2017 Women's Cross Country Roster

Joy Diaz

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Riverdale, Ga.
  • Prev School Agnes Scott Coll.

Biography

Career Honors and Achievements
2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee (Institutional)
2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-America (Third-Team)
2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-District
2018 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar (First-Team)
2017 Peach Belt Conference All-Academic Team (Cross Country)
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District (Cross Country/Women’s Track & Field)
2017 Peach Belt Conference All-Academic Team (Track & Field)
2016 Peach Belt Conference All-Academic Team (Cross Country)
 
Cross Country
2015: Competed in five meets in first year as a Laker … placed 44th at D2 Georgia Collegiate Championships (10/10) with time of 27:43.70 … ran a 6k season-best 27:40.30 at the North Georgia Invitational (9/19).
 
Indoor Track & Field
2015-16: Ran in three meets and eight events … notched a pair of top five efforts, both at the Sewanee Indoor Invitational (2/20) … was second in 4x800-meter relay (10:57.64) and third in 4x400-meter relay (4:51.65).
 
Outdoor Track & Field
2016: Saw action in five meets and six events … placed seventh in the 5,000-meters (21:22.70) at the Emory Invitational (3/19) … posted season-best time in 1,500-meters (5:24.62) at Tiger Orange and Blue Classic (3/5) and in the 5,000-meters (20:53.18) at the Shorter Invitational (3/26).
 
Agnes Scott
2012-13: Member of cross country program.
 
2011-12: Ran cross country for the Scotties.
 
Darlington School: Four-year member of cross country and track & field programs … helped cross country to Georgia State Championships as a senior (2010) and track & field to Region Championship (2009) … earned All-Region and All-County honors in cross country as a sophomore (2008) … named Most Improved as a freshman.
 
Personal: Born on November 11, 1992, Joy is the daughter of Caroline and Levoyd Jones … family includes a sister, Sophia (7) and Jeremiah (9) … currently majoring in Theatre.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Junior

    5'4"
  • 2016Senior

    5'4"
  • 2017Senior

    5'4"