Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity cross country team at Bay Shore H.S. ... team captain in 2009 ... named to the Academic All-County team in 2009 ... named All-Division in 2007 ... team won the league championship and division championship from 2005-2008 ... received the NYS Scholar Athlete Award 2005-2009 ... also a member of the indoor and outdoor track and field teams ... team captain senior year ... member of  National Honor Society ... member of the Honor Roll 2007-2010 ... received the President’s Award for Educational Excellence in 2010.

Personal: Daughter of Paul and Georgette Tiedemann ... has one brother (Paul) ... majoring in Biology.