2004-05: Deans' Award winner (highest cumulative gpa among student-athletes enrolled in that college) from the School of Medicine ... finished ninth at the Midwest Fencing Conference championship at Notre Dame to earn honorable mention all-MFCC honors ... helped women's sabre team to a seventh-place finish.

2003-04: Placed 22nd at the Midwest Fencing Championship ... helped women's sabre to a sixth-place team finish at MFC.

2002-2003: Finished 12th at the 2003 NCAA Midwest Regional in Columbus, Ohio.

2001-2002: Finished 17th in the sabre competition at the Midwest Championships ... went 7-5 at the Central Team Dual Meet ... at the Cleveland State Dual Meet finished with an 8-1 record.

High School: A 2001 graduate of Sand Creek Community ... earned four varsity letters (three in track and field in the pole vault, and one in cross country) ... member of tri-county championship teams in 1999 and 2000 ... made all-county and recorded school record in 2000 in the pole vault ... named to the honor roll and National Honor Society.

Personal: Full name-- Jinelle Kay Lawson ... born April 5, 1983 in Adrian ...daughter of Tom Lawson and Sherry Surtwell ... has a younger brother, Blaine, and two younger sisters, Ashley and Broelle ... is a psychology major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Winter 2003, Fall 2003, Winter 2004 and Winter 2005 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2002.