caption: U.S. News & World Report's ranking of WCU at No. 13 among the ``top public regional universities'' in the South was announced just three days after members of the university's record-breaking freshman class participated in the sixth annual Freshman Run. WCU Chancellor <PERSON> (center, right) and Student Government Association President <PERSON> (center, left) led the students in their charge across the field at <PERSON> Whitmire Stadium prior to kickoff of WCU's first home football game.