Price Nabs Honors

Chanelle Price continued a very successful run of distinction for the Tennessee women’s track & field program on Thursday. The junior from Easton, Pa., was announced as one of 15 first-unit members of the Capital One Academic All-America Track & Field/Cross Country Team.
Price became the fourth Lady Vol from track & field/cross country to be named a first-team selection, following in the footsteps of Jackie Areson (2010), Sarah Bowman (2009) and Phoebe Wright (2009, 2010). She is UT’s ninth overall female Capital One Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-American, earning the 11th total award. Combined, the Big Orange men’s and women’s programs have accumulated 22 awardees since 1989.
UT Director of Track & Field J.J. Clark’s Lady Vol squad now has produced at least one Capital One Academic All-American in each of the past five seasons, including first-team choices in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Price will have the opportunity to join Wright as the program’s only two-time first-team honoree next season.
Price has produced a 3.92 grade point average while majoring in journalism and electronic media. Previously named the 2011 SEC Women’s Track & Field Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the middle distance standout swept conference indoor and outdoor titles in the 800 meters this season and was part of Tennessee’s SEC meet-record-setting distance medley relay team indoors.
At the national level in 2011, Price finished third in the 800 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and was sixth indoors. She also ran the leadoff 1200m leg on UT’s eighth-place distance medley relay quartet at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Price garnered first-team All-America kudos for all three of those national efforts.
During her career, Price is a seven-time All-American, six-time NCAA scorer, five-time All-SEC selection and 11-time league point-producer for Tennessee. She also has two world records and three American and collegiate records to her credit, and owns one SEC meet standard and four UT bests.