2013-14: De La Paz was named an assistant coach for the Trojans for the start of the 2013-14 academic year.
2013 Outdoor Season: Received the 2012-2013 Sun Belt Conference Post-Graduate Scholarship… Finished sixth with a career-best time of 5:31.79 at the Rhodes Open (March 16)… Finished fifth with a season-best time of 18:35.41 in the 5000m at the Beach Invitational (April 19)...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for maintaining a GPA above 3.5.
2012-2013 Indoor Season: Ran a career-best 10:28:74 to finish fourth in the 3000m at the Arkansas State Kickoff Classic (Dec. 2)… Finished 12th with a season-best time of 18:15.47 in the 5000m at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (Feb. 24)… Won the 5000m with a time of 18:43.71 at the Arkansas State Kickoff Classic.
2012 Cross Country Season: Named to the Third Team All-Conference by finishing 15th with a time of 18:49.0 in the 5k at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (Oct. 27)… Turned in the 17th-fastest time in school history with a time of 23:00.0 in the 6k to finish 61st at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 9).
2012 Indoor & Outdoor Track Season: Redshirted.
2011 Cross Country Season: Recorded a time of 19:24.93 for a 25th place finish at the Brooks Memphis Twilight ... Placed seventh in 11:52.59 at Arkansas Tech Twilight Run ... Placed 11th in 18:53.91 at the UALR Invitational ... Placed 33rd in 19:38.1 at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships ... Finished in 23:40.6 for 92nd place at the NCAA South Central Regional in Waco, Texas.
2011 Outdoor Track Season: Recorded career-high in the 5,000-meter run at the Beach Invitational placing 20th in 18:11.03 ranking ninth in UALR career records...Recorded season-high in the 1,500-meter run at the UCA Relays placing third in 5:00.51...Recorded season-high as second leg of the 4x400-meter relay team placing fifth in 4:06.94...Recorded season-high in 10,000-meter run placing eighth at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships in 38:33.73 ranking fifth in UALR career records...Recorded season-high in the 3,000-meter run placing eighth at the Memphis Tiger Invitational placing eighth in 10:29.43...Placed seventh at the Rhodes College Open in the 5,000 meters in 18:26.58.
2011 Indoor Track Season: Recorded career-high in the 5,000-meter run at the Middle Tennessee Invitational placing second in 18:41.07 and ranking her ninth in UALR career records...Also recorded finishes of 13th place in the 5,000 meters at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships in 18:42.35, of 13thin the mile at the ASU Invitational in 5:41.72, and of 17th place in the 3,000-meter run at the ASU Kickoff Klassic in 11:33.32.
2010 Cross Country Season: Recorded season-high in the 5K at the Chile Pepper Festival in 19:55.86...Recorded 5K times of 19:57.65 at the Brooks Memphis Twilight and 20:55.0 at the Sun Belt Championships...Placed 24th at the UALR Invitational 5K in 20:43.77.
2010 Outdoor Track Season: Recorded career-high in the 1,500-meter run and highest finish of ninth place at the UCA Relays with a time of 5:16.92...Recorded career-high of 19:43.32 for the 5,000-meter run placing 28th at the Rhodes College Open...Also recorded 1,500 meter times of 5:17.31 at the Ole Miss Invite and 5:35.55 for 12th at the ULM Warhawk Classic.
2010 Indoor Track Season: Redshirted.
2009 Cross Country Season: Helped the women's team place fifth at the Sun Belt Championships placing 55th in 23:32.00 for the 5K...Recorded season-highs of 20:02.20 in the 5K at the Greater Louisville Classic and 24:16.90 in the 6K at the Chile Pepper Festival...Placed 14th at the Arkansas Tech Twilight recording a time of 12:07.85 for the two-mile to help the team place first for the third-straight season...Placed 69th at the Brooks Memphis Twilight in 20:35.5 for the 5K.
High School: Recorded personal bests of 19:56 in the 5L, 5:25 in the 1,600-meter run, 2:25 in the 800-meter run, and 12:02 in the 3,200-meter run at Cabot High School...A three-time cross country and track all-conference honoree, won conference titles in the 1,600 meters and the 800 meters...Earned Arkansas All-Star Cross Country Team honors in 2006 and 2007...Helped lead the Panthers to back-to-back cross country titles in 2007 and 2008 and 4x800-meter relay conference champions in 2008...Co-Valedictorian of graduating class...2009 Wendy's Heisman State Finalist.
Personal: Daughter of Lori and Conrad DeLaPaz...Has two brothers, Jacob and Caleb, and three sisters, Theresa, Karessa, and Alyssa...Born January 25, 1991 in Torrejon, Spain...Majoring in chemistry.
