Rebecca Mehra Class: Freshman Hometown: Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. High School: Palos Verdes

At Stanford: Broke into the Stanford lineup in her first season.

2012 Season (Freshman): Finished 50th in the Pac-12 Championships as Stanford's No. 6 runner ... covered the 6K course in Santa Clarita, Calif., in 21:51 ... Stanford's No. 7 runner at the NCAA West Regionals for runner-up team, placing 127th in 22:00 (6K) ... made collegiate debut at Stanford Invitational, placing 13th in 21:25 over 6K ... ran No. 6 for Stanford in team runner-up finish at Wisconsin adidas Invitational, clocking 21:04 for 6K.

High School: The 2009 California state Division III champion in cross country ... a four-time all-state runner in both cross country and track ... a three time participant in the Nike Cross Nationals with a best finish of 13th place in 2009 ... holds the California state record in the 2,000-meter steeplechase (7:02) ... set seven school records at Palos Verdes, including the 800 (2:09), 1,600 (4:47) and 3,200 (10:25), along with the DMR, SMR, 4x400 and 4x1,600 meters ... helped Palos Verdes to the Division III state cross-country title in 2011, a second-place finish in 2010 and third place in 2009 ... also played soccer at Palos Verdes and was the school's Offensive Player of the Year.

Personal: Major is undeclared ... interested in international relations ... daughter of Ajay and Jane Mehra ... has a younger sister, Monica ... also interested in swimming and soccer.