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Career Accolades 

• 2023 Indoor USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America – DMR
• Indoor SEC 3k Bronze Medalist (2023)
• First-team All-American in the DMR (2022) 
• Second-team All-American in the 3000m (2022) 
• USTFCCCA All-Region (2022)
• Second-team All-SEC (2022)
• Honorable mention All-American in the 1500m (2021) 
• SEC 3000m Silver Medalist (2022) 
• SEC DMR Bronze Medalist (2022) 
• Indoor SEC second team All-SEC (2022) 
• XC SEC second team All-SEC (2021) 

Academic Accolades 

• USTFCCA All-Academic (2022)
• SEC Women’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2022)
• SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2022) 
• SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2021) 

2022-23 (Junior)

Outdoor

• Placed 10th in the 5000m with a time of 15:57.51 at the Stanford Invitational

Indoor

• Won bronze at the SEC Indoor Championships with a season-best 9:12.21 in the 3k.
• Member of DMR team that won the Rod McCravy Memorial with a time of 11:17.69.
• Member of DMR team that placed 6th with a time of 10:58.26 at the Razorback Invitational.
• Member of DMR team that placed 5th with a time of 10:53.45 at the Arkansas Qualifier that leads the all-time performers list.
• Member of DMR team that placed 5th and scored with a time of 11:13.18 at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships.
• Placed 3rd and scored in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:12.21 at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships.
• Member of Distance Medley Relay team that placed 9th at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 11:08.98

Cross Country

• Placed 3rd with a time of 16:33.7 at the North Alabama Showcase.
• Placed 2nd and set a career best time of 16:29.2 in the 5k at the Panorama Farms XC23 Invitational.
• Placed 9th, scored and set a career best time of 19:38.4 in the 6k at the SEC Cross Country Championships.
• Placed 4th in the 6k with a time of 20:10.9 at the NCAA Division I Southeast Region Cross Country Championships.
• Placed 56th in the 6k with a time of 20:19.0 at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships.

2021-22 (Sophomore) 

Outdoor 

• Tied own 1500m personal best and school record (4:14.12) at the Kentucky Invitational 
• Earned a personal best in the 5,000m (15:52.95) at the Joe Walker Invitational, ranking third all-time for UK 
• Competed in the 1500m and 5,000m at NCAA East Prelims 
• Ran in the 1500m at the Florida Relays 

Indoor 

• Ran in the fifth place DMR (11:02.41) at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham and in the 3000m 
• Earned a silver medal in the 3000m at SEC Championships with a personal best (9:00.60) and second fastest time in UKTF history, was a part of the bronze medal winning DMR at SEC Championships with the second fastest DMR in UKTF history (11:00.18) 
• Qualified for NCAA Championships in the 3000m and the DMR  
• Ran in the DMR at the JDL DMR Invitational with a school record time of 10:58.81 after conversion, qualifying for NCAA Championships 
• Made indoor season debut in the mile at the Jim Green Invitational, placing third with a time of 4:48.72 and ran in the winning DMR (11:22.68) 
• Placed second in both the 3000m and DMR at the McCravy 

Cross Country 

• Placed 17th in the 6K with a personal best (19:44.4) at the NCAA Cross Country Championships 
• Finished third in the women’s 6K at NCAA Southeast Regionals, earning All-Region honors and automatically qualifying for an NCAA Championships to compete as an individual 
• Led the Cats to a fourth-place team finish by finishing fifth (20:13.2) with a personal best in the women’s 6K at SEC Championships 
• Ran for 22nd (20:16.1) at FSU Pre-Nationals in the 6K 
• Led the women’s team to an eighth-place finish at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational by placing 21st in the women’s blue 5K with a personal best time of 16:43.4 
• Won the Commodore Classic 5K (17:02.3), leading the Wildcats to a team win in her first meet of the season 

2020-21 (Freshman)
Cross Country 

• Ran in all four meets 
• Hit the scoring board in her first event, eighth place individually as UK won the team title at the Commodore Classic 
• Finished 19th at the SEC Championships, earning Freshman All-SEC honors 

 Indoor 

• Second-team All-America for her 13th place finish in the mile run (4:42.09) at the NCAA Championships 
• Personal-best 4:39.52, ranking No. 3 in Kentucky history, while finishing eighth in the SEC Championships preliminary 
• Also finished eighth in the SEC finals, named Freshman All-SEC for being the top freshman finisher in that event 

 Outdoor 

• Placed 21st in the 1500m at NCAA Championships with a time of 4:19.56, earning honorable mention All-America honors 
• Broke the school record in the 1500m run with a time of 4:14.12 in the NCAA East Preliminaries; finished ninth at the Preliminaries, earning a slot at the NCAA Championships 
• Notched Freshman All-SEC honors by finishing in eighth place at the 1500m at the SEC Championships 
• Also had a personal-best 16:24.80 in the 5000m at the SEC Championships, rating No. 7 on the UK all-time list 

Personal 

• Full name: Victoria Herman 
• Birthday: August 14 
• Parents: Tim and Megan Herman 
• Siblings: Kate, Luke and JT Herman 
• Major: Finance  
• Hobbies: Reading, hiking, baking, logic buzzles, and going for walks 
• Fun fact: She is a twin 
• Favorite sports teams: Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Blackhawks