Texas Lutheran University

Vanecia Spencer, a dual-sport standout, was a two-time All-American in women's track & field and an all-conference performer in women's volleyball. In 2014, Spencer was named the SCAC's Women's Track Athlete of the Year. She won the award after doing a little bit of everything at the conference championships that year. She claimed victories in the 400-meter dash and the triple jump, second-place finishes in the 100 and the 200 and a third-place finish in the high jump. She ran on the first-place 4x100 relay team and the second-place 4x400 relay team. Overall, she scored 28.5 points to lead the Bulldogs to their fifth straight conference championship. She was a member of three of those conference championship teams. In 2013, Spencer collected the second All-American award of her career when she finished eighth in the indoor 400-meter dash at the NCAA Division III Championships. That All-American honor came after her 2012 honor, which she earned as a member of TLU's sixth-place 4x100 meter relay team at the 2011 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships. At the 2013 ASC Championships, Vanecia won the 400 and anchored the winning 4x100 relay. In the 2012 ASC Championships, she won her first 400-meter title. In 2011, Vanecia was named the American Southwest Conference Women's Volleyball Newcomer of the Year and to the All-Conference First Team. Spencer led TLU to a third-place finish in the ASC West Division and to an ASC Championship Tournament berth. That year, she recorded team-highs in kills, kills per set, total attacks, and hitting percentage.