kellam High School ... Capped her senior year with six state titles ... 2003 Virginia AAA cross country champion with a time of 18:37.7 and was the first Beach District runner since 1979 to win the Virginia state cross country meet ... 2004 state champion in the indoor 1,000m and the 4x800m relay ... Also the state champion in the outdoor 4x800m, 1,600m and the 800m ... In 2002, placed fifth at the state cross country championships with only one underclassman before her ... Finished sixth in the 2001 Eastern Region cross country meet (19.23) while team took second place ... Earned all-district, all-regional and all-state honors ... Voted team captain and team MVP ... Honored with the coaches' award.

Personal: Born December 20, 1985 in Jacksonville, Fla. ... Daughter of Todd and Rebecca Motely and Michael Sherbak ... Marketing major.