Bio
A 31-time All-Southern Conference selection in cross country and track and field, Susan Gardner Mayhorn earned one all-conference honor in cross country, 18 in indoor track and field and 12 in outdoor track and field.
After winning the indoor high-jump title in 1991, Mayhorn became the first female Catamount runner to earn all-conference cross country honors with a fourth-place finish at the SoCon Championship that fall. In 1992, Mayhorn won the SoCon indoor mile-run championship and indoor and outdoor titles in the 800-meter run.
The 1993 NCAA Woman of the Year for North Carolina colleges and universities, she was the first female in SoCon history to break the 5-minute barrier in the mile and set 18 school records during her career.
Mayhorn, who was also a three-time Academic All-American, graduated summa cum laude and was a Southern Conference Dorothy Hicks Postgraduate Scholarship recipient. She was inducted into Western Carolina's Hall of Fame in 2004.