Whitney ’s collegiate career spanned two years in Conference Carolinas and two years in the South Atlantic Conference and she wasted no time in making an impact on both the regional and national levels. She was named Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year in 2008, while earning first-team All- Conference honors during each of her four seasons. She was also named the AU Female Athlete of the Year in both 2011 and 2012.
Bishoff won 3 conference individual titles, which helped lead Anderson to back-to-back championships in 2010 and 2011. For her efforts she earned a spot on the NCAA All-Southeast Region Team for the second straight year. Whitney qualified for the NCAA’s three of her four years, earning All-American accolades her sophomore season.
She was a 12-time conference Runner of the Week and during her junior and senior year paced the Trojan cross country squad on 18 consecutive occasions, while posting 12 of the top 15 times in school history in the 5k.
As a member of the AU track & field team, she set the school record in the 5K and was a member of the school record-setting 4x800 relay team. Bishoff earned two trips to the NCAA’s and finished 16th in the 10,000m at the 2011 NCAA National Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Her indoor school record for the 3,000 meters stood until 2021 and she still owns the outdoor school record in the 1,500meter, 5,000meter and the 10,000meter.
In 2012, Bishoff set the South Atlantic Conference record – which still stands today - for the outdoor 5,000m and still holds the second-best times in league history in both the 1,500m and the 10,000m.
Bishoff was just as successful in the classroom – she was a first-team Academic All-American, SAC Scholar -Athlete for Cross Country she was twice named to the NCAA DII Individual All-Academic Team and earned the prestigious NCAA Elite 89 Academic Award, twice and she is a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Honorary Society. Whitney’s dedication and work ethic also led to her being named as the 2012 NCAA Post-Graduate Award Winner.
Whitney graduated with a Bachelor ’s degree in Elementary Education and later a Master ’s degree in Education.
