Kari Holbert '04, MBA '05
Kari Holbert '04, MBA '05
Title: Athlete
Year: 2004
Team: Cross Country, Track and Field
Induction: 2023

A six-time individual conference champion, Holbert won the NWC Cross Country Championship in 2002, the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 2002, 2003, and 2004, and the 1,500-meter run in 2003 and 2004. Holbert qualified for five NCAA National Championships during her Willamette career.  Three were in cross country, where she earned All-America honors in 2003 by finishing 23rd and in 2004 with a 34th-place finish, and two were in track and field. Holbert still holds all-time top-10 track and field times at Willamette in the 800-meter run, 1,500-meter run, 3000-meter steeplechase, 400-meter hurdles, and the 6-kilometer race in cross country.  Holbert was a member of six championship teams - 2002, 2003, and 2004, in both cross country and track and field.  Holbert continued running after leaving Willamette and has been a part of two co-ed championship teams in the Hood to Coast Relay and qualified for the Boston Marathon.