The 5-foot-4 sophomore raced to her fourth consecutive Class 2A individual state championship this past season with a time of 17:57.7, leading the Titans to a fourth-place finish as a team. Also the 2014 Kentucky Track and Cross County Coaches Association
Karas has maintained a 3.05 GPA in the classroom.
An accomplished pianist and a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, she has volunteered locally as a CCD teacher in association with her church and on behalf of a soup kitchen.