2008 Female Amateur Athlete of the Year

Victoria Dunlap

Victoria Dunlap, a graduating senior from Brentwood Academy in Nashville, defended her youth women's heptathlon title and claimed the 2007 USA Junior Olympic heptathlon title for the second consecutive time. She also captured the long jump title last summer at the USA Youth Outdoor Championships in Lisle, Illinois.

Dunlap built a 224-point lead on the first day of competition and captured two of the final three events to claim the heptathlon crown with 4,838 points. One day later, she lept to her second championship of the meet with a long jump of 18-9.75.
Dunlap was named the 2006 Tennessee Female Track and Field Athlete of the Year by the Tennessean and was the state champion in the pentathlon, the high jump and the 100-meter hurdles for Brentwood Academy.

A two-time Miss Basketball finalist, Dunlap was the 14th ranked basketball recruit in the All-Star Girls Report. She helped lead her high school squad to 19 wins to end her junior year, culminating in the school's first-ever state title.

She was the highest-ranked player of this year's University of Kentucky freshman class (one of the top 10 recruiting classes in the nation).