Amber Prather Class: Junior Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Westbury HS Height: 5-3 Experience: 1L

Fall, 2004 (Jr.): Ran in four of six cross country meets during the fall ... Posted one top 10 finish, placing 10th in a time of 13:00 at the Lamar/McNeese State Dual Meet ... Placed 30th in a time of 23:18.24 at the Southland Conference Championships ... Helped Lady Cardinals to their first-ever SLC cross country title.

2003-04 (So.): Recorded three top 10 finishes in the 800 ... Top 800-meter time was 2:17.29 in the prelims of the SLC Outdoor Championships ... Posted two top 10 finishes in the indoor 800 ... Best time was 2:26.56 in the prelims of the SLC Indoor Championships ... Competed in two of seven cross country meets in the fall ... Placed 19th in the LU-McNeese dual with a two-mile time of 14:35.32 ... Finished 28th at the Lamar Invite with a two-mile time of 13:13.22.

High School: Ran the 400 and 800 meters for Coach Rose Brimmer at Westbury HS ... Earned four letters and was a member of Westbury's state championship teams.

Personal: Major is criminal justice ... Enjoys playing cards and listening to music ... Also recruited by Texas Southern, Prairie View A&M and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... Born on October 15, 1983, in Houston, Texas ... Daughter of Karen and Leonard Prather.