Wayne State University Athletics

Career Notes: Is the only three-time All-America in WSU cross country history (both men and women) ... was a two-time GLIAC Champion, and also a two-time NCAA Regional Champion.

2008: Earned All-America honors for the third consecutive year after placing sixth at the NCAA Championship ... received All-Regional honors by recording a first-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Big Rapids, Mich. ... earned First Team All-GLIAC honors by placing first at the league championship meet in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. ... serving as a team co-captain ... selected GLIAC Cross Country Runner of the Week on Sept. 24 after placing second at the Iona Meet of Champions and Oct. 8 after claiming first place at the Slippery Rock Invitational ... named to GLIAC All-Academic Team ... competed in seven races...top five finisher in six races ... top 10 in all races ... recorded #4 performer in meet history at Tommy Titan Invitational ... received 2008 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic honors.

2007: Named to the Academic All-District IV Women's Track/Cross Country First Team ... Deans' Award winner (highest cumulative gpa among student-athletes enrolled in that college) from the School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ... earned All-America honors by recording a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championship meet, the best finish ever by a WSU women's cross country runner ... earned First Team All-GLIAC honors after winning the conference meet by 35 seconds ... NCAA Regional Individual Champion by nearly 20 seconds ... selected GLIAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week on Sept. 11, Sept. 18 and Oct. 2 ... was WSU's top runner at the GLIAC Championship helping the Warriors to a second-place finish (the best in school history) ... repeated as champion of the Tommy Titan Invitational .. won four of the five meets she competed in ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic team ... was named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team ... was a recipient of the Fall 2007 GLIAC Commissioner's Award.

2006: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... selected GLIAC Runner of the Week (10/10) ... earned First Team All-GLIAC accolades ... earned Great Lakes All-Region honors after placing fourth at the NCAA Regionals (top-15 are named All-Region) ... earned All-America honors after placing 14th in the NCAA Championships ... GLIAC All-Academic Team ... competed in all seven meets ... had three first-place finishes (Tommy Titan Invitational, Paul Short Invitational and Michigan Intercollegiate) ... led the team in every race ... all other races except Nationals she came in top-five (UP Collegiate Opener, 4th; Mel Brodt Invitational, 2nd; GLIAC Championships, 2nd; and NCAA Regional, 4th) ... 14th-place finish at Nationals was the second-best female performance in Wayne State history at that time.

2005: Was the top-finishing Warrior in five of her six races ... placed eighth or better in her first four races, including a second-place run at the C.C. Only Nationals 6k (Sept. 24) ... finished 17th at the NCAA Regional.

High School: A 2005 graduate of Holy Names in Windsor ... participated in cross country, soccer and track for the Knights ... finished first in the city cross country meet both in 2002 and 2005 ... won the city championship in the 800m, 1500m and 3000m in 2003 ... was 14th in the Canadian Nationals in 2005 at 3000m ... helped squad to a third-place finish at Canadian Nationals as a sophomore finishing 35th individually ... was All-Ontario in cross country in 2002 and track (3000m) in 2003.

Personal: Full name--Rachelle M. Malette ... born November 3, 1987, in Detroit ... daughter of Renee Malette and the late John Malette ... has a younger brother, John, and two sisters, Jacqueline and Gabrielle ... Jacqueline runs cross country and track at the University of Windsor ... is a pharmacy major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2005 and Winter 2006 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2009 ... serves on the student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC) and was the 2008-09 President.